Tarun Dey is a retired

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defender who represented

at the 1984 Asian Cup. He also played for

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and was awarded the Man of the tournament of the 1985 ''Coca Cola Cup''. Dey is also a qualified AFC coach and managed East Bengal youth team as assistant coach.

Club career

He joined

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club

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in 1982 and captained the team in 1986–87. They later won

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and qualified for 1985–86 Asian Club Championship. As part of Central Asia Zone (tournament was named "Coca-Cola Cup"), the club managed by legendary footballer and Olympian

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, defeated

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by 7–0,

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1–0,

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9–0. Dey was awarded the Man of the Tournament award.

Honours

East Bengal *Federation Cup: 1985 *

IFA Shield The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. The IFA is the governing body of football in the state of West Bengal, came into existence in 1893. Named after the association, the IFA Shield to ...

: 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994 *

Durand Cup The Durand Football Tournament, commonly known as Durand Cup, is an annual domestic football competition in India which was first held in 1888 in Shimla. Hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) and All India Football Federation ...

: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 *

: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993 *

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: 1990, 1994 *Coca Cola Cup: 1985 * Bordoloi Trophy: 1992 *

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: 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992 *

Darjeeling Gold Cup All India Darjeeling Gold Cup, also known as All India Brigade of Gorkha's Gold Cup Football Tournament, or simply GTA Chairman's Gold Cup, is an Indian association football tournament held in Darjeeling and organized by the Indian Darjeeling G ...

: 1985 *SSS Trophy: 1989, 1991 * Sait Nagjee Trophy: 1986 *Stafford Cup: 1986 India *

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Gold medal:

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; Bronze medal: 1989

References

Bibliography

* * * * *Chattopadhyay, Hariprasad (2017). ''Mohun Bagan–East Bengal'' .

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: Parul Prakashan.

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Club career

Honours

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