Ismail Shah (footballer)

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Ismail Shah
Personal information
Date of birth 14 February 1971
Place of birth Maldives
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2001 New Radiant S.C.
2002 Victory Sports Club
2003–2004 New Radiant S.C.
National team
1997–2003 Maldives
Teams managed
2007 Maldives
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ismail Shah (born 14 February 1971 in the Maldives) is a Maldivian former footballer.

Career[]

International[]

Representing the Maldives for much of his football career, Shah was captain of the team in 2003 and participated in the 1997 SAFF Championship[1] where he scored one goal facing Sri Lanka.

Post-football[]

After his retirement, Shah served as deputy youth minister and General Secretary of the Football Association of Maldives.[2] He then became deputy minister at the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture and has experience being a football match official.[2]

Suffering a heart-attack in the early hours of February 20, 2017, Shah was admitted posthaste to the ICU of Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital;[2] Fortunately, his condition never retrograded with it only being a minor heart attack[3] and, three days later, the former footballer was taken out from the Critical Care Center at the hospital.[4]By the 27th of February, Shah was released from hospital, with his doctor advising him to take more care of his well-being.[1]

Assuming the role of Advisor at the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2013,[5] the former player was assigned the role of national team head coach for a 2007 friendly fronting Malaysia, also managing the Red Snappers in their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification round against Yemen in which they won 2-0 and lost 3-0.[6]

Personal life[]

The former forward has a brother named Maadhih Ismail.[4]

Individual awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ex-football player Shah released from hospital". Vnews.mv. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Ex-football player Shah Ismail hospitalised after heart attack". Vnews.mv. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. ^ "vnews - Shah Ismail's condition is improving, says family". Vnews.mv. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "vnews - Ex-football player Shah Ismail no longer in Critical Care". Vnews.mv. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2017-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Costa, Small (6 November 2007). "Maldives Soccer News Updates: Shaah Gets Managerial role again". Maldivesoccermnia.blogspot.com. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Haveeru Sports Awards » Futbolistar". 24 February 2013. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

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