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Prasun Banerjee

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Prasun Banerjee
প্রসূন ব্যানার্জী
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2013
Preceded byAmbica Banerjee
ConstituencyHowrah
Personal details
PartyNationalist Citizens Party of India (2026–present)
Other political
affiliations
Trinamool Congress (till 2026)
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (BSc)
ProfessionSportsperson, Politician
Association football career
Date of birth (1955-04-06) 6 April 1955 (age 71)
Place of birth Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Positions
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1985 India 49 (3)

Prasun Banerjee is an Indian former professional footballer and politician who is serving as an MP in the Lok Sabha from Howrah.[1] He is an Arjuna Award winner (1979). Younger brother of the Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Prasun had also captained the India national football team in international tournaments.[2]

Early life

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Prasun is the younger brother of India's player of the 20th century and former national coach, Pradip Kumar Banerjee. He is a graduate of the University of Calcutta.[3]

Career

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Football

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He was vice-captain of the India U-20 team that clinched 1974 AFC Youth Championship title in Thailand.[4][5]

Banerjee began his club football career with Calcutta Football League club Kidderpore.[6] He also played for Aryans.[7] He was included in the All Time Best-XI team of Mohun Bagan as a central defensive midfielder.[8] He was only the second Indian to play for Asian All-star XI. He also played two matches against Brazil for Asian All-star XI and played against Zico, Eder, Falcao, Socretes and others. He was included in the Limca book of record for representing India in 100 football matches.[9]

Coaching

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Prasun has also coached Mohun Bagan for two months in the 1990–91 season.[10]

Politics

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In 2013, he won the bypoll to the Howrah Sadar parliamentary constituency on a Trinamool Congress ticket thus becoming the first professional footballer to be a Member of Parliament, India (Lok Sabha). He won the seat defeating his adversary, Left Front's Sridip Bhattacharya, by more than 27,000 votes.[11][12] He was re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014.[13]

Controversy

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In 2015, Banerjee was charged for slapping a Kolkata traffic constable. The constable, identified as Taragati Biswas, had reportedly stopped Banerjee's vehicle while it violated the 'no U-turn' rule.[14]

2026 Rebellion

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In June 2026, almost immediately after the massive Trinamool Congress defeat, around 20 MPs of TMC including Yusuf Pathan, Saayoni Ghosh, Bapi Halder, Mala Roy, Mitali Bag, Deepak Adhikari, Arup Chakraborty, Sharmila Sarkar, Satabdi Roy, Rachna Banerjee, Prasun Banerjee and others, allegedly declared rebellion from their Party, and presented their written wish to join Bhartiya Janata Party. This group was led by Kakoli Ghosh. [15] [16]

Later, on 14 June, 20 MPs, including Prasun, signed a formal letter declaring their split from Trinamool Congress as to merge with the Nationalist Citizen Party of India (NCPI). They formally submitted the letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. [17] [18]

The total strength of TMC in Lok Sabha had been 28, so that a number of 20 MPS made it eligible for splitting from the Party, as per the Indian Defection laws, so as to escape the anti-defection disqualification. [19]

Career statistics

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India national team

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Debut: 26 July 1974 vs Malaysia, in Merdeka Cup at Kuala Lumpur (Prasun Banerjee came in as a substitute for Gautam Sarkar).
No of Matches Played – 49
No of Matches played as a captain – 5
Goals Scored – 3 [citation needed]

International tournaments

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Asian Games – 1974, 1978, 1982.[citation needed]
Merdeka Cup (Kuala Lumpur) – 1974, 1981, 1982.
Pre Olympics – 1980 (Captain).
Nehru Cup – 1982.
Kings Cup (Bangkok) – 1977, 1981.
Presidents Cup (Seoul) – 1982.
Aga Khan Gold Cup (Dhaka) – 1977.

Other Achievements

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Prasun Banerjee was the Joint Captain of the Indian Youth Team along with Sabbir Ali which became Joint Champions with Iran in Asian Youth Soccer Tournament at Bangkok.[citation needed]

Bengal

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Santosh Trophy – 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (Captain), 1982.[citation needed]
Goals Scored – 3
Championships Won – 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (Captain) and 1982 (Joint) – 6 times

Clubs

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  • Mohun Bagan – 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (Captain), 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983.

