Mehrajuddin Wadoo (born 12 February 1984) is an Indian professional

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and former

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. He is the current head coach of

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club

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. During his playing days, Wadoo played for clubs such as

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, Salgaocar,

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, and

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. He also represented the India national team from 2005 to 2011.

Club career

Early career

He did his early schooling at Muyeen Public School, Sarai Balla, Iqra Masjid up to class X and later joined Sri Pratap High School, Srinagar. He did his BA IInd year from

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, Wazir Bagh. He started playing football from a very early age and when he turned 8, he was motivated by his father, Mohd Sultan Wadoo, who had represented J&K in

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to pursue football rather than cricket. Mehraj joined Iqbal Sports Club in 1996. He was member of U21 team of J&K and was noticed at the National level as a result.

Senior career

Mehrajuddin started out as a striker but then was converted into a defender, and can easily play as a

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position. He started out with Iqbal Sports and then moved to J&K Police and then professionally at a league-level with HAL, ITI, Sporting Goa,

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. Currently he is associated with J&K Sports Council, training young football enthusiasts of Jammu & Kashmir.

International career

He scored the winning goal against

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in the SAFF Cup finals at Karachi in December 2005. He was also a member of the Indian squad that won

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in 2007, the

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in 2008 and the Nehru Cup again in 2009.

Awards & achievements

4 times Winner, Federation Cup & IFA Shield. 2 times Winner, Nehru Cup (2007 & 2009). Wadoo was the best right-back in the Hero ISL during Season 2 as he helped Chennaiyin FC to the coveted Hero ISL trophy, appearing 14 times for the Super Machans.

Managerial career

In 2021–22 season, Wadoo managed Sudeva Delhi and worked as coach of the J&K Sports Council. In September 2022, he was appointed head coach of

side Real Kashmir after departure of David Robertson. In midway of the 2022–23 season, he was succeeded by English manager

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in the post, in February 2023. On 21 February 2023, Wadoo replaced Kibu Vicuña in the post of head coach of Mohammedan Sporting.

Statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of 16 December 2011.

International goals

Managerial statistics

Honours

India *

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2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

; runner-up:

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

Chennaiyin *

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References

External links

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