Kotalipara, Gopalganj, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh)
Height
1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)
Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1961–1962
Khulna Heroes
1962
Dhaka Mohammedan
1963
Khulna Town Club
1963–1964
Dhaka Mohammedan
1965–1967
East Bengal
1967
Aryan
1968–1971
Mohun Bagan
1971–1974
East Bengal
International career
1963–1965
Pakistan
1969–1970
India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Balai Dey (Bengali: বলাই দে; born 11 October 1946) is a retired Indian football player who played as a goalkeeper.[1] He is one of the few footballers who represented the two nations, India and Pakistan, in international football.[2]
In July 2022, Dey was conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award by Mohun Bagan.[3]
^ETV Bharat News Desk, West Bengal, 12:56 PM IST (16 June 2019). "ভারত-পাকিস্তানের জার্সি গায়ে মাঠে নেমেছিলেন বলাই দে [Balai Dey, who played for both the India and Pakistan]". www.etvbharat.com (in Bengali). ETV Network. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Hoque, Shishir (4 March 2018). "Football before the birth of Bangladesh". www.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^Banerjee, Joy (8 July 2022). "Mohun Bagan Day Awardees". footballjunction.in. Kolkata: Football Junction. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
BalaiDey (Bengali: বলাই দে; born 11 October 1946) is a retired Indian football player who played as a goalkeeper. He is one of the few footballers who...
(16 June 2019). "ভারত-পাকিস্তানের জার্সি গায়ে মাঠে নেমেছিলেন বলাই দে" [BalaiDey, who played for both the India and Pakistan]. etvbharat.com (in Bengali)...
Pugsley Mohammed Rahmatullah Osman Jan BalaiDey Shabbir Ali Samar Banerjee Jarnail Singh Peter Thangaraj Krishanu Dey Subrata Bhattacharya History of football...
renowned side in Indian club football. In an interview to Scroll.in, BalaiDey (one of few footballers represented both India and Pakistan in international...
Retrieved 13 August 2022. Basu, Jaydeep (13 August 2022). "Indian Football: BalaiDey, the Mohun Bagan legend who played for both India and Pakistan". scroll...
only the second foreign goalkeeper to play for the club till date after BalaiDey in 1965. Azande, alongside Sammy Omollo, featured in the Diamond Derby...
2021. Retrieved 31 March 2022. Chakraborty, Sruti (24 February 2023). "BalaiDey: The man who connects India, Pakistan and the Hero Santosh Trophy". the-aiff...
Army Service Corps Basu, Jaydeep (13 August 2022). "Indian Football: BalaiDey, the Mohun Bagan legend who played for both India and Pakistan". scroll...
Retrieved 1 January 2023. Basu, Jaydeep (13 August 2022). "Indian Football: BalaiDey, the Mohun Bagan legend who played for both India and Pakistan". scroll...
February 2023. "ভারত-পাকিস্তানের জার্সি গায়ে মাঠে নেমেছিলেন বলাই দে" [BalaiDey, who played for both India and Pakistan]. etvbharat.com (in Bengali)....
the club awarded the honour to the club's former general secretary Dhiren Dey for his role during the football team's successes in the 1960s. In 2010,...
Karmakar started out in Aryan, before moving on to the bigger clubs. BalaiDey, the only footballer who represented the two nations India and Pakistan...
edition of the FIFA World Cup. Tarapada Ray – East Bengal FC (1954–1955) BalaiDey – East Bengal FC (1965–1967) Arata Izumi – East Bengal FC (2006–2007)...
Retrieved 31 December 2023. Basu, Jaydeep (13 August 2022). "Indian Football: BalaiDey, the Mohun Bagan legend who played for both India and Pakistan". scroll...
Assisted by former teammate Kabir Ahmed, Ghaznavi brought in a 16-year-old, BalaiDey from Khulna in 1962, and Victoria's winger Bashir Ahmed, helping the club...
artists, filmmakers, actors, scientists, et al. Dey sought out and visited folk artists like Balai Pal and folk art collectors like Hirendra Nath Mitra...
and along with him Mahabir Prasad and Sailen Manna. The club's secretary, Balai Das Chattopadhyay too had to leave for London as the team's head coach and...
mother was Mrinalini Devi. His elder brother was the noted Bengali writer Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay. In a career spanning four decades, he directed total...
Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022. "Balai Das Chatterjee is Mohun Bagan Ratna 2013". Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Archived...
consisting of Balai Mukherjee, Monoranjan Bhattacharya, Tarun Dey and Aloke Mukherjee and a star-studded forward line consisting of Krishanu Dey, Biswajit...
lead with Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Samit Bhanja, Rudraprasad Sengupta and Gita Dey as the ensemble cast of the film. The film was produced by Priya Entertainment...
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