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Anwar Uddin
Personal information
Full name Anwar Uddin
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Dagenham & Redbridge
Number 15

Anwar Uddin (born 1 November 1981) is an English professional footballer who plays for Dagenham & Redbridge in Football League Two, where he plays as a defender.

Early and personal life

Anwar Uddin was born and raised in Whitechapel in the East End of London. Born to a Bangladeshi father and to an English mother.[1] He is the only person of Bangladeshi origin to play professional football in England,[2][3] and the first British Asian to captain a side in the top four divisions.[1]

In 2002, Uddin dated Leilani Dowding, who is a glamour model.[4] Anwar Uddin is noted as a non strong Muslim believer. Anwar says he follows Christianity as well as his father's religion Islam. Anwar demostrated that by stating he is a drinker.

Club career

Uddin signed for the club during the summer of 2004 after leaving Bristol Rovers. The no-nonsense defender began his career at West Ham United, working his way up through their youth and reserve teams where he was captain. He was in West Ham's victorious 1999 FA Youth Cup winning squad that defeated Coventry City. Although highly regarded, as a talented traditional English defender, he was never able to break through to the first team and in February 2002 decided to move to Sheffield Wednesday for an undisclosed fee [citation needed].

His stay was brief though, after the collapse of ITV Digital, Sheffield Wednesday couldn't keep him due to financial difficulties, then moving to Bristol Rovers the following summer after only 4 months and no appearances for the Championship club. He was an almost ever present in the following season until the end of October, picking up a groin injury which he was to struggle with for the rest of the season.

After making a couple of appearances the following season he was loaned out to Hereford United and Telford United, and was released by Bristol Rovers at the end of the season.

He then settled in the team Dagenham & Redbridge, currently playing the Football League Two positioning as a defender, where he became the captain of the team. Uddin is just one of five British Asians playing in the Football League and Premiership, where it is estimated that Asians only made up 0.2 per cent of players in clubs' centres of excellence and academies.[1]

Uddin signed on loan for Grays Athletic on 1 September 2009.[5]

International career

Uddin is eligible to play for the national teams of England and Bangladesh. He visited a youth football camp in Dhaka during May 2007, with British coach Anthony Ferguson and Canary Wharf's head of public affairs Zakir Khan. Kazi Salahuddin, the chief of BFF welcomed him, but Anwar still hasn't decided yet on whether he should play for the national team. Neither England yet gave him a opportunity to play for National team. Which seem very unlikely as he is a player from lower league.[6] It was the second time he visited Bangladesh since 1989, where he travelled with his father at his hometown in Sylhet.[6]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c Patrick Nathanson (2007-08-08). "Anwar Uddin to lead Dagenham and Redbridge". Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  2. ^ "British-Bangladeshis who have made a mark". New Age Extra. 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  3. ^ Famous Personalities from Raine's Foundation School The Old Raineians' Association
  4. ^ "Leilani sings for England". Dorset Echo. 2002-05-17. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  5. ^ "Uddin makes Grays switch". Yahoo! Eurosport UK. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  6. ^ a b "Anwar may consider a Bangladesh call". The Daily Star. 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2008-12-05.

External links

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