Badal Das

Badal Das was a Bangladeshi football player and coach. He represented the football team|Bangladesh national team] between 1987 and 1991, scoring 2 goals in 7 official games.

Club career

A product of the Pioneer [Football League (Bangladesh)|Pioneer Football League], Badal played for Little Friends Club in the Dhaka [Third Division Football League|Dhaka Third Division League] in 1983. The following year, he joined Farashganj SC in the First Division Football League|First Division], the top-tier at the time. In his two seasons at the club Badal scored 5 and 3 league goals respectively. In 1986, he joined Dhaka Wanderers Club, scoring 7 goals in his lone year with them, before moving to Brothers Union. His first season with the Oranges saw him only score twice in the league, however, after the appointment of coach Kazi Salahuddin, Badal's performances improved. During the 1988–89 league opening match against Dhanmondi Club he strcuk a hat-trick. In 1993, Badal captained Bangladesh Boys Club to promotion from the Dhaka First Division League.

International career

On 8 February 1987, Badal made his debut for the Bangladesh national team against Thailand in the 1987 [Bangladesh President's Gold Cup|President's Gold Cup] held in Dhaka. The team played under the name Bangladesh White and mainly consisted of players from Mohammedan SC, although Badal was playing for Brothers Union at the time. During the match while his team were down by two goals he scored in the 83rd minute from a Monir Hossain Manu cross initiating Bangladesh's comeback. The game ended in a 2–2 draw after Samrat Hossain Emily equalised in the 85th minute. Badal was integral part of the team throughout the tournament scoring three goals as his team reached the semi-finals, only to be knocked out in penalties by Chinese club Guangdong. Badal's performances in his debut tournament earned him a place in coach Abdur Rahim's team for the Football at the 1987 [South Asian Games|1987 South Asian Games]. With the Bangladesh U19 team he played one out of the two 1988 [AFC Youth Championship qualification|1988 AFC Youth Championship qualifying] matches against North Korea U19, coming on as a substitute in the first leag which ended 0–0. Bangladesh eventually failed to qualify for the main round after losing the second leg 1–5.

No.

Date

Venue

Opponent

Score

Result

Competition

8 February 1987

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh

1–2

2–2

President's Gold Cup