Manzur Hasan Mintu

Manzur Hasan Mintu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1940-04-07)7 April 1940
Place of birth	Satkhira, Bengal, British India
Date of death	18 November 2014(2014-11-18) (aged 74)[1]
Place of death	Jaipur, India
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1955	Kamal Sporting
1956–1957	Fire Service
1958–1964	Dhaka Wanderers
International career
1957–1959	East Pakistan
1958	Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manzur Hasan Mintu (7 April 1940 – 18 November 2014)[2] was a Bangladeshi footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[3] He worked for radio and television as a sports commentator for 40 years since 1973.[2] He was awarded National Sports Award for football and badminton by the Government of Bangladesh in 1978.[1]

Club career

Mintu began playing in the Dhaka Second Division Football League with Kamal Sporting Club in 1953. He captained Dhaka Wanderers Club to the 1960 First Division League title.[4]

International career

Mintu played for the Pakistan national football team in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo.[1] He represented East Pakistan in the National Football Championship from 1957 to 1959 and later played for Dhaka Division from 1961 to 1963.[5]

Personal life

Mintu graduated from the University of Dhaka and worked as an income tax commissioner. After the retirement, he served as the treasurer of the national sports council.[1]

Death

Mintu died on 18 November 2014, after suffering a cardiac arrest in Jaipur, India.[4]

Honours

Dhaka Wanderers Club

• Dhaka League: 1960

East Pakistan White

• National Championship runner-up: 1957

East Pakistan

• National Championship runner-up: 1959

Dhaka Division

• National Championship: 1961–62, 1962

Individual

• 1978 − National Sports Awards.[1]

References

1. "Mintu bhai no more". The Daily Star. 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
2. "Veteran sports commentator Monjur Hasan Mintu passes away". Prothom Alo. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
3. "২০১৪: বিদায়ের মিছিল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). January 2015. Archived from the original on 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
4. "চলে গেলেন মনজুর হাসান মিন্টু". Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 2014-11-19. Archived from the original on 2024-08-28. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
5. "থেমে গেল সেই কণ্ঠস্বর". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2014-11-19. Archived from the original on 2024-08-28. Retrieved 2024-03-17.

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• Dulal, Mahmud (2014). পাকিস্তান জাতীয় দল বাঙালি খেলোয়াড় (transl. Bengali players in the Pakistan national team) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon.
• Alam, Masud (2017). ফুটবলের গল্প ফুটবলারদের গল্প (transl. The story of football the story of footballers) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 9789849134688.
• Mahmud, Noman (2018). ফুটবল পায়ে মুক্তির যুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war fought by football) (in Bengali). Agamee Prakashani. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.