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Satyajit Chatterjee is an Indian former
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and coach, who captained Mohun Bagan and represented India internationally. He is currently the assistant general secretary of
Mohun Bagan AC Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, its football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment ...
. He was born in
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in the
Howrah district Howrah district (, ) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. The urbanised sectors gradually increase the slum populations. Howrah is the third smallest distric ...
of
West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
.


Career


Playing career

Chatterjee appeared with
Calcutta Football League The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by Indian Football Association (WB), under state football leagues in India. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is offi ...
club George Telegraph, before signing with Mohun Bagan. He played for
Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, its football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment ...
for fifteen consecutive years from 1986 to 2000, and captained the team in 1990. With "the mariners", he played alongside players like
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and
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internationally.


Coaching career

The holder of an AFC "C" coaching licence holder, Chatterjee has worked as an assistant coach to Carlos Pereira,
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, a testimonial match for
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held in
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, he had a short stint as the club's head coach in 2009–10 season, before resigning from the job taking the responsibility for the club's poor performance.


Administrative career

In 2015, Chatterjee fought for the post of football secretary in Mohun Bagan club election and defeated
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with more than 2000 votes.


Honours

Mohun Bagan *
National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
: 1997–98, 1999–2000. *
Federation Cup Federation Cup or Fed Cup is the former name of the premier world team competition in women's tennis. Federation Cup may also refer to: * Capital Football Federation Cup, an Australian territory-based association football tournament *Federation Cup ...
: 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998. *
Calcutta Football League The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by Indian Football Association (WB), under state football leagues in India. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is offi ...
: 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997. *
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 ...
: 1987, 1989, 1998, 1999. *
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 ...
: 1986, 1994, 2000. *
Rovers Cup The Rovers Cup was an annual football tournament held in India, organized by the Western India Football Association. It was the second oldest tournament in India after Durand Cup. History Rovers Cup was incorporated by some British football ent ...
: 1988, 1991, 1992, 2000. *Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup: 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2000. *Bordoloi Trophy: 1996. *All Airlines Gold Cup: 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000. *McDowell's Cup: 1996, 1999 *DCM Trophy: 1997 India *
South Asian Games The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic C ...
Gold medal:
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; Bronze medal: 1989 Individual * Mohun Bagan Ratna Award: 2001


References


External links

*
mohunbaganac.com


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