Police said that the motorcycle which Chandrashis Dey (25), the captain of Aryan football club, was moving on following a match collided with a vehicle on National Highway 6 at Ankurhati.
The vehicle sped away after the incident with police saying that Dey died on the spot.
The body has been taken to Howrah hospital for a post- mortem, police said, adding that further investigations are on in the matter.