Pran Govinda Kundu
Personal information
Full name Pran Govinda Kundu[1]
Date of birth (1950-10-21) 21 October 1950[2]
Place of birth Munshiganj, East Bengal, Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh)
Position(s) Center-back, Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1968 Eastern SC
1969 Kamal SC
1970 Fire Service SC
1972 Victoria SC
1973–1981 Team BJMC
1982 Muktijoddha Sangsad
International career
1971 Shadhin Bangla[3]
Managerial career
1984–1989 Adamjee SSC
1985 Victoria SC
1989 Bangladesh
1991 Muktijoddha Sangsad
1991 Bangladesh (assistant)
1992 Farashganj SC
1996–1999 Farashganj SC
2000–2002 Rahmatganj MFS
2005 BRTC SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pran Govinda Kundu (Bengali: প্রাণ গোবিন্দ কুন্ডু; born 21 October 1950), is a former Bangladeshi football player and manager. He was well known by his nickname Lucky Govinda during his playing days. He was a member of the Shadhin Bangla football team during the Bangladesh Liberation War and later was head coach of the Bangladesh national team.[1]

Career

Govinda's football journey began in 1967 with Eastern Sporting Club in the Dhaka Third Division League.[2][1] He moved through the leagues, playing for Kamal Sporting Club and Fire Service. His career paused during the Bangladesh Liberation War, leading him to join Ali Imam's Shadhin Bangla football team in Calcutta.[4][5][6]

Returning post-war, he won two Dhaka League titles with Team BJMC, in 1973 and 1979. Govinda retired as captain of Second Division club, Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in 1982.[2]

As a coach, Govinda won both the third division and second division titles with Adamjee SSC. He even guided the club to a fifth-place finish in the 1985 Dhaka League. He assumed the role of the head coach for the Bangladesh national team in all six games during the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round.[7][8]

He migrated to India after retiring as a coach in 2005.[9] In 2023, Govinda revealed that his name had been misspelled in the official government gazette for the Shadhin Bangla football team.[1]

Honours

Player

Team BJMC

Manager

Adamjee SSC

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "স্বাধীন বাংলা ফুটবল দলে ভুল নামে আছেন প্রাণ গোবিন্দ" (in Bengali). Ekattor TV. September 5, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Dulal, Mahmud (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war in the playground) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
  3. ↑ "BFF endorses 36-member list". The Daily Star. December 24, 2008.
  4. ↑ "ফুটবল নিয়ে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ". Kalerkantho (in Bengali). December 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ "ফুটবল পায়ে যুদ্ধ করেছিলেন স্বাধীন বাংলার ফুটবলাররা". Daily Bangladesh (in Bengali).
  6. ↑ "BFF to honour war heroes". The Daily Star. December 15, 2008.
  7. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Pran Gabinda Kundu (Coach)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  8. ↑ "International Matches 1989 - Asia". www.rsssf.org.
  9. ↑ "Swadhin Bangla: More than a football team". archive.thedailystar.net.

Bibliography

  • Dulal, Mahmud (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war in the playground) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
  • Alam, Masud (2017). ফুটবলের গল্প ফুটবলারদের গল্প (transl. The story of football the story of footballers) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 9789849134688.
  • Mahmud, Noman (2018). ফুটবল পায়ে মুক্তির যুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war fought by football) (in Bengali). Agamee Prakashani. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
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