Atanu Bhattacharya


Atanu Bhattacharya is an Indian football Goalkeeper Coach at Kingfisher East Bengal FC in the I-League. He has played for India in the 1984 Asian Cup. During his playing career, he has represented Kingfisher East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting Club.He has played for the Indian national team for over 12 years.
He has also captained the national side to various triumphs. He is remembered for his immense contribution to the Indian National team and also for his selection into the Asian Allstar team. He is one of those footballers who has played for all the three clubs. A fun fact being that he first played for India and then got a call for the Bengal team that later won the Santosh Trophy. He was only at BNR when he got selected for the Indian National team unlike most who were playing at big clubs.
His performance in the game against Argentina in the year 1984 is highly recognised.