Amal Dutta
Amal Dutta (4 May 1930 – 10 July 2016) was a former Indian footballer, coach and football manager. Born in Calcutta, then Bengal Presidency, he is considered as the first professional football coach in the country. A finest thinker of the sport, Dutta had a rivalry with Pradip Kumar Banerjee during his coaching days in Kolkata club football.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amal Dutta | ||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Jorasanko, Calcutta, Bengal, British India | ||
| Date of death | 10 July 2016 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Baguiati, Kolkata, West Bengal, India | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Friends Club | |||
| Subarnon | |||
| Sporting Union | |||
| Bengal Nagpur Railway | |||
| Aryans | |||
| 1953–1956 | East Bengal | ||
| Mohun Bagan | |||
| International career | |||
| 1953–1954 | India | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1960 | Bengal | ||
| 1960–1962 | Aryan | ||
| 1963–1965 | East Bengal | ||
| 1967–1968 | Orissa | ||
| 1969–1971 | Mohun Bagan | ||
| 1976–1985 | East Bengal | ||
| 1980–1981 | Orissa | ||
| 1985–1987 | Mohun Bagan | ||
| 1987 | India | ||
| 1989–2006 | Mohun Bagan | ||
| 2006–2007 | Chirag United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Known for introducing the "diamond system" in football in India in the late 1970s, Dutta is known as "Diamond Coach".
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