Former India and Mohun Bagan defender Satyajit Ghosh died of cardiac arrest at his home town Bandel in the early hours of Monday, family sources said.

He was 62 and is survived by his wife and daughter. “Ghosh suffered a massive cardiac arrest at his house in Debanandapur in Bandel and died on the way to Chinsurah Hospital,” a family source said.

He represented India in the 1985 Nehru Cup. He formed the core of Bagan’s backline along with Subrata Bhattacharya.