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Prasun Banerjee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office June 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ambica Banerjee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Howrah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Political party | Trinamool Congress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta -(BSc) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Profession | Sportsperson, Politician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prasun Banerjee is an Indian former professionalfootballer and politician who is serving as anMP in theLok Sabha fromHowrah. He is anArjuna Award winner (1979). Younger brother of thePradip Kumar Banerjee, Prasun had also captained theIndia national football team in international tournaments.[1]
He was vice-captain of theIndia U-20 team that clinched1974 AFC Youth Championship title in Thailand.[2][3]
Banerjee began his club football career withCalcutta Football League clubKidderpore.[4] He also played forAryans.[5] He was included in the All Time Best-XI team ofMohun Bagan as a central defensive midfielder.[6] 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.[7]
In 2013, he won the bypoll to theHowrah Sadar parliamentary constituency on aTrinamool Congress ticket thus becoming the first professional footballer to be a Member ofParliament, India (Lok Sabha). He won the seat defeating his adversary,Left Front's Sridip Bhattacharya, by more than 27,000 votes.[8][9] He was re-elected to the16th Lok Sabha in 2014.[10]
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 theUniversity of Calcutta.[11]
In 2015, Banerjee was charged for slapping a Kolkata traffic constable. The constable, identified as Taragati Biswas, had reportedly stopped Banerjee's vehicle while it violated the 'no U-turn' rule.[12]
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.
Prasun Banerjee was the Joint Captain of the Indian Youth Team along with Sabbir Ali which became Joint Champions with Iran in Asian Youth Soccer Tournament at Bangkok.
Santosh Trophy – 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (Captain), 1982.
Goals Scored – 3
Championships Won – 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (Captain) and 1982 (Joint) – 6 times
Goals Scored – 24 goals (CFL – 14, Bordoloi Trophy – 4, IFA Shield – 1, Durand Cup – 1, Rovers Cup – 1, Federation Cup −2, Darjeeling Gold Cup – 1).
Trophies Won -
Calcutta Football League (4) – 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983.
IFA Shield (5) – 1976 (Joint), 1977, 1978 (Joint), 1979, 1982.
Durand Cup (5) – 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982 (Joint).
Rovers Cup (2) – 1976, 1977.
Federation Cup (3) – 1978 (Joint), 1980 (Joint), 1982.
Bordoloi Trophy (4) – 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977.
Darjeeling Gold Cup (4) – 1975, 1976 (Joint), 1979, 1982.
Nagjee Trophy (1) – 1978.
Total – 28.
Goals Scored – 4 (CFL – 1, Federation Cup – 2, Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup – 1).
Trophies Won -
Calcutta Football League – 1981.
Federation Cup – 1984.
Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup – 1981.
Stafford Cup – 1981 (Joint).
Nizam Gold Cup – 1984.
Nagjee Trophy – 1984.
Rovers Cup – 1984.
Darjeeling Gold Cup – 1984.
Bordoloi Trophy – 1985
Total – 9
Prasun Banerjee has also coached Mohun Bagan for two months in the 1990–91 season.[13]
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