Biplob Bhattacharjee

Biplob Bhattacharjee

Personal information
Full name	Biplob Bhattacharjee
Date of birth	(1981-01-07) 7 January 1981
Place of birth	Cumilla, Bangladesh
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2000	Abahani Limited Dhaka		(0)
2001	Farashganj SC		(0)
2002	Muktijoddha Sangsad		(0)
2003–2004	Brothers Union		(0)
2004–2005	Mohammedan SC		(0)
2006–2009	Abahani Limited Dhaka		(0)
2010–2011	Muktijoddha Sangsad		(0)
2011–2014	Sheikh Russel KC		(0)
2015	Brothers Union		(0)
2016–2017	Sheikh Russel KC		(0)
2018	Brothers Union	8	(0)
International career
1997–2011	Bangladesh	24	(0)
Managerial career
2022	Bangladesh (goalkeeping coach)
2023–	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi (goalkeeping coach)
Medal record Representing Bangladesh Men's football SAFF Championship Winner 2003 Bangladesh Runner-up 2005 Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biplob Bhattacharjee (Template:Lang-bn; born 7 January 1981), sometimes called Biplob Bhattacharya, is a Bangladeshi retired professional footballer, who represented the Bangladesh national team between 1997 and 2011. He is the current goalkeeping coach of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi. He played as a goalkeeper for Sheikh Russel KC, Abahani Limited Dhaka, Mohammedan SC and many other clubs. Since making his debut at the age of 18, he has won 24 caps for his country.

Club career

In 1994, Bhattacharjee joined Abahani Limited Dhaka who played in the Dhaka League at the time. He became a full-time footballer when with Abahani who were one of the founding members of the Bangladesh Professional Football League. He retired after playing for Brothers Union in 2018.

International career

Bhattacharjee's performances for Arambagh in his first season led to him being called up to the Bangladesh national football team in early 1997 for their 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. He made his international debut at the age of 18 in the 0–3 defeat to Saudi Arabia on 27 March 1997. In the following four days he made two more appearances for the team, keeping goal in the 2–1 win over Taiwan and the 0–1 loss to Malaysia.

It was another six years before Bhattacharjee was called up to the Bangladesh team again, when he was named in their squad for the 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup. He was included as a back-up to first choice goalkeeper Aminul Hoque although he did play in the 3–0 win against Bhutan on 15 January 2003. Bhattacharjee remained second choice behind Haque, playing one match in 2005 and two the following year. However, in 2007, he regained his place in the Bangladesh side and won six caps, playing in all of Bangladesh's matches that year. He has not played another game for the team since. He was included in the preliminary 30-man squad to participate in the 2009 South Asian Football Federation Cup, 2010 South Asian Games and the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup. However, when national coach Dido was dismissed from his post, Bhattacharjee was one of seven players excluded from the final squad.

Coaching career

In 2022, Biplob was appointed as the goalkeeping coach of the Bangladesh national team.

Honours

Bangladesh

• SAFF Championship: 2003

External links

• Biplob Bhattacharjee at National-Football-Teams.com