Mehtab Hossain

Mehtab Hossain
Mehtab (bottom right) in 2013 with East Bengal
Personal information
Full name Mehtab Hossain
Date of birth (1985-09-05) 5 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Kolkata, West Bengal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Madan Maharaj
Youth career
Food Corporation of India
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Tollygunge Agragami 17 (1)
2003–2006 Mohun Bagan 39 (3)
2006–2007 ONGC
2007–2017 East Bengal 244 (10)
2014–2016 → Kerala Blasters (loan) 38 (0)
2017–2018 Jamshedpur 12 (0)
2018–2019 Mohun Bagan 11 (0)
2021 Madan Maharaj 5 (0)
International career
2005–2015 India 33 (2)
2019 India (Football 7)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Southern Samity
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mehtab Hossain (born 5 September 1985) is an Indian former professional footballer and coach who played as a defensive midfielder.

During his career, Hossain has played for both of the Kolkata football giants, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.[1] He played with East Bengal for ten seasons, winning the Federation Cup three times. He also managed to gain 31 caps for the India national football team between 2005 and 2014, scoring twice for the country. On 2019, Mehtab started his coaching career as manager at Southern Samity in 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 21 July 2020 by taking party flag from BJP president of West Bengal Dilip Ghosh, but within 24 hours he changed his decision and resigned.

Career

Mehtab is a product of IFA's Baby League, which was the brain child of Legendary Football Secretary Shri Prodyut Dutta, which promoted football amongst the children and youth of Bengal.

It was reported in June 2012, that he was on trial with Falkirk,[2] Airdrie,[2] and Exeter City FC[3] on recommendation of his former teammate Alan Gow.

He scored his first goal in the 2012–13 I-League in their penultimate match in the 6–0 win against United Sikkim F.C. on 8 May at Kolkata.[4] Then he scored in the 5–1 win in Round of 16 match in 2013 AFC Cup match against Yangon United F.C. on 15 May at Kolkata.[5]

On 2015, Mehtab retired from international duty after being omitted from the 26-man squad for World Cup Qualifiers.[6]

Mehtab had more than 400 appearances in his career at six Indian clubs.[7]

East Bengal

Hossain joined East Bengal in 2007. He had 255 appearances for the club over a span of ten years.[7][8]

Kerala Blasters

On 2014, he was picked by Kerala Blasters FC of Indian Super League on a three years contract.

Jamshedpur

On 23 July 2017, Hossain was selected in the third round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by Jamshedpur for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season.[9] He made his debut for the club during the first ever match on 18 November 2017 against NorthEast United. He started the match and played 69 minutes as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.[10]

Mohun Bagan

After ending the season with Jamshedpur, Hossain reportedly decided not to renew his contract with the club since he wanted to return to Kolkata and be near his family.[11] Despite stating previously that he would like to return to East Bengal, it was reported that he was in talks with Mohun Bagan.[11] Then, on 22 May 2018, it was officially announced that Hossain had signed with Mohun Bagan, after last playing for them 12 years prior.[12]

In 2021, he came out of retirement to play for Madan Maharaj FC in the I-League Qualifiers where he is also the mentor.

