Syed Abdul Rahim
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 August 1909 | ||
Place of birth | Hyderabad, Hyderabad State | ||
Date of death | 11 June 1963 | (aged 53)||
Place of death | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh | ||
Youth career | |||
1927–1931 | Osmania University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1943 | Qamar Club | ||
1950 | HSV Hoek | ||
Managerial career | |||
1943–1950 | Hyderabad City Police (head coach & secretary) | ||
1950–1963 | Hyderabad City Police (secretary) | ||
1950–1963 | India | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Abdul Rahim (17 August 1909 – 11 June 1963) was an Indian football coach and manager of the Indian national team from 1950 until his death in 1963 and a former player. He is regarded as the architect of modern Indian football.[1][2] Basically a teacher by profession, he was a good motivator and his tenure as a coach is regarded as a "golden age" of football in India. He led the Indian team to the semi-finals of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Football tournament making India the first ever Asian country to achieve this place.[3][4]
Career
Rahim was born on 17 August 1909 in Hyderabad, India. His career started as a coach and secretary of Hyderabad City Police from 1943 until 1963.[5][6] Later he was associated with the national team. During Rahim's tenure, the Indian football team enjoyed a great deal of success. Apart from winning the Asian games in 1951 and 1962, India also reached the semi-finals of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics which is still considered India's greatest ever achievement in football.[7]
He selected his son, Syed Shahid Hakim for the 1960 Summer Olympics tournament.[8]
Rahim's last success was at the Jakarta Asian games in 1962 where India went on to win gold, beating South Korea in the finals in front of a crowd of 100,000.
Death
Syed Abdul Rahim died from cancer on 11 June 1963.
Legacy
When Indian national coach Alberto Fernando had gone to a workshop in Brazil in 1964, he said:
What I learnt from Rahim in 1956 is being taught now in Brazil. Verily, he was a football prophet.[9]
In popular culture
A biopic on Syed Abdul Rahim named Maidaan is going to release on November 2020 with Ajay Devgn in lead role.
References
- ^ Basu, Jaydeep (17 August 2009). "Forgotten on birth centenary- Legendary coach rahim". Calcutta, India: telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "India's football heroes of Rome Olympics felicitated". in.news.yahoo.com. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "Legends Of Indian Football". goal.com. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ "1956 Olympics team members to return monetary grant". Chennai, India: hindu.com. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ novy kapadia (2000). "triumphs and disaster: the story of indian football, 1889-2000" (PDF). p. 19. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ Paul Dimeo, James Mills (2001). Soccer in South Asia: empire, nation, diaspora. Antony Rowe Ltd. p. 20. ISBN 0-7146-8170-9. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "Olympians want Padma Bhushan for Rahim". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/hakims-tribute-to-his-father
- ^ "The wonder that was Rahim". The New Indian Express. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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