Bhowmick joinedEast Bengal Club in 1969 and, after spending a season there, joined Mohun Bagan in 1970.[11] He was part of the club'sBangladesh tour of May 1972, where they defeatedDhaka Mohammedan, but lost toShadhin Bangla football team.[12] At the end of the 1973 season, he returned to East Bengal and represented them till 1976, after which he rejoined Mohun Bagan. In East Bengal, he got guidance of coachSushil Bhattacharya.[13]
He was one of the prime faces of East Bengal team which had demolishedMohun Bagan 5–0 in the 1975IFA Shield final atCalcutta.[14][15][16] After the 1977–78 season, he returned to East Bengal and retired in 1979.[17] During his playing years, he was known as a powerful forward with good goal scoring abilities.[7][18] He scored 83 goals for East Bengal and 82 for the Mohun Bagan between 1969 and 1977 as Kolkata football's popularity was at its peak during that era.[16]
Bhowmick represented India in various tournaments. He was a member of the Indian football team managed byP. K. Banerjee, that won the bronze medal in theAsian Games in1970.[19][20][21] inBangkok, Thailand. He also represented India at theMerdeka Tournament, and won Pesta Sukan Cup in 1971.[7]
Bhowmick began his coaching career inCalcutta Football League clubGeorge Telegraph.[22] Since joining East Bengal in 1999, he came out as one of the most successful coaches in the history of the club.[7][23] He had a forgettable first stint with the same club during the 1999–2000 season. During his second stint as coach, the club won a multitude of trophies including back to backNFL titles in 2002–03 and 2003–04, apart from Kolkata Football League, Durand Cup and IFA Shield victories.[24][25] East Bengal also won theASEAN Club Championship in Indonesia in 2003 under his managership.[26][27] Bhowmick stepped down as coach of East Bengal in 2005 after being implicated in an alleged bribery scandal.[28]
He managedMohammedan Sporting Club during the 2006 season, but was not as successful there as he was during his stint with East Bengal. In 2007, a relegation threatenedSalgaocar SC appointed Subhash Bhowmick to be their technical director.[29][30] He remained as the Technical Director of theGoan outfit for the 2008 season also.[31] Towards the end of the 2008–09I-League, a relegation threatenedEast Bengal Club appointed Bhowmick as their coach. He was retained as coach for the 2009–10 season, a particularly dismal season for the club. East Bengal lost all the matches they played, most of them against smaller clubs, in both theIFA Shield as well as theDurand Cup. Supporters and club officials fixed the blame squarely on Bhowmick, as he was essentially the only man responsible for team making and pre-season training for the 2009–10 season. Despite significant autonomy granted to Bhowmick by East Bengal administrators, as well as provision of extra training facilities, his team failed to perform.[32]
In the2012–13 season, he coached Goan sideChurchill Brothers SC as a technical director (as he did not hold an A-license, hence he could not officially be the coach of an I-League club), and led them to the top of the league standings in theI-League.
On 2 December 2005, nearCalcutta South Club, Bhowmick was caught red handed and arrested by the police for bribery case.[33][34] Bhowmick was a superintendent ofCentral Excise and alleged to have accepted bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from a businessman. According to theCentral Bureau of Investigation (CBI), he had demanded the money from aBehala based businessman to settle his issue. In June 2018, the CBI Court found him guilty and sentenced Bhowmick to three years imprisonment.[35][8] His career was also marred after the Corruption controversy.[36]
In July 2022,Mohun Bagan announced the club awards have been named after famous personalities to be awarded to sportspersons every year henceforth, and "Best Forward Award" was renamed as Subhash Bhowmick Award in memory of him;[40] which was won byKiyan Nassiri.[41][42]
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"মুছে গেল হীরকের দ্যুতি" [The light of the diamond disappeared].eisamay.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Ei Samay Newspaper. 11 July 2016. Archived fromthe original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved28 November 2023.
