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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dipankar Roy
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Dipankar Roy
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|11|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
| height = {{height|m=1.68}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1995–1997
| youthclubs1 = [[Tata Football Academy]]
| years1 = 1997–1998
| clubs1 = [[Tata Football Academy]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1998–1999
| clubs2 = [[JCT FC|JCT]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 1999–2009
| clubs3 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2009–2010
| clubs4 = [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| years5 = 2010–2011
| clubs5 = [[Southern Samity]]
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| years6 = 2013–2015
| clubs6 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2000
| nationalteam1 = [[Indian national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 3 November 2020
| ntupdate =
}}

'''Dipankar Roy''' ({{langx|bn|দীপঙ্কর রায়}}; born 7 November 1982) is a retired Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]]. He played most of his professional career for [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] in the [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]] and [[I-League]].<ref name="soccerway">{{soccerway|dipankar-roy/72902}}</ref>

==Career==
Born in [[Kolkata]] [[West Bengal]], Dipankar Roy began his professional career playing with the [[Tata Football Academy]] before joining [[JCT FC|JCT]] in 1998-99 season. After a set of impressive performances, Dipankar was signed by Kolkata giants [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] in 1999, where he would go on to play for the next 10 seasons winning three [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]] titles along with several other honours for the club. He joined [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] in 2009. He had spells with [[Calcutta Football League|Calcutta Premier Division]] side [[Southern Samity]] before rejoining [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] again in 2013 before finally hanging-up his boots and retire from professional football.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/30183/Dipankar_Roy.html|title=Roy, Dipankar|work=National Football Teams|accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref>

===East Bengal===
In 1999, Dipankar Roy joined East Bengal club and went on to play for the next 10 seasons. During his stay with the club, Dipankar Roy has won a total of 22 trophies which includes three [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]] titles, the famous [[ASEAN Club Championship]] title, three [[IFA Shield]] titles, two [[Durand Cup]] titles, one [[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]], seven [[Calcutta Football League|Calcutta Premier Division]] titles and few others.

Dipankar Roy scored four goals in the National League in his maiden season and he played a pivotal role during the club's maiden NFL title win in [[2000-01 National Football League (India)|2000-01]], scoring three goals as a midfielder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1999-00nl.html|title=4th "Coca Cola" National Football League 1999/2000|work=Indian Football|accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref> He was once again back in form during the [[2003-04 National Football League (India)|2003-04 National league]], scoring three goals again from the midfield as East Bengal won their third NFL title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2002-03nl.html|title=7th "Oil PSU" National Football League 2002/03|work=Indian Football|accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref>

In [[2003–04 East Bengal F.C. season|2003-04]] season, Dipankar Roy scored four goals in a match as East Bengal recorded their highest ever margin of victory in the tournament against Wari FC in the [[IFA Shield]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/East-Bengal-thrash-Wari-9-0/articleshow/196078.cms|title=East Bengal thrash Wari 9-0|work=Times of India|accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref>

In 2013, Dipankar Roy rejoined the club to finally retire from professional football wearing the Red and Gold kit.

==Personal life==
Dipankar Roy's personal life has been controversial as he was arrested in 2004 for allegedly sheltering an absconder along with co-player Sashti Duley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/east-bengal-footballers-sasthi-dipankar-arrested_185081.html|title=East Bengal footballers Sasthi, Dipankar arrested|work=Zee News|accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref> He was later granted bail.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/nov/08bail.htm|title=Duley, Roy file bail plea|work=Rediff|accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|1 November 2020}}<ref name="soccerway"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Others
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|[[2000–01 National Football League (India)|2000–01]]
|rowspan="5"|[[National Football League (India)|National Football League]]||16||3||?||?||?||?||—||—||16||3
|-
|[[2001–02 National Football League (India)|2001–02]]
|15||2||?||?||?||?||—||—||15||2
|-
|[[2003–04 National Football League (India)|2003–04]]
|17||3||?||?||?||?||—||—||17||3
|-
|[[2005–06 National Football League (India)|2005–06]]
|9||1||2||1||9{{efn|7 Appearances in the [[Calcutta Football League]], 1 Appearance each in the [[IFA Shield]] and [[Indian Super Cup (1997–2011)|Super Cup]].}}||1||—||—||20||3
|-
|[[2006–07 National Football League (India)|2006–07]]
|9||0||2||0||15{{efn|13 Appearances in the [[Calcutta Football League]], 1 Appearance each in the [[IFA Shield]] and [[Durand Cup]].}}||1||—||—||26||1
|-
|[[2007–08 I-League|2007–08]]
|rowspan="3"|[[I-League]]||9||0||2||0||13{{efn|name=CFL|Appearances in the [[Calcutta Football League]].}}||2||—||—||24||2
|-
|[[2008–09 I-League|2008–09]]
|2||0||0||0||6{{efn|name=CFL}}||0||—||—||8||0
|-
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]]
|0||0||0||0||2{{efn|name=CFL}}||0||—||—||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!77!!9!!6!!1!!45!!4!!0!!0!!128!!14
|}

{{notelist}}

==Honours==
===Club===
;East Bengal:
*[[ASEAN Club Championship]] (1): [[2003 ASEAN Club Championship|2003]]
*[[National Football League (India)|National Football League]] (3): [[2000-01 Indian National Football League|2000-01]], [[2002-03 Indian National Football League|2002-03]], [[2003-04 Indian National Football League|2003-04]]
*[[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]] (1): 2007
*[[Indian Super Cup (1997–2011)|Super Cup]] (1): 2006
*[[IFA Shield]] (3): 2000, 2001, 2002
*[[Durand Cup]] (2): 2002, 2004
*[[Calcutta Football League|Calcutta Premier Division]] (7): 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013
*San Miguel International Trophy (1): 2004
*McDowell Cup (1): 2000
*[[All Airlines Gold Cup]] (1): 2001
*Independence Cup (1): 2003

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{soccerway|dipankar-roy/72902}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Dipankar}}
[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club players]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]

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