Tarun Dey

Tarun Dey is a retired Indian football defender who represented India at the 1984 Asian Cup. He also played for East Bengal Club and was awarded the Man of the tournament of the 1985 Coca Cola Cup.^[1][2]

Tarun Dey

Personal information
Place of birth	India
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1994	East Bengal Club
International career
	India	53	(?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dey is also a qualified AFC coach and managed East Bengal youth team as assistant coach.^[3]

Club career

He joined Calcutta Football League club East Bengal in 1982 and captained the team in 1986–87.^[4][5][6] They later won Federation Cup and qualified for 1985–86 Asian Club Championship.^[7] As part of Central Asia Zone (tournament was named "Coca-Cola Cup"), the club managed by legendary footballer and Olympian P. K. Banerjee,^[8][9][10] defeated New Road Team by 7–0, Abahani Krira Chakra 1–0, Club Valencia 9–0.^[11] Dey was awarded the Man of the Tournament award.

Honours

East Bengal

• Federation Cup: 1985
• IFA Shield: 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994
• Durand Cup: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993
• Calcutta Football League: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993
• Rovers Cup: 1990, 1994
• Coca Cola Cup: 1985^[12]
• Bordoloi Trophy: 1992
• All Airlines Gold Cup: 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992
• Darjeeling Gold Cup: 1985
• SSS Trophy: 1989, 1991
• Sait Nagjee Trophy: 1986
• Stafford Cup: 1986

India

• South Asian Games Gold medal: 1987;^[13] Bronze medal: 1989^[14]

See also

• List of East Bengal Club captains

References

1. "THROWBACK: When East Bengal FC became the Champions of Central Asia!". BADGEB. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
2. Mukherjee, Soham (1 April 2020). "How have Indian clubs fared in AFC Champions League and AFC Cup?". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
3. "East Bengal Football Club – Famous Players". www.eastbengalfootballclub.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
4. "Kolkatafootball.com :East Bengal League History: Indian Football Capital's News". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
5. "East Bengal FC » Historical squads". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
6. "East Bengal Club - The Official Site of East Bengal Club". eastbengalclub.co.in. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
7. Kapadia, Novy (7 October 2012). "East Bengal's Federation Cup successes". www.sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
8. Sportstar, Team (1 August 2020). "100 years of East Bengal: A timeline". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
9. The World Sports Today (1 August 2020). "100 years of East Bengal: A timeline of Kolkata giant's key milestones". The World Sports Today. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
10. Das Sharma, Amitabha (20 March 2020). "Obit: The incomparable P. K. of Indian football". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
11. Mukherjee, Soham (1 April 2020). "How have Indian clubs fared in AFC Champions League and AFC Cup?". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
12. The World Sports Today (1 August 2020). "100 years of East Bengal: A timeline of Kolkata giant's key milestones". The World Sports Today. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
13. Garin, Erik; King, Ian (2000). "3rd South Asian Federation Games 1987 (Calcutta, India)". RSSSF.
14. "The Indian Senior Team at the 1989 Lahore SAF Games". indiafootball.de. IndiaFootball. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

Bibliography

• Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
• Martinez, Dolores; Mukharjiim, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
• Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
• Roy, Gautam (1 January 2021). East Bengal 100. Allsport Foundation. ISBN 978-8194763109.
• Chattopadhyay, Hariprasad (2017). Mohun Bagan–East Bengal (in Bengali). Kolkata: Parul Prakashan.

External links

• Stats at RSSSF
• Profile at EBRP