Kolkata:
City football giants East Bengal on Friday named Biswajit Bhattacharya as their new coach for the forthcoming season.
Bhattacharya would have a one-year stint, club officials announced here.
Bhattacharya had previously coached rival city powerhouses Mohun Bagan and Kochi-based Viva Kerala. He was recently the coach of city club George Telegraph SC in the Calcutta Football League.
As a player he had featured for the national team in the 1984 Nehru Gold Cup and the Asian Cup and was known as a prolific striker.
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