Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim | ||
Date of birth | c. 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Dhaka, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Bangladesh) | ||
Date of death | (aged 69) | ||
Place of death | Dhaka, Bangladesh | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1982 | Brothers Union | ||
National team | |||
1973–1981 | Bangladesh | ||
Teams managed | |||
1991–1994 | Brothers Union | ||
1991 | Bangladesh | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim (c. 1952 – 5 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi footballer who played as a centre-back. He spent the majority of his career with Brothers Union and was also an integral member of the Bangladesh national team during the late 1970s and early 1980s.[1] Selim captained Bangladesh during the 1980 AFC Asian Cup, which was the country's first ever appearance in a major tournament and also the only time they qualified for the AFC Asian Cup to date.[2][3]
Club career[]
During the Liberation war in 1971, Brothers Union shut down the club's activities, after the war ended, Selim started reorganizing the players in 1972, along with coach Gafur Baloch and teammate Khandoker Wasim Iqbal. During the early years of the club's rebirth, the players used to train in Selim's backyard, due to the team's financial difficulties. This is why he is seen as one of the founding members of Brothers Union, even though the club was established in 1949. Selim spent ten years captaining "The Oranges" during which Brothers became the third best club in the country behind Abahani Limited Dhaka and Mohammedan. Selim led Brothers to promotion by winning the second-tier in 1974. In 1975 his Brothers Union team took part in the Dhaka League, which was the top-tier league in Bangladesh, for the first time and surprised the whole country when they defeated giants Abahani Limited Dhaka during their first league encounter. In 1980, Selim captained the team winning the Federation Cup alongside Mohammedan. The following year he won the Aga Khan Gold Cup with Brothers, alongside Thai club Bangkok Bank FC.[4][5]
Managerial career[]
Selim got his coaching license in 1990 in Bangalore, India. He managed the Bangladesh national football team during the 1991 South Asian Games and helped the country earn third place, by defeating Nepal 2–0.[6] During the same tournament, Selim became the first national team coach to defeat arch-rivals India, thanks to a brace from striker Rizvi Karim Rumi.[4] In 1991, Selim won the Federation Cup with Brothers Union. From 1994 to 2009 he was the joint secretary of the Brothers Union. Selim was the vice president of the Gopibagh-based club from 2010 until his death in 2022.[4]
Personal life and death[]
He died from oral cancer on 5 January 2022, at the age of 69.[3][7]
References[]
- ^ প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া. "প্রধানমন্ত্রীর সাহায্য চান ক্যানসার আক্রান্ত সাবেক ফুটবলার". Prothomalo.
- ^ প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া; ডটকম, বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্ট��ফোর. "কিংবদন্তি ফুটবলার সহিদ উদ্দিন সেলিম আর নেই". bangla.bdnews24.com.
- ^ a b "Former nat'l football team captain Shahid Uddin dies". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh.
- ^ a b c "মারা গেলেন ভারতের বিপক্ষে জয়ের নায়ক | খেলাধুলা". Bayanno Tv.
- ^ Desk, Offside (5 January 2022). "চলে গেলেন জাতীয় দলের সাবেক অধিনায়ক".
- ^ "ব্রাদার্সের পুনর্জন্মের নায়ক সেলিম হাসপাতালে". Jugantor.
- ^ sun, daily. "Ex nat'l football captain Selim no more | Daily Sun |". daily sun.
- 1950s births
- 2022 deaths
- Bangladeshi footballers
- Association football central defenders
- Bangladesh international footballers
- Bangladesh national football team managers
- Brothers Union players
- Sportspeople from Dhaka
- Deaths from cancer in Bangladesh
- Deaths from oral cancer