Deba Singh
Personal information
Full name Debendra Prasad Singh
Date of birth 1943[1]
Place of birth Cuttack, Odisha, India
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Orissa Police
Orissa
International career
1967–1968 India 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Debendra Prasad "Deba" Singh (born 1943) is a former Indian footballer who played as a defender for Orissa and the India national team.[1]

Personal life

He is the father of former Indian international footballer Rajendra Prasad Singh.[2] Singh received the first OSJA (Odisha Sports Journalists’ Association) awards in 2018.[3]

Club career

He played for Orissa Police[4][5] in the Cuttack Senior League domestically. Singh was part of the Orissa team which was coached by Amal Dutta and captained the squad that reached the semi-finals in the 1967–68 edition of the Santosh Trophy[6][7] by defeating Andhra Pradesh.[8]

International career

Singh made his senior national team debut in his only appearance against Myanmar in an international friendly.[1][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Debendra Prasad Singh". Orisports. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Rajendra Prasad Singh". Orisports. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Purnima Hembram, Deba Singh receive first OSJA awards". Odisha TV. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Odisha Police". Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Orissa Police bag FAO First Division League title". Orisports. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Ganguly, Abhishek. "Odisha FA expresses grief at passing away of Amal Datta". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Santosh Trophy Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Orissa recover to win in extra time". The Indian Express. 17 October 1967. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "1967-68". mealib.nic.in. Retrieved 24 February 2023.


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