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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name     = Bikash Panji
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| birth_place    = [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| position       = [[Midfielder]]
| years1         = | clubs1 = [[Mohun Bagan]] | caps1 = |goals1 = 
| years2         = 1985–1992| clubs2 = [[East Bengal Club]]| caps2 = |goals2 = 65
| years3         = 1994| clubs3 = [[East Bengal Club]]| caps3 = |goals3 = 1
| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = 
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'''Bikash Panji''' is a retired Indian professional [[association football|football]] [[midfielder]] who represented the [[India national football team|India national team]] and appeared with both the Kolkata-giants [[East Bengal]] and [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]].<ref>{{cite web|location=Kolkata|first=Indranil|last=Banerjie|date=15 May 1985|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/19850515-money-violence-and-politics-enter-calcutta-football-770046-2013-12-09|title=Money, violence and politics enter Calcutta football|work=India Today|access-date=1 April 2023|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401133317/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/19850515-money-violence-and-politics-enter-calcutta-football-770046-2013-12-09}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Panji represented India at the [[1984 Asian Cup]]. He also played club football for [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|title=How football kicked off in India {{!}} As with the English language, when the British transported the sport to India, they didn't expect the 'natives' to beat them at it|website=lifestyle.livemint.com|publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Livemint Delhi]]|date=8 June 2018|access-date=27 January 2022|first=Manu S|last=Pillai|location=Delhi, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714153151/https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|archive-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> and [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Five most successful Indian football coaches|url=https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-five-most-successful-coaches/|date=31 August 2022|access-date=7 October 2022|website=khelnow.com|publisher=Khel Now|first=Sathvik K|last=Bharadwaj|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905111022/https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-five-most-successful-coaches/|archive-date=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Gautam|last1=Roy|first2=Swapan|last2=Ball|date=2007|url=http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/famousPlayers6.asp|title=East Bengal Football Club – Famous Players|access-date=25 February 2009|website=www.eastbengalfootballclub.com|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221072225/http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/famousPlayers6.asp|archive-date=21 February 2009}}</ref> He scored two goals (both against Bangladesh) 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/capeb.htm|website=kolkatafootball.com|title=Kolkatafootball.com :East Bengal League History: Indian Football Capital's News|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011211/https://www.kolkatafootball.com/capeb.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/east-bengal-fc/20/|title=East Bengal FC » Historical squads|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011647/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/east-bengal-fc/20/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eastbengalclub.co.in/teamarchives.html|title=East Bengal Club - The Official Site of East Bengal Club|website=eastbengalclub.co.in|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=8 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108213722/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/teamarchives.html}}</ref> In East Bengal, he had a lethal combination with [[Krishanu Dey]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehardtackle.com/2011/legends-of-indian-football-krishanu-dey/|title=Legends Of Indian Football : Krishanu Dey|first=Somnath|last=Sengupta|website=thehardtackle.com|publisher=The Hard Tackle|language=en|location=Kolkata|date=24 June 2013|access-date=10 October 2022|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205150303/https://thehardtackle.com/2011/legends-of-indian-football-krishanu-dey/}}</ref>

Panji made his debut in [[Santosh Trophy]] for the [[Railways football team|Railways]] team that finished second in [[1981–82 Santosh Trophy|1982]]. After moving to Mohun Bagan the next year, he represented [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]] thereafter.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12033/page/n1395/mode/1up The Midfield Maestros], Sportsworld, 22 April 1992</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of India national football team captains]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121014174849/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/84asch.html Stats]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111108183220/http://www.eastbengaltherealpower.com/legend/124/Bikash-Panji Profile on East Bengal site]

{{India squad AFC Asian Cup 1984}}
{{SC East Bengal managers}}

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[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
[[Category:India men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1984 AFC Asian Cup players]]
[[Category:Footballers from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Howrah district]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Asian Games footballers for India]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club players]]
[[Category:Mohun Bagan Super Giant players]]
[[Category:Calcutta Football League players]]


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