{{Short description|Bangladeshi footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Debinash Sangma | image = Debinash Sangma.png | caption = Sangma post-retirement | image_size = | fullname = Debinash Sangma | birth_date = 1936 | birth_place = Dhobaura, Mymensingh District, British India (present-day Bangladesh) | death_date = {{death date and given age|2005|08|07|df=y|75}} | death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh | height = | position = Full-back | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1958–1959 | clubs1 = Mohammedan SC | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1960 | clubs2 = Dhaka Wanderers | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1961–1965 | clubs3 = Mohammedan SC | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1966 | clubs4 = Dhaka Wanderers | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1967 | clubs5 = Victoria SC | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 1968–1969 | clubs6 = Mohammedan SC | caps6 = | goals6 = | nationalyears1 = 1962 | nationalteam1 = Pakistan U19 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = 1963 | nationalteam2 = Pakistan | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = }} '''Debinash Sangma''' ({{langx|bn|দেবীনাশ সাংমা}}; 1936 – 7 August 2005) was a former Bangladeshi football player.
==Early life== Debinash was born in 1936 in Dhairpara village of Dhobaura Upazila in Mymensingh District, British India.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/08/d50808040736.htm|date=7 August 2005|access-date=26 June 2024|title=Footballer Debinash passes away|website=archive.thedailystar.net|archive-date=25 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625202415/https://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/08/d50808040736.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He represented the Mymensingh District football team in the East Pakistan inter-district football tournaments starting in 1956.<ref name="Tribute"/>
==Club career== Debinash began his First Division career with Mohammedan SC, having three stints at the club from 1958 to 1959, 1961–1965, and 1968–1969. He won five league titles and three Aga Khan Gold Cup titles during these periods. Debinash also represented Dhaka Wanderers Club in 1966 and Victoria Sporting Club in 1967. Debinash also featured in the 1958 Rovers Cup held in Bombay as a guest player for Keamari Muhammadan.<ref name="Tribute">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/15thanniv/sports/sports31.htm|title=::Sport::15th Anniversary Special|website=archive.thedailystar.net|access-date=13 February 2023|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211101101/https://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/15thanniv/sports/sports31.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Dacca Division=== left|thumb|Debinash (third from left in the middle row) with the 1961 National Football Championship-winning Dhaka Division team.
Debinash represented Dacca Division in the National Football Championship from the 1961–62 edition. During the tournament, he was the only East Pakistani player to feature for the eventual champions. Debinash was also present in the team when Dacca defeated Karaci Blues 6–1 in the final held in Karachi. He was also part of the team that retained the title the following edition, defeating hosts Karachi 4–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19620113/197/0012|access-date=22 June 2024|title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 13 January 1962|page=12|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19621224/234/0014|access-date=22 June 2024|title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Monday 24 December 1962|page=14|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>
==International career== Due to his performances in the National Championship, Debinash was selected in the Pakistan U19 that went on to participate in the 1962 AFC Youth Championship held in Bangkok, Thailand. The following year, he was the only East Pakistani player selected by coach, Sheikh Shaheb Ali, to represent the Pakistan national team at the 1964 Summer Olympics qualifiers. The team were knocked out of the qualifiers in the preliminary round after losing 2–4 to Iran on aggregate.<ref name="Tribute"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/08/07/d60807042654.htm|date=7 August 2006|access-date=26 June 2024|title=Debinash's first death anniversary today|website=archive.thedailystar.net|archive-date=25 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625202529/https://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/08/07/d60807042654.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Personal life== Following his retirement from football in 1969, Debinash began working as a salaried employee at the National Housing Authority.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/sport/footballer-debinash-is-no-more|title=Footballer Debinash is no more|date=7 August 2005|access-date=26 June 2024|website=bdnews24.com|archive-date=25 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625202431/https://bdnews24.com/sport/footballer-debinash-is-no-more|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Death== Debinash, who had been suffering from bladder cancer since 1997, was critically ill and being treated at a local hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/06/d50806041440.htm|title=Debinash's family appeals for help|date=6 August 2005|access-date=26 June 2024|website=archive.thedailystar.net|archive-date=25 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625202835/https://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/06/d50806041440.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> On 7 August 2005, Debinash died while receiving treatment at the Abir General Hospital in Dhaka. His body was buried in his native village, Dhairpara, in Dhobaura Upazila, Mymensingh District. He is survived by his wife and two sons.<ref name="auto"/>
==Honours== '''Mohammedan SC''' *Dhaka First Division League: 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1969 *Aga Khan Gold Cup: 1959, 1964, 1968 *Independence Day Cup: 1958, 1961, 1963
'''Dacca Division''' *National Championship: 1961–62, 1962
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== *{{cite book |last=Mahmud |first=Dulal |script-title=bn:পাকিস্তান জাতীয় দল বাঙালি খেলোয়াড় ({{Translation|Bengali players in the Pakistan national team}})|publisher=Bishhoshahitto Bhobon |year=2014 |language=bn}} * {{cite book |last=Mahmud |first=Dulal |script-title=bn:খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ ({{Translation|Liberation war in the playground}}) |publisher=Bishhoshahitto Bhobon |year=2020 |language=bn |isbn=978-984-8218-31-0}} * {{cite book |last=Alam |first=Masud |script-title=bn:ফুটবলের গল্প ফুটবলারদের গল্প ({{Translation|The story of football the story of footballers}}) |publisher=Bishhoshahitto Bhobon |year=2017 |language=bn |isbn=9789849134688}}
==Further reading== *{{Cite web|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/15thanniv/sports/sports18.htm|title=Organisers wake up|website=archive.thedailystar.net|archive-date=August 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230808081501/https://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/15thanniv/sports/sports18.htm|url-status=live}}
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