East Bengal announced former Indian national coach Stephen Constantine as the new head coach of its team for the upcoming season.
East Bengal has started the team-building process for the season, which gets underway with the Durand Cup on August 16.
Constantine, who was at the control of the Indian national men’s football team for a substantial period twice between 2002 to 2005 and 2015 to 2019, will be embarking on his first club assignment in the country with East Bengal. Having guided the Indian national team with a fair bit of success, the 59-year-old English professional coach is being considered for his experience and knowledge of Indian football. Constantine’s biggest achievement was to take India from 173rd to 97th position in the FIFA rankings during his second stint.
It was under Constantine that India had won the 2002 LG Cup in Vietnam, which is one of the most memorable wins in the new millennium.
He was again appointed as the coach of the national team in January 2015 and it was under him that India won the 2016 SAFF Cup. He guided the team to 2019 AFC Asian Cup where India were ousted in the group stage after a winning start.