Goals Scored – 24 goals (CFL – 14, Bordoloi Trophy – 4, IFA Shield – 1, Durand Cup – 1, Rovers Cup – 1, Federation Cup −2, Darjeeling Gold Cup – 1).

Trophies Won -

Calcutta Football League (4) – 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983.[citation needed]
IFA Shield (5) – 1976 (Joint), 1977, 1978 (Joint), 1979, 1982.
Durand Cup (5) – 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982 (Joint).
Rovers Cup (2) – 1976, 1977.
Federation Cup (3) – 1978 (Joint), 1980 (Joint), 1982.
Bordoloi Trophy (4) – 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977.
Darjeeling Gold Cup (4) – 1975, 1976 (Joint), 1979, 1982.
Nagjee Trophy (1) – 1978.

Total – 28.

Goals Scored – 4 (CFL – 1, Federation Cup – 2, Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup – 1).

Trophies Won -

Calcutta Football League – 1981.[citation needed]
Federation Cup – 1984.
Sanjay Gandhi Gold Cup – 1981.
Stafford Cup – 1981 (Joint).
Nizam Gold Cup – 1984.
Nagjee Trophy – 1984.
Rovers Cup – 1984.
Darjeeling Gold Cup – 1984.
Bordoloi Trophy – 1985

Total – 9[citation needed]

Honours

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India

India U20

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "Only 62 Out of 543 MPs Have Clocked 100% Attendance". The New Indian Express. 1 March 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Former India football captain Prasun Banerjee hospitalised". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "MyNeta link". Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Banerjee, Ritabrata (30 April 2020). "Down the memory lane: India's AFC Youth Championship triumph in 1974". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Ali, Shabbir (30 April 2020). "From gate-crashers to joint winners: India's journey at the Asian Youth Championship Bangkok 1974". www.the-aiff.com. Hyderabad: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "IFA (WB) – Team: KIDDERPORE SC". ifawb.org. Indian Football Association. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Sengupta, Somnath (16 December 2010). "Aryan Club — Rising From the Ashes". thehardtackle.com. The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Club Day: Mohun Bagan - All Time Best XI". www.goal.com. Goal. 7 October 2008. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Home". Prasun Banerjee. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "McDowell's Mohun Bagan Ex-Captain, Member of Parliament Prasun Banerjee felicitated by AIFF". Mohun Bagan. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Trinamool Congress' Prasun Banerjee wins Howrah bypoll, CPM blames BJP, 'terror'". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "West Bengal: TMC's Prasun Banerjee wins Howrah by-poll by 27,000 votes". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "General Elections to Lok Sabha 2014 Constituency Wise Trends & Results". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Trinamool MP Prasun Banerjee slaps Kolkata traffic constable". India Today. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  15. ↑ "Yusuf Pathan, Saayoni Ghosh, Shatrughan Sinha among 20 TMC rebel list signatories". India Today. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "Tollywood Brigade' disses Mamata: Sayoni Ghosh among celebrity leaders in TMC revolt". The Week. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  17. ↑ "20 rebel Trinamool Lok Sabha MPs seek to merge with Nationalist Citizen Party of India". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "TMC merger: Strategic move to aid BJP without legal hurdles". Rediff. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "TMC haemorrhage". Times of India. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  20. ↑ The Indian Senior Team at the 1977 Bangkok Kings Cup: Archived 19 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine indianfootball.de. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  21. ↑ Media Team, AIFF (15 August 2022). "Indian Football Down the Years: Looking back at the glorious moments". www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  22. ↑ Morrison, Neil. "Asian U-19 Championship 1974". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  23. ↑ "LIST OF ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS - Football | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". yas.nic.in. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2007.
  24. ↑ "List of Arjuna Awardees (1961–2018)" (PDF). Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  25. ↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2000). "National Award winning Footballers". indianfootball.de. IndianFootball. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  26. ↑ "Mohammedan Sporting bestow Shan-e-Mohammedan to Prasun Banerjee". The Blog » CPD Football by Chris Punnakkattu Daniel. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

Further reading

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