Sankarlal Chakraborty

Sankarlal Chakraborty (born 12 December 1975) is an Indian professional football coach and former player.^[3]

Full name Sankarlal Chakraborty^[1]

Date of birth 12 December 1975 (age 50)^[2]

Place of birth Kolkata, India

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Sankarlal Chakraborty
Personal information
Full name	Sankarlal Chakraborty^[1]
Date of birth	(1975-12-12) 12 December 1975 (age 50)^[2]
Place of birth	Kolkata, India
Position(s)	Midfielder defender
Youth career
	TFA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Mohun Bagan
1997–2003	East Bengal
Managerial career
2012–2014	IFA Academy (assistant)
2014–2018	Mohun Bagan (assistant)
2018–2019	Mohun Bagan
2019–2020	Bhawanipore
2020	Mohammedan
2021	Bhawanipore
2022–2023	Sudeva Delhi
2023–2024	Bengaluru United
2024	Punjab FC (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Playing career

Sankarlal Chakraborty is a Tata Football Academy graduate. He joined Mohun Bagan as a footballer in the year of 1996. He also played for East Bengal F.C. At his East Bengal career, he broke his leg while trying to tackle Chima Okorie during a Kolkata Derby in August 1997.^[4] He was a midfielder. His playing career ended in 2002–03 after getting injured heavily.^[5]

Coaching career

IFA Academy

He took to coaching at the academy of the Indian Football Association in 2012.

Mohun Bagan

He had been pursuing his coaching career at Mohun Bagan since 2014, before getting promoted to head coach. He worked under Subhash Bhowmick and Sanjoy Sen as an assistant coach. He got the opportunity to manage Mohun Bagan as a head coach during Calcutta Football League in 2017.^[6] He takes over as a head coach for Mohun Bagan in I-League in place of Sanjoy Sen in 2018.^[7]

Sudeva Delhi

On 14 December 2022, Sudeva Delhi officially unveiled Chakraborty as their new head coach.^[8] After end of the season, the club relegated from I-League.^[9]^[10]