Robin Das is a former football player from

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Early life

He was born on 15 January 1954 at

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. He was a student of Santragachi Kedarnath Institution and Akshay Shikshayatan. He played in the Subroto Cup numerous times for his school. Afterwards, he got a job with the Eastern Railways and played for the team. He played the

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many times for the club. Afterwards, he was appointed the chief cashier of a nationalized bank. He left footballing in 1982 due to hard work.

Sports life

Rabin joined Sporting Union that was playing first division in Calcutta. He started training under Pradeep Banerjee. He played an exhibition match in

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against

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for the Senior Indian Football team and scored a goal against

. In club football, Rabin's first contract was with East Bengal in the mid 1970s. Next he played for the Mohammedan S.C. Afterwards he signed to

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. Up to 1982, he played for Mohun Bagan club.

References

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