Pritam Kotal: List of all trophies & individual honours

The talented full-back is one of India’s most accomplished defenders.

Pritam Kotal might look like he’s a late bloomer but the Bengali right-back has been ingrained with football DNA. The veteran started playing the game when he was only four, joining Chirag United’s academy after getting inspired by his uncle.

Football-crazy parents supported the youngster’s dream as he moved to Wari Athletic Club at 16 and was scouted by Pailan Arrows in 2011. With the former youth project-based team, Pritam Kotal impressed enough to earn a tenure at one of India’s mammoth football sides, Mohun Bagan AC. 

The high-flying full-back’s heroics helped his side to silverware in the 2014-15 season as he also clinched the AIFF Emerging Player of the Year award in 2015. The rest, as they say, is history.

Pritam Kotal never looked back and has had an outstanding career laden with individual and team honours.

Pritam Kotal’s trophies with India

Kotal belongs to the same batch as other football icons like Sunil Chhetri, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Sandesh Jhingan. Often accompanying these modern legends, the right-back has gotten his hands on multiple trophies with his country.

He first won the SAFF Championship in 2015, followed by the Tri-Nation Series and Intercontinental Cup in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Kotal was also part of the squad that travelled to Thailand for the King’s Cup where India finished third in 2019.

Kotal was also a pivotal part of the Blue Tigers in 2023 when they won a flurry of trophies, as they secured the SAFF Championship, Intercontinental Cup and Tri-Nation Series titles. 

• SAFF Championship (3) – 2015, 2021, 2023
• Intercontinental Cup (2) – 2018, 2023
• Tri-Nation Series (2) – 2017,2023
• King’s Cup third-place – 2019

Pritam Kotal’s trophies with India U-23s

Kotal began his international career when he got called-up to the Indian U-19 side in 2011 for the first time. After that, he was also part of the U-23 side alongside Sandesh Jhingan, which won silver at the South Asian Games in 2016.

• South Asian Games silver medal – 2016

Trophies won by Pritam Kotal with ATK 

Pritam Kotal is one of the original Indian Super League players, who has competed since its inaugural season in 2014. The right-back was loaned out to Pune City for two editions before going to Atletico de Kolkata in 2016. 

Kotal made 12 appearances for ATK as he won his maiden ISL title with the side. He would rejoin the club after two seasons in ISL 2019-20 to help them to get another trophy.

• Indian Super League (2) – 2016, 2019–20

Trophies won by Pritam Kotal with Mohun Bagan

The versatile defender’s tryst with Mohun Bagan has been almost etched by the Almighty. Kotal first saw silverware with the side in 2014-15, back when Mohun Bagan AC were still competing in the I-League. 

A year later he was also part of their 2015-16 Federation Cup-winning squad. Although he moved to ATK in 2018, the team merged with Mohun Bagan in 2020 and were renamed ATK Mohun Bagan. 

Kotal was with the side still in ISL 2022-23 when they won the Indian Super League trophy under his captaincy and were once again rebranded as Mohun Bagan Super Giant. 

With Mohun Bagan AC

• I-League – 2014–15
• Federation Cup – 2015–16

With Mohun Bagan Super Giant

• Indian Super League Championship – 2022–23

Individual honours for Pritam Kotal

Kotal’s calibre as a player has always been up for show as the right-back won the AIFF Emerging Player of the Year in 2015. Although he hasn’t won any individual awards after that, he has been hailed as one of the country’s best full-backs. 

• AIFF Emerging Player of the Year – 2015

What hasn’t Kotal achieved?

With the changing format of the ISL and his frequent switches between sides, Pritam Kotal has missed out on the ISL League Winners’ Shield. The versatile defender can still win it with Kerala Blasters this season and much more.

Apart from that he hasn’t had any success in the Super Cup with any side so far.

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