Manna (right) being felicitated by Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (left), 2006
Personal information
Full name
Sailendra Nath Manna
Date of birth
(1924-09-01)1 September 1924
Place of birth
Howrah, Bengal Presidency, British India
Date of death
27 February 2012(2012-02-27) (aged 87)
Place of death
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Position(s)
Defender
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1940–1942
Howrah Union
1942–1960
Mohun Bagan
International career
1948–1956[1]
India
14
Managerial career
1961
India
1968
India
Medal record
Men's football
Representing India
Asian Games
1951 New Delhi
Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Sailendra Nath Manna (Bengali: শৈলেন মান্না; 1 September 1924 – 27 February 2012), known popularly as Sailen Manna,[2][3] was an Indian football player who represented the India national team between 1948 and 1956.[4] Predominantly played as a left-back,[5] Manna is considered as one of the best defenders the country has ever produced.[6][7] He has represented and captained India in different international competitions, including the Olympics[8][9] and Asian Games.[10]
He also has represented Mohun Bagan in club football,[11][12] one of the oldest clubs in India,[13] for a continuous period of 19 years.[14] Manna was the only Asian footballer to be named among the ten best Captains in the world by the English FA in 1953.[15]
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^Chakraborty, Debojyoti (29 August 2017). "WHEN EASTERN RAILWAY RAN ON FULL STEAM (1958)". www.goaldentimes.org. Goalden Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^"Quadrangular Football: India's Win". The Indian Express. Rangoon, Burma. 25 October 1953. p. 9. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^Nag, Utathya (31 January 2022). "PK, Chuni, Balaram, the troika that scripted Indian football's Golden Era: Sailen Manna – the first captain, leader, legend". olympics.com. The Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^Calcuttaweb - Sports Personality : Sailen Manna Archived 21 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^Top 10 Bengali footballers in the history of Indian football Archived 12 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Khel Now. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
^Hassan, Mehedi (1 August 2018). "ভারত যেদিন নেমেছিল খালি পায়ে... [The day India landed barefoot ...]". www.prothomalo.com (in Bengali). Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^Nag, Utathya (3 February 2022). "Indian football at the Olympics: The complete history". olympics.com. The Olympics. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^"Former Indian Olympic football star passes away". NDTV. 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
^Kapadia, Novy (7 June 2015). "Mohun Bagan: Blaze of Glory". indianexpress.com. The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^"History of Mohun Bagan – Presented by MohunBaganClub.com: 1940–1949". Kolkata: Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. 2014. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
^Sengupta, Somnath (4 July 2011). "Tactical Evolution of Indian Football (Part Three): PK Banerjee – Amal Dutta – Nayeemuddin". thehardtackle.com. Kolkata: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^"Indian Legendary Football Players Profile: SAILEN MANNA – LIVING LEGEND OF INDIAN FOOTBALL". www.kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata Football. 14 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
^Patronobish, S; Das Sharma, Amitabha (15 April 2006). ""India's greatest footballer" (about Sailen Manna)". hinduonnet.com. Sportstar. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 January 2007.
Sailendra Nath Manna (Bengali: শৈলেন মান্না; 1 September 1924 – 27 February 2012), known popularly as SailenManna, was an Indian football player who...
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team to Buckingham Palace and there, as the story goes, he lifted up SailenManna's trouser leg, telling him it was just to check if the Indian really had...
walkover. In India's second match against France, he played alongside SailenManna and Sheoo Mewalal, but the team lost 2–1, with the Indian goal coming...
1948 Summer Olympics in London, and along with him Mahabir Prasad and SailenManna. The club's secretary, Balai Das Chattopadhyay too had to leave for London...
school is running as Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah. The SailenManna Stadium, also known as the Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium, is a...
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to FIFA's ban on playing barefoot, the team's captain at that time, SailenManna, insisted that this was not the case; it is now generally accepted that...
irrespective of the sports played. The first recipient was former footballer SailenManna. Apart from the Mohun Bagan Ratna, other awards are also presented which...
original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2019. Kapadia, Novy. "SailenManna, The Economist". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 30...
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(1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) SailenManna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971)...
(1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) SailenManna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971)...
(1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) SailenManna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971)...
having some legendary footballers of the country, captain Talimeren Ao, SailenManna, Sheoo Mewalal, Mahabir Prasad, and Ahmed Khan. After the tournament...
(1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) SailenManna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971)...
Mewalal also represented Bengal in Santosh Trophy and played alongside SailenManna, and won the tournament in 1953–54 season, in which he scored a goal...
(1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) SailenManna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971)...
(1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) SailenManna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971)...
bronze medalist Leander Paes, golfer Arjun Atwal, and former footballers SailenManna, Chuni Goswami, P. K. Banerjee and Subrata Bhattacharya. There are 70...
(1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) SailenManna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971)...
tour of Australia 1938) 1948 Talimeren Ao 1948 Summer Olympics 1949–54 SailenManna Ahmed Khan 1951 Asian Games, 1952 Colombo Cup, 1952 Summer Olympics,...
(1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) SailenManna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971)...
(1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) SailenManna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971)...
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