Prasun Banerjee
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Prasun Banerjee | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1955 | ||
| Playing position | CM, CDM, Left-half back | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1985 | India | 49 | (3) |
| Prasun Banerjee | |
|---|---|
|
Member of the India Parliament for Howrah |
|
|
Assumed office 2013-2014, 2014-incumbent |
|
| Preceded by | Ambica Banerjee |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta -(B.Sc.) |
Prasun Banerjee (Bengali: প্রসূন ব্যানার্জি) is a retired international footballer and an Arjuna Award Winner (1979) from Kolkata, India. Younger brother of the legendary Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Prasun had also captained the India national football team in international tournaments.
Banerjee was included in the All Time Best-XI team of Mohun Bagan Club as a Central Defensive Midfielder. He was only the second Indian to play for Asian All-star XI. He also played two matches against Brazil for Asian All-star XI and played against Zico, Eder, Falcao, Socretes and others. He was included in the Limca book of record for representing India in 100 football matches.
In 2013, he won the bypoll to the Howrah Sadar parliamentary constituency on a Trinamool Congress ticket thus becoming the first professional footballer to be a Member of Parliament, India (Lok Sabha). He won the seat defeating his adversary, Left Front's Sridip Bhattacharya, by more than 27,000 votes. He was re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014.
Prasun is the younger brother of India’s player of the 20th century and former national coach, P.K. Banerjee. He is a graduate of the University of Calcutta.
Debut: 26 July 1974 vs Malaysia, in Merdeka Cup at Kuala Lumpur (Prasun Banerjee came in as a substitute for Gautam Sarkar).
No of Matches Played – 49
No of Matches played as a Captain – 5
Goals Scored – 3
Asian Games – 1974, 1978, 1982.
Merdeka Cup (Kuala Lumpur) – 1974, 1981, 1982.
Pre Olympics – 1980 (Captain).
Nehru Cup – 1982.
Kings Cup (Bangkok) – 1977, 1981.
Presidents Cup (Seoul) – 1982.
Aga Khan Gold Cup (Dhaka) – 1977.
...
Wikipedia