Kabir Ahmed (footballer)

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Kabir Ahmed
Kabir after retirement
Personal information
Full name Kabir Ahmed
Date of birth (1935-02-02)2 February 1935
Place of birth Jhalokati, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Bangladesh)
Date of death 3 January 2019(2019-01-03) (aged 83)[1]
Place of death Dhaka, Bangladesh
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1954 BG Press
1955 Dhaka Wanderers
1956–1966 Mohammedan SC
1967 Victoria SC
International career
1958–1960 Pakistan
Managerial career
1972–1973 Abahani Krira Chakra
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kabir Ahmed (Bengali: কবির আহমেদ; 2 February 1935 – 3 January 2019) was a Bangladeshi football player and coach. He is one of the few East Pakistani players to have represented the Pakistan national team. He was part of the legendary East Pakistani attacking trio of Kabir, Mari Chowdhury and Ashraf Chowdhury.[2]

Club career[edit]

Kabir began his career with Town Club in the Barishal First Division in 1951. When he was 17, Kabir moved to Bengal Government Press and won the Dhaka League. In 1953, Kabir represented Governors XI in a friendly match against Kolkata Mohammedan, and in 1955, he moved to Dhaka Wanderers. Kabir became league champions with the Wanderers in his lone season there, and the following year, alongside many of his teammates, he moved to Mohammedan SC after a falling out with the club's authorities. At Mohammedan, Kabir became league champions six times and also won the prestigious Aga Khan Gold Cup twice. In 1958, the Black and Whites led by their attacking trio of Mari Chowdhury, Ashraf Chowdhury and Kabir; reached the quarter-finals of India's IFA Shield. Kabir represented East Pakistan at the National Football Championship between 1955 and 1959. He captained the team in 1959 when they finished runners-up. He retired in 1967 following a serious knee injury.[3]

International career[edit]

Kabir was among the six East Pakistani footballers in the Pakistan national team at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan and was also appointed as vice-captain.[4] Before the tournament he played practice matches in Singapore and Malaysia. In 1959, he toured Burma and later that year also participated in the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, in Kochi, India. His last international tour came the following year, under a fellow East Pakistani, head coach Sheikh Shaheb Ali, as Pakistan finished fourth place in the Merdeka Cup.[5]

Retirement[edit]

In 1966, Kabir joined the East Pakistan Sports Federation. Kabir alongside coaches Sheikh Shaheb Ali and Chunna Rashid were in-charge of recruiting players for the East Pakistan football team from different districts. In 1972, he was appointed as the first ever head coach of Abahani Krira Chakra.[6]

In 1979, he joined the Bangladesh Football Federation and in the same year he was appointed general manager of the national team under head coach Anwar Hossain during the 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.

In 2001, he received the National Sports Awards, for his contribution to the country's football.

Kabir died on 3 January 2019, at the age of 83. Following a Stroke in 2001, he had been paralyzed for 17 years prior to his death.[7] He was buried in the Azimpur graveyard, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[8][9]

Honours[edit]

BG Press SRC

Dhaka Wanderers

Mohammedan SC

East Pakistan White

East Pakistan

Awards and accolades[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Dulal, Mahmud (2014). পাকিস্তান জাতীয় দল বাঙালি খেলোয়াড় (transl. Bengali players in the Pakistan national team) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon.[10]
  • Alam, Masud (2017). ফুটবলের গল্প ফুটবলারদের গল্প (transl. The story of football the story of footballers) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 9789849134688.
  • Dulal, Mahmud (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war in the playground) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "চলে গেলেন পঞ্চাশ দশকের ফুটবলার কবির আহমেদ". Bangla Tribune. Archived from the original on 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  2. ^ "আমাদের ফুটবলের সোনালী অতীতের গল্প. . ". archive.bbarta24.net (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  3. ^ "কিংবদন্তি ফুটবলার কবিরের মৃত্যুতে শোক]". Daily Janakantha (in Bengali). 6 January 2019. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024.
  4. ^ "এশিয়ান গেমস হোক সাফের প্রস্তুতি". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). August 2, 2018. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "Former football legend Kabir passes away". theindependentbd.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-01. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  6. ^ Alam, Masud. "আবাহনীর গৌরবযাত্রার প্রথম দিন". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  7. ^ "ফুটবল কিংবদন্তি কবিরের বিদায়". Desh Rupantor (in Bengali). 5 January 2019. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024.
  8. ^ "Ex-footballer Kabir Ahmed passes away". The Daily Star. January 5, 2019. Archived from the original on May 1, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  9. ^ "Obituary: Kabir Ahmed". Dhaka Tribune. January 4, 2019. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024.
  10. ^ "পাকিস্তান জাতীয় দল বাঙালি খেলোয়াড় - দুলাল মাহমুদ". www.rokomari.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
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