Runu Guha Thakurta
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Place of birth | Jalpaiguri, British India | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
George Telegraph | |||||||||||||||||
Mohun Bagan | |||||||||||||||||
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India | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Runu Guha Thakurta was a former Indian association football player. He was part of the squad that played at the 1952 Summer Olympics[1] against Yugoslavia,[2][3] but he did not play in the match.[4] He played for both the Calcutta Football League side George Telegraph SC,[5] and Mohun Bagan AC.[6]
Honours
[edit]India
- Asian Games Gold medal: 1951
- Colombo Cup: 1952
Bengal
Mohun Bagan
- Durand Cup: 1953[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Sengupta, Somnath (13 July 2011). "Tactical Evolution of Indian Football (Part Two): Revolution Under Rahim Saab". thehardtackle.com. Kolkata: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "India football squad for 1952 Olympics: FIFA.com". Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "India 1951 Asian Games squad". Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Runu Guha Thakurta". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "ফুটবলার তুলে আনতে জেলামুখী জর্জ টেলিগ্রাফ স্পোর্টস ক্লাব" [District oriented George Telegraph Sports Club to pick up footballers]. insidesports.in (in Bengali). Kolkata: Inside Sports Bengali. 18 July 2021. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ Mukherjee, Soham (30 April 2020). "1960–1965: When Chuni Goswami & co propelled Mohun Bagan to the zenith of success". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ "Mohun Bagan's Historic Maiden Durand Win in 1953". Mohun Bagan AC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- "Chuni Goswami: A legend in every sense of the word". theweek.in. The Week. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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