Honours

India

East Bengal

Mohun Bagan

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 January 2019[15]
Club Season League Federation Cup CFL Premier A Domestic Cups Others AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tollygunge Agragami 2001–02 NFL 17 1 — — — — — — — — — — 17 1
2002–03 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — 0 0
Tollygunge Agragami Total 17 1 — — — — — — — — — — 17 1
Mohun Bagan 2003–04 NFL 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — 0 0
2004–05 20 0 — — — — — — — — — — 20 0
2005–06 19 3 — — — — — — — — — — 19 3
Mohun Bagan Total 39 3 — — — — — — — — — — 39 3
ONGC 2006–07 I-League 2nd Division 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — 0 0
ONGC Total 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — 0 0
East Bengal 2007–08 I-League 17 1 0 0 7 1 2 0 1[a] 0 6 0 33 2
2008–09 17 0 4 0 9 1 — — — — — — 30 1
2009–10 25 2 4 1 9 0 3[b] 0 1[c] 0 5 1 47 4
2010–11 23 1 5 0 14 2 3[d] 0 1[a] 0 5 0 51 3
2011–12 16 0 4 0 6 0 1[e] 0 — — 4 0 31 0
2012–13 23 1 4 0 2 0 2[e] 0 — — 6 1 37 2
2013–14 8 0 — — 1 0 2[e] 0 — — 4 0 15 0
2014–15 16 0 4 0 5 0 — — — — 4 0 29 0
2015–16 14 0 2 0 8 1 — — — — — — 24 1
2016–17 16 0 3 0 8 0 — — — — — — 27 0
East Bengal Total 175 5 30 1 69 5 13 0 3 0 34 2 324 13
Kerala Blasters (loan) 2014 Indian Super League 9 0 — — — — — — — — — — 9 0
2015 13 0 — — — — — — — — — — 13 0
2016 16 0 — — — — — — — — — — 16 0
Kerala Blasters Total 38 0 — — — — — — — — — — 38 0
Jamshedpur FC 2017–18 Indian Super League 12 0 1 0 — — — — — — — — 13 0
Jamshedpur Total 12 0 1 0 — — — — — — — — 13 0
Mohun Bagan 2018–19 I-League 9 0 0 0 2 0 — — — — — — 11 0
Mohun Bagan Total 9 0 0 0 2 0 — — — — — — 11 0
Career Total 290 9 31 1 71 5 13 0 3 0 34 2 442 17
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Super Cup.
  2. ^ 2 Appearances in IFA Shield and 1 Appearances in Durand Cup.
  3. ^ Appearances in E. K. Nayanar Cup.
  4. ^ 2 Appearances in Durand Cup and 1 Appearances in IFA Shield.
  5. ^ a b c Appearances in IFA Shield.

International stats

India national team
Year Apps Goals
2005 3 2
2006 3 0
2011 5 0
2012 6 0
2013 12 0
2014 2 0
Total 31 2[16]

References

  1. ^ Ghoshal, Amoy (17 September 2011). "Federation Cup: East Bengal 1-1 Mohammedan Sporting - Red & Gold Brigade Held After Unconvincing Display". www.goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b Soumalya Santikari (18 August 2012). "Scotland experience was good, says Mehtab Hossain". India Today. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ Nandy, Saikat (23 January 2012). "Mehtab Hussain to undergo trial at English club". www.sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. ^ "East Bengal 6–0 United Sikkim FC: The Red and Gold trample the Snow Lions". Goal. 14 August 2012. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. ^ "EAST BENGAL VS. YANGON UNITED 5 – 1". SOCCERWAY. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. ^ Gehlot, Saransh (4 March 2015). "Indian midfielder Mehtab Hossain retires from International duty". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Tête-à-tête with Midfield maestro Mehtab Hossain". Jamshedpur Football Club. 23 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  8. ^ "East Bengal's squad for the 2012/13 season". Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  9. ^ "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  10. ^ "NorthEast United 0–0 Jamshedpur". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  11. ^ a b Bhattacharya, Nilesh (22 May 2018). "Mohun Bagan, East Bengal in tug-of-war over Mehtab". Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Mehtab Hossain: I have a problem with a section of East Bengal fans". Goal.com. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Mehtab Hossain Archives". Khel Now. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Mohun Bagan Win Calcutta Football League After Eight Years". sports.ndtv.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  15. ^ "Mehtab Hossain". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  16. ^ Banerjee, Saikat (22 July 2020). "From pitch to politics: retired Indian footballer Mehtab Hossain joins BJP". Sports India Show. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Mohun Bagan captain
2006–2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Kingfisher East Bengal captain
2013–2014 		Succeeded by