Saikat Saha Roy (born 12 December 1991) is an Indian

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player who currently plays for I-League 2nd Division club

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Club career

East Bengal

After spending a season being captain for the East Bengal F.C. youth team in the I-League U19 championships Roy signed professional terms with the club. The 2011–12 season started off well for Roy as he was included in the East Bengal's

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squad list. After the Federation Cup Roy made his first start and game for the East Bengal first-team during the

2011 Indian Super Cup The 2011 Indian Super Cup was the 10th Indian Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's I-League and Federation Cup competitions. The match was between Salgaocar and East Bengal with East Bengal winning ...

against

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. The match ended with East Bengal winning on penalties 9-8 and Roy scoring the winning penalty. He then played his first professional I-League match on 22 October 2011 against

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where East Bengal lost 1-0. He then started his second match for East Bengal two months later on 29 December 2011 against Salgaocar. East Bengal lost 4-0.

International

Saikat has represented India U-19 in

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Career statistics

Club

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Saikat Saha Indian men's footballers 1991 births Living people Footballers from West Bengal I-League players East Bengal Club players Bhawanipore FC players India men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders