Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 7 April 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Satkhira District, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Bangladesh) | ||
Date of death | 18 November 2014[1] | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Jaipur, India | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1953–1955 | Kamal Sporting | ||
1956–1957 | Fire Service | ||
1958–1964 | Dhaka Wanderers | ||
International career | |||
1958 | Pakistan | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Manzur Hasan Mintu (7 April 1940 – 18 November 2014)[2] was a Bangladeshi footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[3] He worked for radio and television as a sports commentator for 40 years since 1973.[2] He was awarded National Sports Award for football and badminton by the Government of Bangladesh in 1978.[1]
Mintu graduated from the University of Dhaka and worked as an income tax commissioner. After the retirement, he served as the treasurer of the national sports council.[1]
Mintu began playing in the Dhaka Second Division Football League with Kamal Sporting Club in 1953. He captained Dhaka Wanderers Club to the 1960 Dhaka First Division Football League title.[4]
Mintu played for the Pakistan national football team in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo.[1] He represented East Pakistan in the National Football Championship from 1957 to 1959 and later played for Dhaka Division from 1961 to 1963.[5]
Mintu died on 18 November 2014, after suffering a cardiac arrest in Jaipur, India.[4]
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