Akshay Das

Akshay Das (born 4 January 1977) is an Indian football coach and former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the head coach of the Odisha football team. He has also represented India at the youth level internationally.

Club career Das represented local clubs in Odisha before playing for SAIL club in the Calcutta Football League. Das later went to play for the major Kolkata club East Bengal for the two seasons from 1999 till 2001 and later returned to play during the 2004 season.

He has also played for major clubs like Salgaocar and Sporting Clube de Goa in the Goa league and has also played for Eveready SC and Mohammedan SC.

Das represented the state team of Odisha in the Santosh Trophy in the 2004, 2005 and 2008 editions.

Coaching career Das was appointed the assistant coach of the Odisha team for the 2013–14 Santosh Trophy season and served under the head coach R. P. Singh. The following season, Das was appointed the head coach of the Odisha team for the 2014–15 Santosh Trophy. In 2023, he was re-appointed as the head coach of Odisha for the 2023–24 Santosh Trophy.

He is serving as the senior coach of the Tata Football Academy

Honours

East Bengal National Football League: 2000–01 Durand Cup: 2004 IFA Shield: 2000 McDowell's Cup: 2000