Sarangapani Raman
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Bangalore, Mysore State, British India[1] | ||
Date of death | 11 January 1991 (aged 70–71)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1948 | India | 1 | (1) |
Sarangapani Raman (1920 – 11 January 1991) was an Indian footballer, who played for the Mysore State Police football team.[3] He is best known for playing in the Indian national football team's first ever match and scoring the first ever Indian international goal ever in the 1948 Olympics against France.[4] The match ended 2–1 in favor of France. This was also noted as India's first ever official match after independence.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Mention of Sarangapani Raman's death. 15 August 2020. ISBN 9788194721697. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournament 1948 (National Squads)". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "Sarangapani Raman". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
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Categories:
- 1920 births
- 1991 deaths
- Footballers from Bangalore
- Indian footballers
- India international footballers
- Olympic footballers of India
- Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Association football forwards
- Indian football biography stubs