Lalkamal Bhowmick (born 2 January 1987 in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

) is an Indian footballer who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Pathachakra in the

Calcutta Football League The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by Indian Football Association (WB), under state football leagues in India. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is off ...

Career

He joined SAIL Football Academy in Bokaro and was there for four years, before joining Eveready (Chirag United). Following that he joined Mohun Bagan. He spent four seasons at

Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, its football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment ...

. He was voted the best young player of the Year for the 2007 I-League season for his excellent performances for Bagan. In December 2008 he scored in the group stage of the

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, and Mohun Bagan went on to win the tournament. As of September 2012 he was playing for Prayag United in the

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He only played 9 games for United in the 2013-14 season due to injury. In May 2014 Bhowmick announced that he was rejoining former club

for the 2014-15 season. He left United because of the club's financial troubles.

International career

In February 2013, he was named in the

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for the

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qualifiers.

References

External links

* http://www.rediff.com/sports/2007/mar/29nfl.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhowmick, Lal Kamal Indian men's footballers India men's international footballers India men's youth international footballers 1987 births Living people I-League players Mohun Bagan Super Giant players United SC players Footballers from Kolkata Men's association football midfielders