Sukumar Samajpati (born 1939) was an Indian professional footballer. He played predominantly as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

, and was part of the Indian squad that finished runners-up at the

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in Israel.

Career

Studied at the University of Calcutta, Samajpati played for Chuni Goswami led Mohun Bagan AC in 1960, before switching to East Bengal Club in domestic football. In Mohun Bagan, he was mentored by club legend Balaidas Chatterjee and participated in foreign tours. He captained the "red and gold brigade" in 1965–66. During his playing days in East Bengal, he was guided by

Sushil Bhattacharya Sushil Bhattacharya (1924 – 18 July 2015) was an Indian professional football player and coach, who is credited for becoming the first manager of the India women's national football team. He was also the first head coach in history of East Ben ...

, club's first head coach. He scored overall 46 goals with East Bengal between 1961 and 1968. With India, he scored a goal in their 3–1 win over Hong Kong at the

Honours

Mohun Bagan * Durand Cup: 1960 * Calcutta Football League: 1960 * IFA Shield: 1960 India *

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runners-up:

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Individual * East Bengal "Lifetime Achievement Award": 2011

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* * * * 1939 births Living people Indian footballers Footballers from Kolkata Men's association football forwards India men's international footballers 1964 AFC Asian Cup players Calcutta Football League players East Bengal Club players {{India-footy-bio-stub

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