Badal Das

Badal Das ( 1964 – 1 September 2012) was a Bangladeshi football player and coach. He represented the Bangladesh national team between 1987 and 1991, scoring 2 goals in 7 official games.

Club career A product of the Pioneer Football League, Badal played for Little Friends Club in the Dhaka Third Division League in 1983. The following year, he joined Farashganj SC in the First Division, the top-tier at the time. In his two seasons at the club Badal scored 5 and 3 league goals respectively. In 1986, he joined Dhaka Wanderers Club, scoring 7 goals in his lone year with them, before moving to Brothers Union. His first season with the Oranges saw him only score twice in the league, however, after the appointment of coach Kazi Salahuddin, Badal's performances improved. During the 1988–89 league opening match against Dhanmondi Club he strcuk a hat-trick.

International career On 8 February 1987, Badal made his debut for the Bangladesh national team against Thailand in the President's Gold Cup held in Dhaka. The team played under the name Bangladesh White and mainly consisted of players from Mohammedan SC, although Badal was playing for Brothers Union at the time. During the match while his team were down by two goals he scored in the 83rd minute from a Monir Hossain Manu cross initiating Bangladesh's comeback. The game ended in a 2–2 draw after Samrat Hossain Emily equalised in the 85th minute. Badal was integral part of the team throughout the tournament scoring three goals as his team reached the semi-finals, only to be knocked out in penalties by Chinese club Guangdong. Badal's performances in his debut tournament earned him a place in coach Abdur Rahim's team for the 1987 South Asian Games.

Death On 1 September 2012, Badal died while at a local hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh after suffering a Cardiac arrest.