Sujata Kar (born 13 May 1980) is an Indian football manager and former footballer. She serves as the head coach of the Indian Women's League club Sribhumi and the Calcutta Football League club Southern Samity. She also served as the head coach of the East Bengal side in their maiden appearance in the Indian Women's League season. She also represented and served as the captain of the India women's national football team in 2007.
Early life Kar grew up in the Jadavpur area of Kolkata.
Career In February 2000, she signed a contract with the German Bundesliga second division by TSV Crailsheim. She trained for two months in Germany along with Alpana Seal, but lack of proper documentation denied her a chance to play in the foreign league.
In 2001, she captained the East Bengal club team, which won the Kolkata Women's Football League.
As a coach, she guided Sribhumi to their Indian Women's League 2 title in 2024.
International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 9 November 1999 Iloilo Sports Complex, Iloilo City, Philippines ?–0 3–0 1999 AFC Women's Championship 2. 12 December 2001 Taipei Municipality Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan 1–0 3–0 2001 AFC Women's Championship 3. 2–0 4. 9 June 2003 Nakhon Sawan Stadium, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand 4–0 6–0 2003 AFC Women's Championship 5. 13 June 2003 1–2 1–2 2003 AFC Women's Championship 6. 12 June 2005 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam 2–0 10–0 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers 7. 3–0 8. 8–0 9. 9–0 10. 10–0 11. 20 June 2005 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam 1–0 2–3 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers 12. 2–0
Honours
Player East Bengal Calcutta Women's Football League: 2001
Manager Taltala Dipti Sangha Calcutta Women's Football League: 2017
East Bengal Calcutta Women's Football League: 2022–23
Sribhumi Indian Women's League 2: 2023–24 Calcutta Women's Football League: 2023–24
Awards 2024: Best women's coach of the year awarded by AIFF.
References
External links Sujata Kar at AIFF