football, such as: Chuni Goswami, first Padma Shri awardee, awarded best striker of Asia in 1962. Gostho Pal, footballer, who was member of the Mohun Bagan team that won the IFA shield against a British team in the pre-independence period. Krishanu Dey, footballer, known as the "Indian Maradona". Mohammed Salim, first player from the Indian subcontinent to play overseas, in the year 1936 for the Scottish Club Celtic FC. Pradip Kumar Banerjee, named Indian Footballer of the 20th Century by FIFA, and awardee of the FIFA Order of Merit. Shailen Manna, footballer, the only Asian Footballer ever to be named among the 10 best Captains in the world by the English FA in 1953. Subrata Paul, member of Indian team, first Indian goalkeeper to play professionally for a foreign club in 1st division (Danish Superliga). Sudip Chatterjee , footballer, considered among the finest in Indian football, declared AIFF player of the decade in 1994. International football Robin Dutt, former manager of Bundesliga club, Werder Bremen. Neil Taylor, Welsh footballer of half-Bengali origin. Arjuna award winners P. K. Banerjee Chuni Goswami Arun Lal Ghosh Prasun Banerjee Sudhir Karmakar Shanti Mullick Subrata Bhattacharya Deepak Kumar Mondal Subrata Pal West Bengal football team The West Bengal football team is an Indian football team representing the state of West Bengal in the Santosh Trophy. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 43 times, and have won the trophy 32 times, (the most by any team). Prior to 1972, the team competed as 'Bengal'. See also History of Indian football References Further reading Dutta, P. L., Memoir of 'Father of Indian Football' Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1944) (hereafter Memoir) Ghosh, Saurindra Kumar. Krira Samrat Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary 1869–1940 (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1963) (hereafter Krira Samrat). Football in West Bengal