Jayanta Sen

Jayanta Sen
Personal information
Full name	Jayanta Sen
Date of birth	10 November 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Behala, Kolkata, India
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Prayag United S.C.
Number	7
Youth career
1997–1998	FCI
1998–2000	Tollygunge Agragami
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2003	Mohun Bagan
2003–2008	East Bengal
2008–2010	Chirag United
2010–2011	Mohun Bagan
2011–2012	Prayag United
2012–2013	Mohammedan
2013–present	United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2014

Jayanta Sen is an Indian footballer who is currently playing for Prayag United S.C. in the I-League as a midfielder.

Career

Jayanta was born in Behala, Kolkata. He started his career with FCI for a year before joining Tollygunge Agragami in 1998. It was in Tollygunge, where he got Mr Amol Dutta as coach. He still considers him as his Guruji. He consider himself lucky to have had him as his coach in his early days. He has lot of respect for him and thinks he is the best coach India has ever seen.

He had good success in Tollygunge and came into notice of big clubs. Mohun Bagan noticed him and he joined the club in 2000 and played for 3 years. He then joined East Bengal in 2004 and spent 5 years. He then moved to Chirag United and spent 2 years. He was also part of the West Bengal team that won the 2010 Santosh Trophy. Mohun Bagan signed him for him 2010–11 season where he played 9 matches. Then in 2011–12 he played for Prayag United in I-League 11 matches. In 2012, he signed for Mohammedan S.C. where he helped them in 2013 I-League 2nd Division to get promoted to I-League.