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| name = Amal Dutta<br />
| image = <br />
| fullname = Amal Dutta<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|5|4|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jorasanko]], [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|7|10|1930|5|4|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Baguiati]], [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| height = <br />
| currentclub = <br />
| position = [[Midfielder]]<br />
| youthyears1 = <br />
| youthclubs1 =<br />
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| years1 = <br />
| clubs1 = Sporting Union<br />
| caps1 = <br />
| goals1 = <br />
| years2 = 1953–1956<br />
| clubs2 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]<br />
| caps2 = <br />
| goals2 = <br />
| nationalyears1 = 1953–1954<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 1<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 0<br />
| manageryears1 = 1960 | managerclubs1 = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]<br />
| manageryears2 = 1963–1965 | managerclubs2 = [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] <br />
| manageryears3 = 1969–1971 | managerclubs3 = [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]<br />
| manageryears4 = 1976–1985 | managerclubs4 = [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]<br />
| manageryears5 = 1985–1987 | managerclubs5 = [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]]<br />
| manageryears6 = 1987–1988 | managerclubs6 = [[India national football team|India]]<br />
| manageryears7 = 1989–2006 | managerclubs7 = [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]]<br />
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'''Amal Dutta''' (4 May 1930 – 10 July 2016) was a former [[India]]n footballer, coach and football [[Manager (association football)|manager]]. He was born in [[Kolkata]], then [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]. He was considered as the first professional football coach in India. He had a rivalry with [[Pradip Kumar Banerjee]], during his coaching days in [[Football in Kolkata|Kolkata club football]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sport/giving-wing-to-dreams/cid/1756274|title=Giving wing to dreams|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]|work=Angshuman Roy|access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Playing career==<br />
Amal Dutta made his debut in the early 1950s. He played for [[East Bengal FC]] in 1953, 1955 and 1956 seasons. He was part of the East Bengal team that toured Soviet Union and Europe in the '53 season. On 25 October 1953, Dutta made his national team debut against [[Pakistan national football team|Pakistan]] in Rangoon during the [[Colombo Cup|Quadrangular Series]], which was his only appearance for [[India national football team|India]]. He was also a member of Indian squad in the [[1954 Asian Games]] in Manila.<br />
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==Coaching career==<br />
After retirement as a player he went to [[England]] for a one-year [[The Football Association|FA]] coaching course paid for from his own finances, where he was taught by the renowned [[Walter Winterbottom]]. <br />
On returning to India, Dutta started a coaching camp in Bally, Howrah. His first major assignment was to coach Railways in 1960 for the [[Santosh Trophy]]. His first assignment with a big club was in 1963 with [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] midway through the [[Calcutta Football League|Calcutta league]]. <br />
He remained as coach with East Bengal in 1964 but a year later, he took the first of several bold steps in his chequered career. He quit the security of his<br />
job in the [[Indian Railways]] and opted to become a full-time football coach, the first-ever in India and a feat for which he has received little recognition.<br />
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In the early 1960s he retired from the Indian Railways to become a full-time coach, a bold step in the amateur football scene of that time in India. Thus he is known as the first professional coach of India .<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/FootballStudies/2002/FS0502f.pdf Rahim, Amal Dutta, P.K. and Nayeem: The Coaches Who Shaped Indian Football].</ref> In his long coaching career he was associated with premier football clubs of India, and also became coach of [[India national football team|India]].<br />
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Dutta coached all the 3 big clubs of the Kolkata maidan. With East Bengal, he won the CFL (twice), IFA shield (twice), Rovers Cup, Durand Cup, Darjeeling Gold Cup, Bordoloi Trophy, Airlines Gold Cup, Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup and ATP Shield. He had more success with Mohun Bagan whom he coached to 4 CFL titles, 4 IFA Shield titles, 3 Federation Cups, 2 Durand Cups and also wins in DCM Trophy, Airlines Gold Cup, Sikkim Governors Gold Cup and Nehru Trophy. In a single season with Mohammedan Sporting in 1980, Dutta won Rovers, DCM and Sikkim Governors Gold Cup titles.<br />
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Dutta has also managed another [[Kolkata]]-based NFL side [[Tollygunge Agragami FC]] from 1999 to 2000.<ref>[http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers1999.html Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 1999] ''indianfootball.de''. Retrieved 29 July 2021</ref><br />
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He was renowned for his bold and innovative tactics and formation, Diamond system. He was called as Diamond Coach of Indian football.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
Dutta died on 10 July 2016 at the age of 86. He is survived by a son and a daughter.<ref name="HT 10 July">{{cite news|title=Former India footballer and coach Amal Dutta dies at the age of 86|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/football/former-india-footballer-and-coach-amal-dutta-dies-at-the-age-of-86/story-jLU3rKDM78jUVGBRgSO6EK.html|accessdate=10 July 2016|work=Hindustan Times|date=10 July 2016}}</ref><br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[India national football team at the Olympics]]<br />
* [[Football at the Asian Games]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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