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Pran Govinda Kundu
Personal information
Full name	Pran Govinda Kundu
Date of birth	21 October 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth	Munshiganj, East Bengal, Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh)
Position(s)	Center-back, Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967–1968	Eastern SC
1969	Kamal SC
1970	Fire Service SC
1972	Victoria SC
1973–1981	Team BJMC
1982	Muktijoddha Sangsad
International career
1971	Shadhin Bangla
Managerial career
1984–1989	Adamjee SSC
1985	Victoria SC
1989	Bangladesh
1991	Muktijoddha Sangsad
1991	Bangladesh (assistant)
1992	Farashganj SC
1996–1999	Farashganj SC
2000–2002	Rahmatganj MFS
2005	BRTC SC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pran Govinda Kundu (Bengali: প্রাণ গোবিন্দ কুন্ডু; born 21 October 1950), is a former Bangladeshi football player and manager. He was well known by his nickname Lucky Govinda during his playing days.^[4] He was a member of the Shadhin Bangla football team during the Bangladesh Liberation War and later was head coach of the Bangladesh national team.^[1]

Career

Govinda's football journey began in 1967 with Eastern Sporting Club in the Dhaka Third Division League.^[2]^[1] He moved through the leagues, playing for Kamal Sporting Club and Fire Service. His career paused during the Bangladesh Liberation War, leading him to join Ali Imam's Shadhin Bangla football team in Calcutta.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Returning post-war, he won two First Division titles with Team BJMC, in 1973 and 1979. Govinda retired as captain of Second Division club, Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in 1982.^[2]

As a coach, Govinda won both the third division and second division titles with Adamjee SSC. He even guided the club to a fifth-place finish in the 1985 Dhaka League. He assumed the role of the head coach for the Bangladesh national team in all six games during the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round.^[8]^[9]

He migrated to India after retiring as a coach in 2005.^[10] In 2023, Govinda revealed that his name had been misspelled in the official government gazette for the Shadhin Bangla football team.^[1]

Honours

Player

Team BJMC

Dhaka First Division League: 1973, 1979

Manager

Adamjee SSC

Dhaka Third Division League: 1984
Dhaka Second Division League: 1986

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "স্বাধীন বাংলা ফুটবল দলে ভুল নামে আছেন প্রাণ গোবিন্দ" (in Bengali). Ekattor TV. September 5, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dulal, Mahmud (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war in the playground) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
^ "BFF endorses 36-member list". The Daily Star. December 24, 2008.
^ Tuhin, Saifur Rahaman (20 April 2018). "'কোচ বললেন, তোর নাম দিলাম চিতাবাঘ'". kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). Dhaka: Kaler Kontho Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
^ "ফুটবল নিয়ে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ". Kalerkantho (in Bengali). December 13, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
^ "ফুটবল পায়ে যুদ্ধ করেছিলেন স্বাধীন বাংলার ফুটবলাররা". Daily Bangladesh (in Bengali).
^ "BFF to honour war heroes". The Daily Star. December 15, 2008. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Pran Gabinda Kundu (Coach)". www.national-football-teams.com.
^ "International Matches 1989 - Asia". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "Swadhin Bangla: More than a football team". archive.thedailystar.net. 16 December 2003. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

Bibliography

Dulal, Mahmud (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war in the playground) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
Alam, Masud (2017). ফুটবলের গল্প ফুটবলারদের গল্প (transl. The story of football the story of footballers) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 9789849134688.
Mahmud, Noman (2018). ফুটবল পায়ে মুক্তির যুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war fought by football) (in Bengali). Agamee Prakashani. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.