Legendary former India footballer and celebrated coach Subhas Bhowmick died once prolonged illness in the wee hours of Jan 22, according to family sources.
the former India mid-fielder, who was a part of the 1970 Asian Games bronze medal-winning member, was suffering from kidney and diabetes-related ailments for a protracted time and breathed his last around 3.30 am, aforementioned a family source, He was seventy-two years.
“He had to endure dialysis frequently for about 3 and half months. He additionally underwent bypass surgery about twenty-three years ago. Recently, he was admitted to a private hospital in Ekbalpur with a chest infection,” he said.
once hanging up his boots, Bhowmick quickly switched to a coaching job creating his debut on the field as the coach of Mohun Bagan before joining East Bengal where he became most successful guiding red and gold to the ASEAN Cup title in 2003.
Bhowmick also coached East Bengal to sequential National league titles and replicated the success with Churchill Brothers as its technical director as he was referred to as the ‘Jose Mourinho’ of Kolkata Maidan.
A muscular right-winger, he shook the opponent’ defence along with his powerful dribbling skills as he dominated the Maidan for pretty much a decade once creating his debut at the tender age of nineteen years from the Rajasthan Club.
after playing one season for East Bengal, Bhowmick joined the rival club Mohun Bagan where he played there for 3 years and came to the red-and-gold brigade.
For India, he was a part of the Asian Games-bronze medal-winning squad in 1970 as he also represented the country within the next edition in 1974.
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He also scored a hat-trick against the Philippines in the Merdeka Cup in 1971.
His career was also marred with controversy as he was arrested after being found guilty in a bribery case and was imprisoned back in 2005.
