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Zakaria Pintoo
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Zakaria Pintoo
Date of birth (1943-01-01) 1 January 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth Naogaon District, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Bangladesh)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1958 East End Club[1]
1959–1961 Dhaka Wanderers[1]
1961–1975 Mohammedan SC[1]
International career
1969–1970 Pakistan
1971 Shadhin Bangla
1973 Bangladesh
Managerial career
1979 Bangladesh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zakaria Pintoo (born 1 January 1943)[1] is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who played as a defender.[2]

Career

Pintoo played for the Pakistan football team before independence.[3][4]

He served as the captain of Shadhin Bangla Football Team in 1971 and went on to become the first captain of the Bangladesh national football team after the independence of the country.[1][5] He received the Independence Day Award (1995) in the sports category by the Government of Bangladesh.[6] During tour with the Shadhin Bangla Football Team in India, in 1971, he became the first person to hoist the Bangladesh flag in foreign land.[7] In May 1972, Pintoo captained Mohammedan SC against visiting Indian club Mohun Bagan in their 1–0 defeat.[8]

Pintoo led the Bangladesh football team in their first international tournament at the 1973 Merdeka Tournament.[9] He made his international debut for Bangladesh against Thailand football team.[10]

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president, Kazi Salahuddin, alleged that Pintoo asked him for funds to withdraw the nomination paper of the president post in the 2012 BFF election.[5] The allegation was later denied by Pintoo.[5]

Family

Pintoo's younger brother Moyeenuddin is also a former footballer.[5]

Honours

Dhaka Wanderers[1]

Mohammedan SC (Dhaka)[1]

Awards and accolades

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h স্বাধীন বাংলা ফুটবল দলের অধিনায়ক জাকারিয়া পিন্টু. Protidiner Sangbad (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  2. ^ Arif, Mahbub (17 November 2015). "বাঙালির ফুটবল-সাফল্য এখন কেবলই স্মৃতি [Bengali football success is now just a memory]". u71news.com (in Bengali). উত্তরাধিকার৭১ নিউজ. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  3. ^ Golam Sarwar Tipu (2006). "Organisers wake up". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Iran vs Pakistan". TeamMelli.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Pintoo demands Salahuddin apology". The Daily Star. 2016-04-10. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  6. ^ "Independence Day Award" (PDF). Government of Bangladesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  7. ^ "I am luckier than Pele: Zakaria Pintoo". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  8. ^ Alam, Masud (19 April 2022). "৭ কোটি মানুষের জন্য ভালোবাসা নিয়ে ঢাকায় এসেছিল মোহনবাগান" [Mohun Bagan came to Dhaka with love for 7 crore people]. www.prothomalo.com (in Bengali). Dhaka, Bangladesh: The Daily Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  9. ^ "১৯৭৩ সালে যাদের হাত ধরে বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় ফুটবল দলের পথ চলা শুরু হয়েছিলো". Kiran Sports Desk (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Merdeka Tournament 1973 (Malaysia)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  11. ^ "National award eludes most Swadhin Bangla footballers". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-02-13.

Bibliography

  • Dulal, Mahmud (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war in the playground). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
  • 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.
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