fullname nationalteam image_size position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
prasun banerjee india 200px cm , cdm , left-half back 49 1974 -- 1985 06 april 1955 prasun banerjee
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prasun banerjee

prasun banerjee -lrb- -rrb- is a retired international footballer and an arjuna award winner -lrb- 1979 -rrb- from kolkata , india .
younger brother of the legendary pradip kumar banerjee , prasun had also captained the india national football team in international tournaments .
experts like arun ghosh , pradip kumar banerjee consider the trio of prasanta banerjee , prasun banerjee and parminder singh as the best midfield of indian football team in modern era .
he was included in the all time best-xi team of mohun bagan club as a central defensive midfielder .
he was only the second indian to play for asian all-star xi .
he also played two matches against brazil for asian all-star xi and played against zico , eder , falcao , socretes and others .
he was included in the limca book of record for representing india in 100 football matches .
in 2013 , he won the bypoll to the howrah sadar parliamentary constituency on a trinamool congress ticket thus becoming the first professional footballer to be a member of parliament , india -lrb- lok sabha -rrb- .
he won the seat defeating his adversary , left front 's sridip bhattacharya , by more than 27,000 votes.he was re-elected to the 16th lok sabha in 2014 .
