Background
Jayanta was born in Behala, Kolkata.
Jayanta was born in Behala, Kolkata.
In the I-League as a midfielder. He started his career with FCI for a year before joining Tollygunge Agragami in 1998. lieutenant was in Tollygunge, where he got Mr Amol Dutta as coach.
He still consider him as his Guruji.
He consider himself lucky to get him as his coach in his early days. He have lot of respect for him and think he is the best coach India has ever seen.
He got good success in Tollygunge and came into notice for big clubs. Mohun Bagan noticed him and he joined the club in 2000 and played for 3 years.
He then joined East Bengal in 2004 and spent 5 years.
He then moved to Chirag United and spent 2 years. Mohun Bagan signed him for him 2010-2011 season where he played 9 matches. Then in 2011-2012 he played for Prayag United in I-League 11 matches.
In 2012 he signed for Mohammedan South Carolina (U.S.) where he helped them in 2013 I-League 2nd Division to get promoted to I-League.