Zakaria Pintoo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohammad Zakaria Pintoo | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1943 | ||
Place of birth | Naogaon District, Bengal Presidency, British India | ||
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
[edit]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.[10]
On 20 July 1979, Pintoo served as the head coach of the national team during a 1–0 defeat to South Korea B in a friendly match played in Dhaka.[11]
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
[edit]Pintoo's younger brother Moyeenuddin is also a former footballer.[5]
Honours
[edit]Dhaka Wanderers[1]
- Dhaka League: 1960
Mohammedan SC (Dhaka)[1]
- Dhaka League: 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1975
- Independence Cup: 1972
- Aga Khan Gold Cup: 1964, 1968
Awards and accolades
[edit]- 1978 − National Sports Awards.[12]
1995 − Independence Day Award
See also
[edit]- List of association footballers who have been capped for two senior national teams
- List of Bangladesh national football team managers
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Arif, Mahbub (17 November 2015). "বাঙালির ফুটবল-সাফল্য এখন কেবলই স্মৃতি [Bengali football success is now just a memory]". U71 News (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ Golam Sarwar Tipu (2006). "Organisers wake up". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Iran vs Pakistan". TeamMelli.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Independence Day Award" (PDF). Government of Bangladesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ "I am luckier than Pele: Zakaria Pintoo". New Age. Archived from the original on 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ 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]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Dhaka, Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Merdeka Tournament 1973 (Malaysia)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ নববধূকে বাসর ঘরে রেখে ফুটবল মাঠে ছুটেছিলেন তিনি. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "National award eludes most Swadhin Bangla footballers". New Age. Archived from the original on 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
Bibliography
[edit]- Mahmud, Dulal (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war in the playground) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
- Mahmud, Dulal (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.
- Living people
- 1943 births
- People from Naogaon District
- Bangladeshi men's footballers
- Bangladesh men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Bangladeshi football managers
- Bangladesh national football team managers
- Recipients of the Independence Day Award
- Recipients of the Bangladesh National Sports Award
- Pakistani men's footballers
- Pakistan men's international footballers
- Dual internationalists (men's football)
- Dhaka Wanderers Club players
- Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) players
- Sportspeople from Rajshahi Division
- Bangladeshi expatriate sportspeople in India
- University of Dhaka alumni