Akshay Das

Akshay Das (born 4 January 1977) is an Indian football coach and former footballer who played as a midfielder for East Bengal. He also represented India at the youth level internationally.

Club career
Das represented local clubs in Odisha before playing for SAIL club in the Calcutta Football League. Das later went to play for the major Kolkata club East Bengal for the two seasons from 1999 till 2001 and later returned to play during the 2004 season. He won the Durand Cup in the 2004 edition for East Bengal which defeated their rivals Mohun Bagan in the final.

He has also played for major clubs like Salgaocar and Sporting Clube de Goa in the Goa league and has also played for Eveready SC and Mohammedan SC.

Das represented the state team of Odisha in the Santosh Trophy in the 2004, 2005 and 2008 editions.

International career
Das was selected for the Indian youth team that toured Mauritius in 1999. He represented the Indian U19 team at the 2000 AFC Youth Championship qualifiers held at Sri Lanka in 2000.

Coaching career
Das was appointed the assistant coach of the Odisha team for the 2013–14 Santosh Trophy season and served under the head coach R. P. Singh. The following season, Das was appointed the head coach of the Odisha team for the 2014–15 Santosh Trophy. In 2023, he was re-appointed as the head coach of Odisha for the 2023–24 Santosh Trophy.

He is serving as the senior coach of the Tata Football Academy and Jamshedpur FC Youth.

Honours
East Bengal
 * National Football League: 2000–01
 * Durand Cup: 2004
 * IFA Shield: 2000
 * McDowell's Cup: 2000