Nabi Chowdhury

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Nabi Chowdhury
Nabi Chowdhury in 1981
Personal information
Full name Nurunnabi Chowdhury
Date of birth 1934
Place of birth Feni, Noakhali District, Bengal (present-day Bangladesh)
Date of death (aged 68–69)
Place of death Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position(s) Center-back, Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1953 Pakistan Air Force
1954–1956 Dhaka Wanderers
1957 PWD SC
1958 Mohammedan SC
1959–1968 Police AC
International career
1954–1958 Pakistan
1957–1960 East Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nurunnabi Chowdhury (Bengali: নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী; 1934 – 30 January 2003), better known as Nabi Chowdhury, was a former Bangladeshi football player and the first East Pakistani or Bengali to captain the Pakistan national team.[1][2][3]

Early life[edit]

Nabi Chowdhury was born in Aziz Fazilpur village in the Feni sub-division of Noakhali District, Bengal.[4]

Club career[edit]

Nabi served in the Pakistan Air Force and represented the Pakistan Air Force FC from 1952 to 1953 while simultaneously playing in the Cumilla Football League with Pak United.[4] In the National Football Championship, he played for East Pakistan from 1957 to 1960, winning the title in his final year, after which he began representing Chittagong Division.[5]

He earned recognition while playing for Dhaka Wanderers Club from 1954 to 1956, winning a hat-trick of league titles throughout his tenure.[6] In 1958, he represented Mohammedan SC in the IFA Shield in Calcutta, India.[7] In 1959, he left his duties at the Air Force and joined the East Pakistan Police, representing its football team until his retirement in 1968.[8]

International career[edit]

Nabi made his debut for Pakistan national team during the 1954 Manila Asian Games. He later participated in both the 1954 Colombo Cup and 1955 Colombo Cup, with the latter held on home soil, in Dacca, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). In 1956, he represented Pakistan during a series of friendlies against Singapore, China and Ceylon.[4] Nabi captained Pakistan at the 1958 Tokyo Asian Games, the first Bengali to do so.[1][9] The team, including six Bengali players, tied the first game 1–1 with South Vietnam and lost its final game 1–3 to the Republic of China.[2][10]

Organizing career[edit]

Nabi served as the chairman of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) national team selection committee from 1973 to 1974 and as the general secretary in 1979. He was a member for four terms, specifically in 1975, 1977, 1982, and 1992–1993. Nabi played an integral role in selecting the first Bangladesh national football team alongside Sheikh Shaheb Ali, Manzur Hasan Mintu, and Ranjit Das for the 1973 Merdeka Cup.[11] He served as the team manager of the Bangladesh U20 team under Werner Bickelhaupt at the 1978 AFC Youth Championship in Dhaka.[12]

Death[edit]

Nabi died of complications from diabetes in the latter stages of January 2004.[4]

Honours[edit]

Dhaka Wanderers

Mohammedan SC

  • Independence Day Cup: 1958

East Pakistan White

East Pakistan

Individual

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "এশিয়ান গেমস অনেক দূরে চলে গেছে" [The Asian Games going far away]. kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). Kalerkantho. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "এশিয়ান গেমস হোক সাফের প্রস্তুতি" [Asian Games should be preparation for SAFF]. www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). 2 August 2018. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ "বাঙালির ফুটবল-সাফল্য এখন কেবলই স্মৃতি" [Bengali football success is now only a memory]. U71news (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e Dulal, Mahmud (2014). পাকিস্তান জাতীয় দল বাঙালি খেলোয়াড় (transl. Bengali players in the Pakistan national team) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon.
  5. ^ "Organisers wake up". archive.thedailystar.net. 13 February 2006. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  6. ^ Alam, Masud (18 October 2020). "টানা ৬ লিগজয়ী ওয়ান্ডারার্সের বর্তমানটা লজ্জার" [The Wanderers, who recorded 6 league wins in a row, are now in shame]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  7. ^ Kabir, Iqbal (2 July 2022). "পঞ্চাশের দশকে ঢাকার ফুটবলে রক্ষণ ভাগের দুই প্রহরীর গল্প" [The story of two defenders in Dhaka football in the fifties]. ctgsangbad24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  8. ^ Kabir, Shajahan (6 January 2024). "ফুটবলে তখন নাম ছিল, টাকা-পয়সার ব্যাপার ছিল না" [Football had name back then, Money was not a problem]. Kalerkantho (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  9. ^ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan – Part I". Dawn. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Asian Games 1958 (Tokyo, Japan)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  11. ^ "সেদিন লাল-সবুজ পতাকা উড়িয়েছিল ফুটবল" [Football flew the red-green flag that day]. kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). Kalerkantho. 26 July 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  12. ^ Mahmud, Dulal (20 April 2021). "ঢাকার মাঠে সবচেয়ে বড় ফুটবল উৎসব" [The biggest football festival in Dhaka]. Utp al Shuvro (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 22 November 2023.

Bibliography[edit]

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

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