Prasun Banerjee
Indian footballer
Prasun Banerjee is an Indian former professional footballer and politician who is serving as an MP in the Lok Sabha from Howrah. He is an Arjuna Award winner (1979). Younger brother of the Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Prasun had also captained the India national football team in international tournaments.
Early life
Prasun is the younger brother of India's player of the 20th century and former national coach, Pradip Kumar Banerjee. He is a graduate of the University of Calcutta.
Career
Football
He was vice-captain of the India U-20 team that clinched 1974 AFC Youth Championship title in Thailand.
Banerjee began his club football career with Calcutta Football League club Kidderpore. He also played for Aryans. He was included in the All Time Best-XI team of Mohun Bagan 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.
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