Nabi Chowdhury
![]() Nabi Chowdhury in 1981 | |||
Personal information | |||
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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 | ||
1957–1958 | PWD SC | ||
1958 | Mohammedan SC | ||
1959–1968 | Police AC | ||
International career | |||
1957–1960 | East Pakistan | ||
1954–1958 | Pakistan | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nurunnabi Chowdhury (Bengali: নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী; 1934 – 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 football 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 Pakistan Air Force FC from 1952 to 1953 while simultaneously playing in the Cumilla Football League with Pak United.[5] 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.[6]
He earned recognition while playing for Dhaka Wanderers from 1954 to 1956, winning a hat-trick of league titles during his tenure there.[7][8] In 1958, he represented Mohammedan SC in the IFA Shield in Calcutta, India.[9] 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.[10]
International career
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Nabi made his debut for the 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][11][12] 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][13] Prior to the tournament, he captained the team during exhibition matches against the likes of Malaya and Singapore.[14]
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.[15] He served as the team manager of the Bangladesh U20 team under Werner Bickelhaupt at the 1978 AFC Youth Championship in Dhaka.[16]
Death
[edit]Nabi died of diabetes-related complications in January 2004.[4]
Honours
[edit]Dhaka Wanderers
- Dhaka League: 1954, 1955, 1956
- Pakistan Day Football Tournament: 1955
- Independence Day Cup: 1956
East Pakistan White
- National Championship runner-up: 1957
East Pakistan
- National Championship: 1960; runner-up: 1959
Pakistan
- Colombo Cup runner-up: 1955
Individual
- 1978 − National Sports Awards.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d Dulal, Mahmud (2014). পাকিস্তান জাতীয় দল বাঙালি খেলোয়াড় (transl. Bengali players in the Pakistan national team) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon.
- ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Sunday 18 April 1954". p. 8. Retrieved 21 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Organisers wake up". archive.thedailystar.net. 13 February 2006. Archived from the original on 8 August 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Wanderers back in the big league with nostalgia and new hope". The Daily Star. 25 April 2024. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Jaffar named captain of U-23 soccer team". Brecorder. 6 November 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Asian Games 1958 (Tokyo, Japan)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "S'pore saved by late penalty The Straits Times, 18 May 1958, Page 19". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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]- Mahmud, Dulal (2014). পাকিস্তান জাতীয় দল বাঙালি খেলোয়াড় (transl. Bengali players in the Pakistan national team) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon.
- Mahmud, Dulal (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.
Further reading
[edit]- ভালোবাসার কাজটি করতে পেরেছি বলে আনন্দ ছিল অফুরান [I was very happy to be able to do the work of love]. Kalerkantho (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- "'জয়বাংলা একাদশের' অধিনায়ক ছিলাম আমি" [I was the captain of Joy Bangla XI]. Kalerkantho (in Bengali). 5 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Nabi Chowdhury at SonaliOtitClub.com
- 1934 births
- 2003 deaths
- Diabetes-related deaths
- People from Feni District
- Sportspeople from Chittagong Division
- Bangladeshi men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Pakistani men's footballers
- Pakistan men's international footballers
- Pakistan Air Force FC players
- Dhaka Wanderers Club players
- Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) players
- Bangladesh Police FC players
- Asian Games competitors for Pakistan
- Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games
- Recipients of the Bangladesh National Sports Award
- Bangladeshi football administrators