Former Indian footballer M Prasannan passed away

Former international footballer M Prasannan passed away at the age of 73 years. He played for Kerala, Maharashtra and Goa in Santosh Trophy National Football Championship.

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A gifted midfielder of the 1970s, he shared the dressing room with stalwarts of Indian football like Inder Singh and Doraiswamy Natraj.

Prasannan was part of the Indian team coached by PK Banerjee and captained by Inder Singh in the Merdeka Cup in 1973.

He scored a goal in the fifth-place playoff which India eventually lost to South Vietnam. Like the Brazilian legend Socrates of a later vintage, the bearded Prasannan sported a characteristic headband whenever he stepped onto the field.

Born in Kozhikode in Kerala, Prasannan started his footballing journey at St. Joseph’s School. He got into the Kerala state junior team in 1965 and the senior team three years later.