Pradip Kumar Banerjee
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pradip Kumar Banerjee | ||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Jalpaiguri, Bengal Presidency, British India | ||
| Height | 5ft 8 1⁄2 in | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1951 | Bihar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954 | Aryan | ||
| 1955–1967 | Eastern Railway | ||
| National team | |||
| 1952–1967 | India | 84 | (20+) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1972–1981 | India | ||
| 1985 | India | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Pradip Kumar Banerjee (born 23 June 1936) or P.K. Banerjee as he is called often, is a distinguished former Indian footballer and football coach. He made 84 appearances for India, scoring 65 goals during the course of his career. He was one of the first recipients of Arjuna Award, when the awards were instituted in 1961. He was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri in 1990 and was named Indian Footballer of the 20th century by FIFA.
Pradip Kumar Banerjee was born on 15 October 1936, in Jalpaiguri in Bengal Presidency (now West Bengal). He studied in Jalpaiguri Zilla School and completed his schooling from k.M.P.M. School in Jamshedpur.
At the age of 15, Banerjee represented Bihar in Santosh Trophy, playing in the right wing. In 1954 he moved on to Kolkata and joined Aryan. Later he moved on to represent Eastern Railway. He made his debut for the national team in the 1955 Quadrangular tournament in Dacca (presently Dhaka), East Pakistan (now capital of Bangladesh) at the age of 19.
He represented India in three Asian Games namely, the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, where India clinched the gold medal in football and then the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok. He was part of the national team that played at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He captained India at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he scored an equalizer against France in a 1-1 draw. He represented India thrice at the Merdeka Cup in Kuala Lumpur, where India won silver medal in 1959 and 1964 and bronze in 1965. Recurring injuries forced him to drop out of the national team and subsequently to his retirement in 1967.
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