Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim

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Shahid Uddin Selim
Personal information
Full name Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim
Date of birth c. 1952
Place of birth Dhaka, East Bengal, Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh)
Date of death (aged 69)
Place of death Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position(s)
Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1983 Brothers Union
International career
1977 Bangladesh U20
1975–1980 Bangladesh
Managerial career
1987 Bangladesh Boys
1988–1990 Fakirerpool YMC
1991–1994 Brothers Union
1991 Bangladesh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim (

Bangladeshi football coach and former player. He spent his entire club career with Brothers Union and had both played for and coached the Bangladesh national team.[1] Selim captained Bangladesh during the 1980 AFC Asian Cup, which was the country's first appearance in a major tournament and also the only time they qualified for the AFC Asian Cup to date.[2][3]

Club career

During the

Dhaka League, for the first time and caused a major upset by defeating the defending champions, Abahani Krira Chakra, during their first league match. Selim remained club captain until 1978. In 1980, Selim was part of the team which won the Federation Cup alongside Mohammedan SC. The following season, he won the Aga Khan Gold Cup with Brothers, alongside Thai club Bangkok Bank FC.[4][5]

International career

In 1975, Selim made his international debut when Bangladesh decided to participate in the Merdeka Cup in Malaysia. This marked only the second time that Bangladesh took part in an international tournament. The national team coach at the time, Abdur Rahim, included Selim in the team as the main center-back, Monwar Hossain Nannu, was injured. He later captained the Bangladesh U20 team during the 1977 AFC Youth Championship.

In 1978, several players quit the national team following a captaincy dispute involving Mohammedan's Shahidur Rahman Shantoo and Abahani's Nannu. In response, the federation decided to refrain from selecting captains from the two Dhaka teams. Consequently, Selim was named the national team captain in 1980. He captained Bangladesh during the 1980 AFC Asian Cup in Kuwait.[6]

Managerial career

After retirement from football as a player, Selim started coaching in the lower divisions and regularly trained City Club. In 1987, he led Bangladesh Boys Club to the

Mohammedan SC, which ended their record of being unbeaten in the league for one thousand six hundred and fifty days.[7] Selim got his coaching license in 1990 from Bangalore, India.[4]

In 1991, Selim was appointed as head coach of his former club

South Asian giants India, thanks to a brace from striker Rizvi Karim Rumi. From 1994 to 2009 he was the joint secretary of the Brothers Union. Selim was the vice president of the Gopibagh-based club from 2010 until his death in 2022.[4]

Personal life and death

Bangladeshi communist politician, the

late Saifuddin Ahmed Manik, was Selim's older brother and one of the founding members of Brothers Union.[6]

Selim died from oral cancer on 5 January 2022, at the age of 69.[3][9]

Honours

Player

Brothers Union

Manager

Bangladesh Boys

Brothers Union

Bangladesh

References

  1. ^ "প্রধানমন্ত্রীর সাহায্য চান ক্যানসার আক্রান্ত সাবেক ফুটবলার". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. ^ "কিংবদন্তি ফুটবলার সহিদ উদ্দিন সেলিম আর নেই". bangla.bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Former nat'l football team captain Shahid Uddin dies". New Age. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "মারা গেলেন ভারতের বিপক্ষে জয়ের নায়ক". Bayanno Tv (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  5. ^ "চলে গেলেন জাতীয় দলের সাবেক অধিনায়ক". offsidebangladesh.com (in Bengali). 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b "সেলিমের জন্য কাঁদলেন বাবলু!". Daily Janakantha (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. ^ Alam, Masud (14 January 2020). ঐতিহ্যের পথে ঘুরে দাঁড়াক মোহামেডান. Prothomalo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  8. ^ "ব্রাদার্সের পুনর্জন্মের নায়ক সেলিম হাসপাতালে". Jugantor (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Ex nat'l football captain Selim no more". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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