Not only can Anita Sarkar bend it like David Beckham, she’s coaching an all-male football team in Kolkata to do the same.Sarkar, who is in her 40s, is the only woman coach registered with the Indian Football Association. She started playing football in clubs in 1975, representing the state of West Bengal in various tournaments, before turning coach in 1996.
“My aim is to produce excellent players for the country,” said Sarkar who lives and breathes football and who was trained in coaching at England’s renowned Football Association.
In addition to coaching the Mirzapur Union Club, Sarkar recently set up a football camp in Kolkata to train up to 50 boys to play the beautiful game.
Many Indians have compared Sarkar’s story to hit Bollywood movie ‘Chak De India’, which features superstar Shahrukh Khan as the coach of a women’s hockey team.
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