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Dipendu Biswas (29 September 1981) is an Indian retired professional footballer, who is the current team manager of the Indian Super League outfit Mohammedan Sporting Club.
Playing career
Biswas's father is from Bengal and mother is from Kerala, Thalasseri, Kannur district. He graduated from the Tata Football Academy in 1996. He rejoined Mohun Bagan in 2012.
His earnings in 1998–99 were reported to be Rs1.2 million and in 1999–2000 were Rs0.8 million. 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."
In 2014, he ran for election from Basirhat in West Bengal under the Trinamool Congress party, and was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate Samik Bhattacharya. In the 2016 state assembly elections, he defeated Bhattacharya by more than 20,000 votes. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 8 March 2021.
Honours
East Bengal
IFA Shield: 2000
Bengal
Santosh Trophy: 1996–97, 1998–99
Achievements
Represented Mohun Bagan AC as a forward from 2005 to 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 a football secretary.
References
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- Dipendu Biswas
- Biswas
- Mohun Bagan Super Giant
- Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)
- Samik Bhattacharya
- List of Mohun Bagan Super Giant records and statistics
- 2024–25 Mohun Bagan Super Giant season
- 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
- 16th West Bengal Assembly
- Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency
