Sunil Krishna Dey Chowdhury
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sunil Krishna Dey Chowdhury | ||
| Place of birth | Cox's Bazar, East Bengal, Pakistan (present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968 | Azad Sporting Club | ||
| 1969–? | WAPDA Sports Club | ||
| International career | |||
| 1973 | Bangladesh | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sunil Krishna Dey Chowdhury (Bengali: সুনীল কৃষ্ণ দে চৌধুরী) is a former Bangladeshi footballer who played as a striker. He was a member of the first Bangladesh national team in 1973.
Club career[edit]
Sunil began his football career in the Chittagong First Division League in 1965, playing for Towns Club, Customs, and Port Trust in Chittagong. He then joined Dhaka League's Azad Sporting Club in 1968. Subsequently, Sunil took up a job at the Water and Power Development Authority in East Pakistan, where he spent the remainder of his career playing for both Dhaka and Chittagong-based WAPDA Sports Club.[1] At the peak of his career, he rejected an offer to join Mohammedan SC as he was an employee of the parent corporation, WAPDA.[2]
International career[edit]
In 1973, Sunil was selected by coach Sheikh Shaheb Ali for the first Bangladesh national football team.[3][4] He traveled with the team to participate in Malaysia's Merdeka Tournament, where he came on as a substitute to assist Bangladesh's first international goal, scored by Enayetur Rahman Khan, during the country's inaugural game against Thailand.[5]
I feel proud to be the first goal scorer of the nation. Sunil (Sunil Krishna de Chowdhury) of Cox's Bazar contributed a lot to my goal.
— Enayetur Rahman Khan on scoring Bangladesh national football team's first ever goal.[6]
Post-playing career[edit]
Following his retirement from playing, Sunil coached WAPDA to three Chittagong First Division League titles.[2] In 2006, Sunil retired from all football activities as the senior assistant director of WAPDA. In 2015, served as the general secretary of the National Sportsmen's Welfare Association in the Chittagong division.[1]
Honours[edit]
Individual
- National Sports Award: 2008[7]
References[edit]
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- ^ ১৯৭৩ সালে যাদের হাত ধরে বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় ফুটবল দলের পথ চলা শুরু হয়েছিলো. Kiran Sports Desk (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "উজ্জ্বল মুখ". KalerKantho (in Bengali). November 26, 2015. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023.
- ^ Zubaear, Arafat. "ফুটবলের ৫০ বছর : প্রথম দলের ১৭ জনের কে কোথায়?". dhakapost.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "আন্তর্জাতিক ফুটবলে বাংলাদেশের প্রথম গোল". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2022-08-30. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ "PM calls upon pvt sector to stand by govt". The Daily Star. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023.