Subimal "Chuni" Goswami (15 January 1938 – 30 April 2020) was an Indian professional footballer[1][2] and first-class cricketer.

As footballer, he played as a striker or winger, captained both the Mohun Bagan[3][4] club and the India national team.

[16] Goswami also appeared in prestigious Merchant's Cup tournament, hosted by Calcutta Cricket and Football Club.

He could assist strikers like Neville D'Souza and make them score with his beautiful passes.Goswami joined the Mohun Bagan junior team in 1946 at the age of 8 years.

[23] Mentored by club legend Balaidas Chatterjee, Goswami went on to represent Mohun Bagan in various foreign tours.

[24][25] He made his club debut on 29 May in the same year in Mohun Bagan's 3–0 win against Eastern Railway, in which he scored a goal.

Later, he led the Bengal cricket team to a 1972 Ranji Trophy final which they lost to Mumbai for whom Gavaskar and Shivalkar starred.

[73] In his cricket career, which spanned up to the 1972–73 season, he played 46 first class matches, scoring 1,592 runs with one century and seven fifties, and took 47 wickets.

His family confirmed that Goswami was admitted to a city hospital earlier in the day and died at 5 pm after a cardiac arrest.

[77][78][79] Goswami won numerous awards during his playing career as well as after retirement for his contribution towards Indian football.

[86][87][88][89] On 15 April 2023, iconic "Chuni Goswami Gate" was unveiled by former Indian international cricketer Sunil Gavaskar at the Mohun Bagan club headquarters in Kolkata, in memory of him.