Rajib Ghosh (born 12 July 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a defender for Calcutta Premier Division side Bhawanipore. He also represented West Bengal in Santosh Trophy, winning the 2009–10 season.

Club career

Early career

Born in West Bengal, Ghosh started playing football very early, when he was 6–7 years old. He played Nursery League for the Avenue Lake Gardens team, where they finished runners-up. He played as a midfielder in that tournament. After that stint, he joined Ballygunge AC, a 5th Division team in Kolkata where he played as a stopper. He then switched over to Milan Samity next season, where he played for two years. There also he played in

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. He then moved to Kidderpore, where he spent two seasons. He played both as right back as well as defensive midfielder in that team. In his second season in Khidirpur (2005–06), they reached the Super Division (now Premier Division). Ghosh first played in the CFL Premier Division during 2006–07 season, when he joined Calcutta Port Trust. The team was managed by Alok Mukherjee, who used him as

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. He got an offer to play for Mohammedan Sporting After that season, he got offer from Mohun Bagan and

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, but he had to stay in Mohammedan since he had two more years on his contract with them. After that, he spent a year with East Bengal.

Dhaka Mohammedan

In 2009, Ghosh moved to Bangladesh and joined Premier League side Mohammedan Sporting Dhaka. He played there until 2010, before signing with Mohun Bagan.

Pailan Arrows

After his stint in

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, Ghosh joined Pailan Arrows in 2011. They played under the coaching of

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. Pailan participated in the

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and finished second in group stages behind Salgaocar. They then began their

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campaign against Mohun Bagan at the Salt Lake Stadium on 23 October 2012 in which they lost 1–3. Towards the end of the season, Pailan managed to win two matches, one against Chirag United Club Kerala and another against

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to finished the season in 13th place out of 14 teams and were not relegated being a developmental team.

Mohun Bagan

Ghosh signed for Mohun Bagan AC of the I-League on 14 May 2012. He played only 2 matches.

Bhawanipore

In 2013, he moved to Calcutta Football League side Bhawanipore. In the I-League 2nd Division, the club achieved runners-up finish in 2014–15, with 17 points in 8 matches. They later achieved third place in

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West Bengal

Ghosh also appeared with the West Bengal team in the 46th edition ( 2009–10 season) of

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. In the final on 8 August 2010, they clinched the title edging past Punjab 2–1 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan.

International career

While Rajib was in Mohammedan Sporting, Colin Toal called him to the India U19 national camp in Goa. He was also part of the team that participated in

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, where he appeared in five matches.

Career statistics

Club

''Statistics accurate as of 1 June 2013''

Honours

Mohun Bagan *

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runner-up:

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West Bengal *

: 2009–10

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Rajib Indian men's footballers 1989 births Living people Footballers from West Bengal I-League players Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players East Bengal Club players Indian Arrows players Mohun Bagan Super Giant players Indian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bangladesh Men's association football defenders Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) players Indian expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh