Bikash Panji


Bikash Panji is a retired Indian professional football midfielder who represented the football team|India national team] and appeared with both the Kolkata-giants East Bengal and Mohun [Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan].

Playing career

Panji represented India at the 1984 Asian Cup. He also played club football for Mohun Bagan and Bengal Club|East Bengal]. He scored two goals during the 1986 World Cup Qualification, as India finished second with 7 points. He has scored 66 goals for East Bengal Club, and captained the team in 1988–89. In East Bengal, he had a lethal combination with Krishanu Dey in the 1980s.
Panji made his debut in Santosh Trophy for the Railways team that finished second in 1982. After moving to Mohun Bagan the next year, he represented Bengal thereafter.