Sarangapani Raman

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.[5] This was also noted as India's first ever official match after independence.[6]

Sarangapani Raman
Personal information
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)

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Mention of Sarangapani Raman's death. 15 August 2020. ISBN 9788194721697. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. "Olympic Football Tournament 1948 (National Squads)". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. "Sarangapani Raman". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  5. 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.
  6. "FIFA". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2017.


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