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Amal Dutta
He is the Euclid of Indian football. I haven’t seen anyone so learned in the game. Amal da stood ahead of the rest due to his bold vision and multiple theories. He is unmatched and a tireless coach, who wouldn’t mind doing ample research on the teams, matches, technique and formations. No wonder he has been credited with creating lot of variations with teams he had coached during his illustrious career. Another thing that I admire in him is he loves to teach budding players. He will be the last coach who will prefer to coach a star-studded team. He loved to produce talented players and because of this, he is still revered by his students.
A competent midfielder with East Bengal in the 1950s, he represented India in the 1954 Asian Games at Manila. After his playing career was over, he went to England for a one-year FA coaching course, where he was taught by the renowned Walter Winterbottom.
Dutta still remains one of the few refreshingly innovative coaches in Indian football, famed for his tactical innovations. A fine thinker of the game, he broke a Bengali middle-class dream of a secure Government job when he quit Indian Railways to become a full-time coach in the 60s.
