Dipendu Biswas

Dipendu Biswas (29 September 1981) is a retired Indian professional footballer, who is currently the Technical Director of the I-League outfit Mohammedan Sporting Club. His father is from Bengal and his mother is from Kerala, Thalasseri, Kannur District. He graduated from the Tata Football Academy in 1996.[1] He rejoined Mohun Bagan in 2012.[1]

Dipendu Biswas
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-09-29) 29 September 1981
Place of birth Basirhat, West Bengal, India
Club information
Current team
 Mohammedan
Technical Director
Dipendu Biswas
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2016
Preceded bySamik Bhattacharya
ConstituencyBasirhat Dakshin

His earnings in 1998–1999 were reported to be Rs1.2 million and in 1999–2000 were Rs0.8 million.[2] In 2011, he was one of a handful of players who were sold land by the government at subsidised prices because they had "made the state proud at national and international levels."[3]

In 2014, he ran for election from Basirhat in West Bengal under the Trinmool Congress party ticket, and was defeated by Bharatiya Janatha Party's candidate, Samik Bhattacharya. In the 2016 state assembly election he defeated Bhattacharya by more than 20,000 votes.

Achievements
  • Represented Mohun Bagan AC as a forward from 2005-2007 and rejoined the club in 2012
  • Played for East Bengal FC as a forward between 2007 and 2008
  • In July 2020, Biswas became the football secretary of Mohammedan Sporting Club. In the 129-year history of the club, he is the first footballer who has been appointed as a football secretary. [4]


References
  1. Abhishek Ganguly (15 July 2012). "Dipendu happy to be back with Mohun Bagan". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. Paul Dimeo (1 September 2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. Psychology Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. "Plots allotted to Poulami, Rahul". The Times of India. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  4. Ashish Singh (1 May 2020). "Dipendu Biswas". Sportsmatik.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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