Amal Dutta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amal Dutta | ||
| Place of birth | India | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder (manager) | ||
| National team | |||
| India | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1960 | Bengal | ||
| 1963–1964 | East Bengal | ||
| 1969–1970 | Mohun Bagan | ||
| 1987-1988 | India | ||
| 1991–1992 | Mohun Bagan | ||
| 1997–1998 | Mohun Bagan | ||
| † Appearances (goals) | |||
Amal Dutta is a football coach in India. He was born in West Bengal, India.
Playing career
In 1950s he played in midfield for East Bengal. He also represented India in the 1954 Asian Games at Manila.
Coaching career
After retirement as a player he went to England for a one-year FA coaching course, where he was taught by the renowned Walter Winterbottom.On returning to India his first major assignment was to coach Railways in 1960 for the Santosh trophy. His first assignment with a big club was in 1963 with East Bengal midway through the Calcutta league. He remained as coach with East Bengal in 1964 but a year later, he took the first of several bold steps in his chequered career. He quit the security of his job in the Indian Railways and opted to become a full time football coach, the first-ever in India and a feat for which he has received little recognition.
In the early 1960s he retired from the Indian Railways to become a full-time coach, a bold step in the amateur football scene of that time in India. Thus he is known as the first professional coach of India .[1] In his long coaching career he was associated with premier football clubs of India, and also became coach of India.
He is renowned for his bold and innovative tactics and formation.