Puthanparambil Babakhan Abdul Razzaq Saleh[3][4] (28 November 1928 – 24 June 1979), nicknamed Kottayam Saleh,[5] was an Indian football player. He was part of the team that played against Yugoslavia in a 10–1 defeat at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[6][7]
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Full name | P. B. Abdul Saleh | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 28 November 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kottayam, India | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1945–1953 | East Bengal[1] | (55[2]) | |||||||||||||||
Calcutta Customs | |||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
India | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Saleh, who played on the left wing, came from Kerala and played nine seasons for East Bengal,[8] and captained the team in 1950–51.[9][10][11] He represented India internationally under coaching of Syed Abdul Rahim.[12]
Saleh worked in the Geological Survey of India and later as a senior superintendent in Customs. He died in 1979 from a heart attack during a train journey.[13]
East Bengal
Bengal
India