Satyajit Chatterjee
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Satyajit Chatterjee is a former Indian footballer and coach. He was born in Bally
Bally, Howrah
Bally is a city, municipality in Howrah District, West Bengal, India. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is a town of historical importance...

 in Howrah district
Howrah District
Howrah district is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah.-Geography:...

 of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

.

Playing career

He played for Mohun Bagan for 15 consecutive years from 1986 to 2000 and hence recognized as one of the "Ghorer Chele" of Mohun Bagan Club. He was the captain of the team in 1990. He is one of the best attacking midfielder the country has produced. He has also represented India
India national football team
The Indian national football team is the national football team of India and is governed by the All India Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated with FIFA, the international governing body for football. In 1954, AIFF became...

 in many occasions.

Following are the major tournaments Mohun Bagan won during his playing tenure:
  • National Football League
    National Football League (India)
    The National Football League was an association football league competition in India between 1996 and 2007 which was organised into three divisions. The league is now transformed into the I-League and continues with that name...

    : 1997-98,1999-2000.
  • Federation Cup
    Federation Cup (India)
    The Federation Cup is an annual knockout style club football tournament in India. It has started in 1977. From its inception till I-League has been started in 1997 , it was the most prestigious national level club football tournament in India...

    : 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998.
  • Calcutta Football League
    Calcutta Football League
    Calcutta Football League is the football league where several football clubs of the Indian city of Kolkata participate. The CFL is now having a Seven League Division....

    : 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997.
  • IFA Shield
    IFA Shield
    The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. It is the fourth oldest club cup competition in the world after the English and Scottish FA cup's and the Durand Cup.-Results of IFA Shield:...

    : 1987, 1989, 1998, 1999.
  • Durand Cup
    Durand Cup
    The Durand Football Tournament was started by then, India's Foreign Secretary, Mortimer Durand at Simla, India, in 1888. The initial matches were played in Dagshai. It was basically initiated, as a recreation for British troops stationed in India. The Durand Cup was twice suspended, during the two...

    : 1986, 1994, 2000.
  • Rovers Cup
    Rovers Cup
    The Rovers Cup is a football tournament held in India. It was started by British football enthusiasts at Bombay in 1891. It is the 2nd oldest football tournament in India, after Durand Cup. 1st Worcester Regiment was the winner in the inaugural year...

    : 1988, 1991, 1992, 2000.
  • Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup: 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2000.
  • Bordoloi Trophy: 1996.
  • All Airlines Gold Cup: 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000.
  • McDowell's Cup: 1996, 1999
  • DCM Trophy: 1997

Coaching career

He is an AFC
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

 "C" coaching licence holder. Previously, Satyajit Chatterjee has worked as an assistant coach with Carlos Perreira as well as Karim Bencherifa
Karim Bencherifa
Karim Bencherifa , is a Morrocan football coach. Successes including promoting Olympic Club Youssoufia to the Moroccan first division, winning the Calsburg Cup with Floriana and winning the Durand Cup with the Churchill Brothers SC.On a personal note, he has been voted coach of the year in Malta ,...

. He has also assisted Amal Dutta for a couple of seasons.Satyajit served as the coach of Mohun Bagan for the first time in the historical match versus Bayern Munich which was held in Salt Lake Stadium, which was the farewell match of Oliver Kahn. Finally he had a short stint as head coach Mohun Bagan in 2009-10 season, where he resigned from the job taking the responsibility of the club's poor performance.

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