Manna was part of the
India national team managed by
Balaidas Chatterjee that participated at the
1948 Summer Olympics in
London. He went to Europe with the national team in July to play preparatory matches against English teams like
Pinner F.C.,
Hayes F.C. and Alexandra Park FC before the main tournament. In the Olympics, their first match was against
Burma, and it was a walkover. Then, they played their one and only match against
France, and was defeated by a margin of 1–2 with Indian goal coming from
Sarangapani Raman. Manna played in the tournament in bare feet; their bravery earned admiration of
Princess Margaret of England. With India, he later went on to play few friendly matches with captain
Talimeren Ao in their Nederlands tour, where they went down to
Sparta Rotterdam but won 5–1 against
Ajax Amsterdam. Under his captaincy, India won the gold medal in the
1951 Asian Games, and also won the
Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament for four consecutive years from 1952 to 1956. and a member of the
1954 Asian Games. The 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki was not suitable for his team as they tasted a defeat of 10–1 to Yugoslavia. Manna also appeared with the India against numerous visiting European teams in exhibition matches in 1954, including a 1–0 defeat to
Allsvenskan club
AIK at
CC&FC Ground in Kolkata. He hung up his boots on 27 August 1960 after playing in India's international charity match against
Indonesia in
New Delhi. ==Managerial career==