Sarangapani Raman

Indian footballer

Sarangapani Raman
Personal information
Date of birth	1920
Place of birth	Bangalore, Mysore State, British India^[1]
Date of death	11 January 1991 (aged 70–71)^[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Mysore State Police
	Mohun Bagan
International career
1948	India	1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sarangapani Raman (1920 – 11 January 1991) was an Indian footballer who played for the Mysore State Police football team.^[3] He also represented India at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Playing career

Raman played predominantly as a striker, and was included in Balaidas Chatterjee managed national team squad ahead of the 1948 Summer Olympics. For preparation before the min tournament, India toured to Europe in July and played against few English clubs.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] He is best known for playing in the Indian national football team's first ever match and scoring independent India's first ever international goal at the 1948 Olympics against France.^[11]^[12] The match ended 2–1 in favor of France.^[13]^[14] This was also noted as India's first ever official match after independence.^[15]

In domestic club football, he played for Mysore State Police. He later moved to Calcutta Football League side Mohun Bagan and was part of the team that won Durand Cup in 1953 defeating National Defense Academy.

Managerial career

Raman was one of the visionaries of women's football in the southern part of India, predominantly in Karnataka. During his coaching years, he scouted the national players like Chitra Gangadharan, Gayatri Ponappa and Brinda.^[16]

Honours

Mohun Bagan

Durand Cup: 1953^[17]

References

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^ Morrison, Neil. "Indian Olympic team tour of Europe 1948". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
^ Daniel, Chris Punnukattu. "India's 1948 Europe tour & the first international match". blog.cpdfootball.de. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
^ "Player: Sheoo Mewalal". ifawb.com. Kolkata: Indian Football Association. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
^ "Sarangapani Raman". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ Das Sharma, Amitabha (15 March 2012). "A natural leader — Sailen Manna". sportstar.thehindu.com. Kolkata, West Bengal: Sportstar. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^ Hassan, Mehedi (1 August 2018). "ভারত যেদিন নেমেছিল খালি পায়ে... [The day India landed barefoot ...]". www.prothomalo.com (in Bengali). Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^ Nag, Utathya (3 February 2022). "Indian football at the Olympics: The complete history". olympics.com. The Olympics. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^ Mitra, Atanu (19 July 2015). "Legendary Indian coach Sushil Bhattacharya passes away". www.goal.com. Kolkata: Goal. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^ "Mohun Bagan's Historic Maiden Durand Win in 1953". Mohun Bagan AC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

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