Mahfuzul Mamun Babu
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| Full name | Mahfuzul Mamun Babu | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1968 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dacca, East Pakistan (present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-winger | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Gendaria Famous Club | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1981 | East End Club | |||||||||||||
| 1982–1990 | Brothers Union | |||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Victoria SC | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | East End Club | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Bangladesh U19 | |||||||||||||
| 1985–1988 | Bangladesh | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Mahfuzul Mamun Babu (Bengali: মাহফুজুল মামুন বাবু; born 7 January 1968) is a retired Bangladeshi football player who played as a left-winger. He represented the Bangladesh national team from 1985 to 1988.
Club career
[edit]Mamun Babu began his career with his neighborhood club, Gendaria Famous, in the Pioneer Football League. In 1981, he debuted in the First Division with East End Club. The following year, he moved to Brothers Union, where he spent the next eight years of his career. In 1985, he was part of the Brothers Union team that finished as league runners-up and scored in the decisive game against Dhaka Abahani, alongside Mahmudul Haque Liton, in a match his team lost 2–3.[1][2]
International career
[edit]In 1984, Mamun Babu represented the Bangladesh U19 team at the 1985 AFC Youth Championship qualification held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[3] He made his senior international debut on 21 December 1985 against Pakistan in the 1985 South Asian Games in Dhaka, scoring a brace in a 2–1 victory.[4] In the following match against Maldives he scored in a 8–0 victory.[5][6][7] The Bangladesh team eventually lost the gold medal match on penalties to India.[8] The following year, Mamun Babu was part of the national team at the 1986 Asian Games held in Seoul, South Korea. However, he did not appear in a single match during the tournament. His final appearances for the national team came during the 1988 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.[1]
Personal life
[edit]In March 2024, he was one of the eleven sportspersons selected to potentially receive the National Sports Awards.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21 December 1985 | Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Pakistan |
1–1 | 2–1 | 1985 South Asian Games |
| 2. | 3–1 | |||||
| 3. | 23 December 1985 | Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Maldives |
8–0 | 1985 South Asian Games |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "কোচিং কোর্সে আসছেন অনেক ফুটবলার". Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ "জাতীয় ক্রীড়া পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন ১১ জন". Jugantor (in Bengali). March 4, 2024. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ Alam, Masud (2017). ফুটবলের গল্প ফুটবলারদের গল্প (transl. The story of football the story of footballers) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 9789849134688.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Bangladesh vs. Pakistan". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ Iqbal, Niar (October 12, 2023). "বাংলাদেশ–মালদ্বীপ একপেশে লড়াই থেকে দ্বৈরথ হয়ে ওঠার গল্প". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ "মালদ্বীপের বিপক্ষে ফিরবে কি সেই সুখস্মৃতি?". jagonews24.com (in Bengali). June 25, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ "ফুটবল বিশ্বকাপ বাছাইয়ে বাংলাদেশের প্রথম বাধা মালদ্বীপ". janomot.com (in Bengali). October 12, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ একটা সোনা জিততে ১৫ বছর...কেন?. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- Living people
- 1968 births
- Footballers from Dhaka
- Bangladeshi men's footballers
- Bangladesh men's international footballers
- Bangladesh men's youth international footballers
- Brothers Union players
- Victoria Sporting Club players
- Men's association football wingers
- South Asian Games medalists in football
- South Asian Games silver medalists for Bangladesh
- Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh
- Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games