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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar''' (23 June 1962) is a former Indian women's [[Football player|football]] player. She captained the Indian team that played the 1981 World Cup. It does not pop up in statistics because at that time FIFA did not recognise the women's game. Some of the other players who played in the 1981 World Cup are [[Shanti Mullick]], Minati Roy and Judy D'Silva. Kuntala later took up coaching<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=Sports 24x7 |date=2022-09-02 |title=Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar : ব্যতিক্রমী এক কাজে ব্যস্ত এখন কুন্তলা |url=https://kolkata24x7.in/sports-news/kuntala-ghosh-dastidars-fight-to-bring-back-the-girls-who-grew-up-in-the-red-light-area/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Kolkata24x7 {{!}} Bangla News {{!}} Latest Bengali News |language=en-US}}</ref> and also became a football referee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-27 |title=Kunatla Ghosh Dastidar: Former Captain and an Inspiration of Indian Women-Football - Different Truths |url=https://www.differenttruths.com/advocacy/gender/kunatla-ghosh-dastidar-former-captain-and-an-inspiration-of-indian-women-football/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |language=en-US}}</ref> She started 'Bandhu Collective' to coach the from under-privileged families, including from the Red Light areas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saha |first=Rajdeep |date=2022-12-18 |title=A ghost of the past, World Cup captain Kuntala Ghosh Dastidar ignores the noise |url=https://thebridge.in/football/world-cup-captain-kuntala-ghosh-dastidar-ignores-noise-38102 |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Kuntala home was near the Vivekananda Park and she used to go regularly to the park along with her uncle Sujit Ghosh Dastidar. When she was young she got an offer from renowned [[Satyajit Ray]] to act as ‘Durga’ in but encouraged by her uncle she preferred football and politely refused the offer. In June 1975, Arati Bannerjee, wife of [[P. K. Banerjee|PK Bannerjee]], organised a football match for women for the first time and Kuntala was part of the 16-member team that was selected from the 150 that turned out that day. Many of them, including Kuntala, went on to play for the National team. She worked and played for Railways.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2018-10-17 |title=আমার দুর্গা: কুন্তলা ঘোষ দস্তিদার |url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/sports/kuntala-ghosh-dastidar-who-led-india-in-worldcup/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Indian Express Bangla |language=bn}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
She was part of the Indian team that finished second in the Asian Championship in 1979 and 1983. In 1981, India was placed third.<br />
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She was part of Asian All Stars team in 1981 along with Shanthi Mullick and Shukla Dutta.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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She coached the senior [[Bengal]] team in 1994–95, 1998–99 and 2000–02.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.instagram.com/kuntalaghoshdastidar/?hl=en Instagram]<br />
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[[Category:India women's international footballers]]</div>Ajay Kumar