FULL NAME: Shuvendu Panda
GENDER: Male
BORN: Date not known
FAMILY: Father (), Mother (), Wife (Sudipta Dash), Son ()
HOME ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at Dr Katju High School, Bhela, Chhattisgarh and Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
ROLE IN FOOTBALL: Player-turned-coach
TYPE OF PLAYER: Defender
PROFESSION: Professional football coach. Earlier worked at Animal Husbandry Department, Govt of Odisha.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PLAYER:
*     Represended Odisha in the 58th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy at Imphal (Manipur) in 2002.

QUALIFICATION AS COACH:
*     Completed AFC A Licence coaching course in the year 2016.
*     Undertook coaching courses in several top European nations and clubs such as Netherlands, Benfica FC, Portugal, Club Brugge FC, Belgium and Hazduk Split FC, Croatia.
*     Completed AFC D License Instructors coaching course in 2015.
*     Completed AFC C License coaching course in the year 2011-12.
*     Completed AFC B License coaching course in the year 2011-12.

EXPERIENCE AS COACH:
*     He was the head coach of the Indian team that won the Gold medal in the 5th SAFF U-19 Men Football Championship at Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal on 30 September 2023.
*     Functioning as head coach of India U17 football team.
*     Has been with youth set up of All India Football Federation (AIFF) since 2016.
*     Working as head coach for AIFF Academy team for boys born on or after 1 January, 2003.
*     Worked as a scout for U-17 World Cup Team, Sub-Junior National Championship for both the boys and girls National teams and senior national women team for the first Indian Women League (IWL).
*     Worked as head-coach in-charge of U-15 Sports Hostel Odisha Team in the Indian Youth League in 2017-18.
*     Worked as assistant coach of Odisha State mens football team for Santosh Trophy in 2015.
*     Worked as assistant coach of Odisha State Sub-Junior boys team in 2015.
*     Worked as head coach for Odisha State Sub-Junior (U-15 ) boys team at the Manchester United Premier Cup 2014, held in New Delhi.
*     Worked as assistant coach for the U-14 Sub-Junior Odisha state team in the year 2014.
*     Worked as head coach of Kishore Club, Bhubaneswar from 2012 to 2014.
*     Started coaching career as head coach for Bhubaneswar district team in 2011- 12, immediately after completion of his AFC C License.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     He counts former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson as one of his coaching idols.
*     His wife Sudipta Dash is a former international football player and first international woman football referee of Odisha.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 6 January 2014
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 30 September 2023