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Abdus Salam Murshedy
আব্দুস সালাম মুর্শেদী
Murshedy in 2018
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Khulna-4
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 September 2018
Preceded byMostafa Rashidi Suja
Personal details
Born (1963-11-16) November 16, 1963 (age 60)[1]
Khulna District, East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh)
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
OccupationBusiness
Known forFootball player, businessman, politician
AwardsNational Sports Awards, 2003

Abdus Salam Murshedy is a Bangladeshi politician, entrepreneur and former national team football player. Aligned with the Bangladesh Awami League, he is elected uncontested as member of the Jatiya Sangsad for Khulna-4 since September 2018.[2][3][4] He is the managing director of Envoy Group, senior vice president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF),[5] President of Exporters Association of Bangladesh (EAB)[6][7] and former president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters' Association (BGMEA).[8][9][10][11] He has been elected as a Commercially Important Person (CIP) by the Government of Bangladesh in 2014.[12][13]

Biography

Early life and education

Murshedy was born in Rupsa Upazila, Khulna district. His father Mohammad Israel and mother Rizia Khatun.

Salam came from a Khulna family with a very strong connection with sports. His eldest brother Jamal Haider represented East Pakistan in Volleyball before 1971. Abul Kalam Azad, the 3rd brother was for a long time the body building champion of Bangladesh in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[14]

Domestic football

Salam was a highly successful center forward in football. In the '70s, he started his journey with football by playing for Young Boys Club of Khulna. He came to Dhaka from Khulna in the late seventies. At that time, he started playing in Dhaka League for Azad Sporting Club. In 1979 he played for BJMC and helped them win the league title.[14]

He joined the Mohammedan Sporting Club, Dhaka in 1980. With them he won league titles in 1980 and 1982 and 4 successive Federation Cup title starting from 1980. In 1981 he scored 4 goals in the Super League match against Wari Club. Skipper Badal Roy scored the other two goals as MSC won 6–0.[14]

1982 saw Salam reach the pick of his career. He contributed to MSC's first title win in foreign soil, scoring 10 goals during the Ashish Jabbar football tournament in Durgapur, India. Then in the Dhaka League he created a new record scoring 27 goals in a season. The record still exists. Throughout the season he had a wonderful understanding with No.10 Badal Roy.[14]

That year, with goals in the Dhaka League, Federation Cup and in India, Salam scored a total of 40 goals in all competitions. During his seven years with The Black and Whites, Salam scored a total of 74 league goals.[15]

But he suffered a bad hand injury in 1983, and although he returned to football within a few months, he was never the same player again.[14]

International football

In December 1980, Salam played for the Bangladesh U-19 team in Dacca. He partnered Aslam of BJMC in the forward line. Bangladesh finished runners up behind Qatar and thus qualified for the main event.

In early 1981, the youth team, now called the Bangladesh (Red) team reached the finals of the first President's Cup in Dacca. But they lost the final to a South Korean team. During the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament, Salam scored for Bangladesh against Pakistan Youth team in an embarrassing 1–2 loss.[16] Salam suffered a serious hand injury while playing against Malaysia for the Bangladesh (Green) team in 1983, and this badly affected his prospects in international football.[14]

Business

Murshedy is the managing director of Envoy Group.[17] Besides, he is the director of Premier Bank.[18] He started Envoy Garment's journey in 1984. Later he made 15 more ready-made garment companies. He is currently the president of Bangladesh Exporters Association (EAB), senior vice president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), member of the board of directors of Bangladesh University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT). Earlier, he was appointed as the president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and director of Bangladesh Mohammedan Sporting Club.

Personal life

Murshedy is married to Sharmin Salam. They have two sons and one daughter.[14]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Constituency 102". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Salam Murshedy elected MP uncontested". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Salam Murshedy elected Khulna-4 MP in uncontested by-polls". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Salam Murshedy elected MP of Khulna-3 uncontested". banglanews24.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Young blood at BFF". The Daily Star. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  6. ^ "'Bangladesh needs long term policies to attract investment'". Dhaka Tribune. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  7. ^ "'Utility price-hike to hurt export sector'". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  8. ^ "HSC passed Salam Murshedi's annual income around Tk 60m". Bangla Tribune. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Awami League nominates Abdus Salam Murshedy for Khulna-4 by-polls". Daily Sun. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Khulna-4 by-polls: Salam Murshedy submits nomination paper". risingbd.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  11. ^ "AL nominates Abdus Salam Murshedy for Khulna-4 by-election". New Age. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Commercially Important Person 2014" (PDF). Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  13. ^ সিআইপি হলেন ১৭৮ ব্যবসায়ী. The Daily Samakal (in Bengali). 5 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g আমার অর্থ অর্জন সম্মান সব কিছুর মূলে ফুটবল. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  15. ^ "৩৬ বছর আগে আজকের এইদিনে সালাম মুর্শেদী ২৭ গোলের দুর্লভ রেকর্ডটি গড়েছিলেন | Kiron's Sports Desk".
  16. ^ "Quaid-E-Azam International Cup (Pakistan)". RSSSF.
  17. ^ "Envoy Group". www.envoy-group.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  18. ^ "Director's Profile - Home". premierbankltd.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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