Shibaji Banerjee
{{short description|Indian footballer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
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| position = Goalkeeper
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Shibaji Banerjee (died 19 February 2017) was an Indian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Mohun Bagan{{cite web|title=Club Day: Mohun Bagan - All Time Best XI|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/105/main/2008/10/07/899558/club-day-mohun-bagan-all-time-best-xi|website=www.goal.com|publisher=Goal|date=7 October 2008|access-date=29 October 2013|archive-date=8 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108071208/https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/105/main/2008/10/07/899558/club-day-mohun-bagan-all-time-best-xi|url-status=dead}} and the India national team.
Playing career
He was mainly known as the goalkeeper for Mohun Bagan when the club took on the New York Cosmos in a friendly match in 1977. The Cosmos at the time had former Brazilian international Pelé on their side. Banerjee managed to stop a free-kick from the Brazilian during the match as it ended 2–2.{{cite news|title=Former Mohun Bagan goalie Shibaji Banerjee passes away|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/former-mohun-bagan-goalie-shibaji-banerjee-passes-away/articleshow/57244200.cms|accessdate=20 February 2017|work=Times of India|date=20 February 2017|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111212333/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/former-mohun-bagan-goalie-shibaji-banerjee-passes-away/articleshow/57244200.cms|url-status=live}}
After retiring from playing, Banerjee remained on the technical committee for Mohun Bagan. On 18 February 2017, the day before his death, Banerjee was in attendance as Mohun Bagan defeated DSK Shivajians in an I-League match 3–1. The next day, Banerjee died of a heart attack.
Honours
Mohun Bagan
- Federation Cup: 1978–79
Individual
- Mohun Bagan Ratna: 2021{{cite web|last1=Noronha |first1=Anselm |title=Mohun Bagan Day 2021: The award winners and everything you need to know|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/mohun-bagan-day-2021-everything-you-need-to-know/19iuh7y0rlmt61rvzelbkqvqcn|website=www.goal.in|publisher=Goal|date=29 July 2021 |access-date=21 October 2022|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922154335/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/mohun-bagan-day-2021-everything-you-need-to-know/19iuh7y0rlmt61rvzelbkqvqcn}}{{Cite web |date=2021-07-14 |title=Shibaji Banerjee to be conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna posthumously |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/shibaji-banerjee-conferred-with-mohun-bagan-ratna-roy-krishna-best-player/article35329065.ece |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=sportstar.thehindu.com |language=en |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120084030/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/shibaji-banerjee-conferred-with-mohun-bagan-ratna-roy-krishna-best-player/article35329065.ece }}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Sen|first=Dwaipayan|year=2013|chapter=Wiping the Stain Off the Field of Plassey: Mohun Bagan in 1911|editor-last1=Bandyopadhyay|editor-first1=Kausik|editor-last2=Mallick|editor-first2=Sabyasachi|title=Fringe Nations in World Soccer|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-99810-5}}
- {{cite book|last=Sen|first=Ronojoy|year=2015|chapter=The Empire Strikes Back: The 1911 IFA Shield and Football in Calcutta|title=Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-16490-0}}
- {{cite book |last1=Kapadia |first1=Novy |year=2017|title=Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=978-0-143-42641-7 }}
- {{cite book |last=Mukhopadhay |first=Subir |title= সোনায় লেখা ইতিহাসে মোহনবাগান ({{Translation|Mohun Bagan in the history written in gold}})|year=2018 |isbn=978-93-850172-0-9}}
- {{cite book |last1=Banerjee |first1=Argha |last2=Basu |first2=Rupak |title=মোহনবাগান: সবুজ ঘাসের মেরুন গল্প ({{Translation|Mohun Bagan: Green fields' Maroon stories}})|year=2022|publisher=Shalidhan |isbn=978-81-954667-0-2}}
- {{cite book|title=Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora|year=2001|publisher=Frank Cass Publishers|location=London, United Kingdom|isbn=978-0-7146-8170-2|page=33|last1=Dineo|first1=Paul|last2=Mills|first2=James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71JHZiiP3hoC|archive-date=25 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725072732/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Soccer_in_South_Asia.html?id=71JHZiiP3hoC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y}}
- {{cite book |last1=Martinez| first=Dolores |last2=Mukharji |first2=Projit B|year=2009|title=Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&q=kerala+footballer+in+Burma |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-138-88353-6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702174505/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&dq=kerala+footballer+in+Burma&source=gbs_navlinks_s |archive-date=2 July 2022 }}
- {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbUFaAEACAAJ|title=History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10|first=Nirmal|last=Nath|year=2011|publisher=Readers Service|isbn=9788187891963|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722172604/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/History_of_Indian_Football.html?id=QbUFaAEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y|archive-date=22 July 2022}}
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Category:Indian men's footballers
Category:Mohun Bagan Super Giant players
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers