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Enayetur Rahman
Enayetur Rahman Khan (; born 28 February 1951) is a former Bangladeshi footballer who played as a striker. He holds the record of scoring the Bangladesh national team's first-ever international goal, which came in a 2–2 draw against Thailand during the country's inaugural competitive game in 1973. He scored a total of 90 goals in the First Division during his more than a decade-long career playing domestic football in Dhaka. He was a member of the Shadhin Bangla football team that played exhibition matches across India to raise funds during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He represented the Bangladesh national team from 1973 to 1978. During his playing days, Enayetur was best known for his power shots and bad temper. He was considered to be one of the finest strikers in Bangladesh, and often drew comparison with Kazi Salahuddin in the 1970s. Club career Enayetur was born on February 28, 1951, in Kaliganj, Dhaka. He started his football career in 1967, playing for Fak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dacca
Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities in the world with a density of about 34,000 citizens per square kilometers within a total area of approximately 300 square kilometers. Dhaka is a megacity, and has a population of 10.2 million residents as of 2024, and a population of over 23.9 million residents in Greater Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan Area. It is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world. Dhaka is an important cultural, economic, and scientific hub of Eastern South Asia, as well as a major list of largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries, Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks list of cities by GDP, third in South Asia and 39th in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agartala
Agartala (, , ) is the capital and the List of cities and towns in Tripura, largest city of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tripura, situated on the banks of Haora River, Haora/Saidra River, about east of the border with Bangladesh–India border, Bangladesh and about 2,499 km (1,552 mi) from the national capital, New Delhi. According to 2022 AMC data, Agartala is the second most populous city after Guwahati in Northeast India. It is India's third international internet gateway and being developed under the Smart Cities Mission. Etymology Agartala is a derivative of two words, namely ''Agarwood, agar'', a valuable perfume and incense tree of genus Aquilaria, and the suffix ''tala'', meaning ''underneath,'' a reference to the density of agarwood trees in the region. The agar tree is historically referred to in the story of the King Raghu who tied up his elephant's feet to an agar tree on the banks of River Lauhitya. History One of the ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Football Federation
Bangladesh Football Federation (, ''Bānglādesh fūṭbôl fēḍārēshôn'') is the governing body that administers the sport of association football in Bangladesh. It is in charge of running the country's men's and women's national teams, as well as the Bangladesh Premier League and various other competitions and tournaments. The BFF was one of founding members of the South Asian Football Federation. Its office is based at the BFF Bhaban, in Motijheel Thana of the country's capital, Dhaka. History The Bangladesh Football Federation was founded on 15 July 1972 by Md. Yousuf Ali, the country's former Minister for Education, Culture and Sport; the general secretary under Ali was Abul Hashem of Wari Club. It became affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1973, and FIFA in 1976. It is also a founding member of South Asian Football Federation. Bangladesh has been elected to be part of the AFC Executive Committee for two four-year terms: in 1982–1986 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wazed Gazi
Wazed Gazi (; 1931 – 13 September 2018) was a Bangladeshi football player and coach. Early life Wazed Gazi was born in 1931 in Barasat, British India. His ancestral home is in the Dhalbaria Union of Satkhira District. Gazi's father, Soleman Gazi, worked for the Calcutta-based Jessop & Company, and thus, Gazi spent his childhood in Calcutta. Eventually, Gazi began working for the West Bengal State Electricity Board on a monthly salary and also represented them in the West Bengal Office Football League. In 1955, he began participating in the Third Division of the Calcutta Football League with Victoria Club. Playing career In 1957, Ali joined Sporting Union in the First Division of the Calcutta League on the recommendation of local trainer, Ramani Sarkar. He spent four years at the club, before joining Kolkata Mohammedan in 1962. In 1963, he moved to Jessore, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), after securing a job in the East Pakistan Government Press. He also began representing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahidur Rahman Shantoo
Shahidur Rahman Chowdhury (; born 17 November 1947), known by his nickname Shantoo, is a former Bangladeshi football player and manager. Club career In 1966, after giving his SSC examination in Rangpur, he moved to Dhaka. His football career started the same year for Azad Sporting Club in the First Division, after impressing Azad coach Ranjit Das. However, before playing domestic football in Dhaka, he played in the inter-district team for Rangpur and the divisional team for Rajshahi, where his team reached the district final against Dhaka. He made a name for himself while playing for the Pakistan's two biggest clubs at the time, Dhaka Wanderers and Mohammedan SC, before Bangladesh's independence. International career Pakistan national team In 1967, after making his move to Dhaka Wanderers, Shantoo was one of the only four East Pakistani players who were called up to the Pakistan national football team for the 1967 RCD Cup. The other players being Golam Sarwar Tipu, Prata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knuckleball
A knuckleball or knuckler is a baseball pitch (baseball), pitch thrown to minimize the spin of the ball in flight, causing an erratic, unpredictable motion. The air flow over a seam of the ball causes the ball to change from Laminar flow, laminar to Turbulence, turbulent flow. This change adds a deflecting force to the baseball, making it difficult for batter (baseball), batters to hit but also difficult for pitchers to control and catchers to catch; umpires are challenged as well, as the ball's irregular motion through the air makes it harder to call strike zone, balls and strikes.Hoffman, Benjamin"Not So Easy on the Eyes"''New York Times'' (June 23, 2012) A pitcher who throws knuckleballs is known as a List of knuckleball pitchers, knuckleballer. Origins The origins of the knuckleball are unclear. Toad Ramsey of the Louisville Colonels in the American Association (19th century), American Association—his pitch likely resembled the knuckle curve—and Eddie Cicotte of the Chic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka Wanderers Club
Dhaka Wanderers Club () is a Bangladeshi professional football club from Motijheel area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top flight of Bangladeshi football, having gained promotion from the 2023–24 Bangladesh Championship League. The Wanderers are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in the country. They won seven domestic First Division titles prior to the Independence of Bangladesh. The club has also won the Independence Day Football Tournament five times. In continental football, their greatest achievement remains a runners-up trophy in the 1963 Aga Khan Gold Cup. However, their only success post-independence was a runners-up finish in the 1987 Federation Cup. The club uses the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka as their home venue. Wanderers have a long-standing rivalry with Dhaka Mohammedan, which dates back to the East Pakistan era, although its intensity has decreased over the years. The club's traditional ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka Second Division Football League
The Dhaka Second Division Football League () is the fourth-tier association football, football league in Bangladesh and the second-highest league division in Dhaka. It was officially founded in 1948 as the league below the Dhaka First Division Football League, First Division Football League when Bangladesh was part of Pakistan. Until 1992, it served as the second-tier of Bangladeshi football before being replaced by the now-defunct Dhaka First Division Football League (1993–2006), Dhaka First Division Football League (1993–2006 second-tier version). In 2012, the league was further demoted to become the fourth-tier of the country's football league system. The two top-finishing teams are automatically promoted to the Dhaka Senior Division League. The bottom two teams are automatically relegated to the Dhaka Third Division Football League, Dhaka Third Division League. The league is the second-highest division of semi-professional football in the country and is run by the Dhaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fakirerpool Young Men's Club
Fakirerpool Young Men's Club () is a Bangladeshi professional football club from Motijheel area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top flight of Bangladeshi football, having gained promotion from the 2023–24 Bangladesh Championship League. History Early years (1960–1987) Fakirerpool Young Men's Club was established in Fakirapool, Motijheel area of Dhaka in 1960. Manjur Hossain Malu, one of the club's main administrators during its early years, also served as its general secretary until 2010. In the same year as its establishment, the club participated in the Dhaka Third Division Football League and earned promotion to the Second Division as unbeaten league champions. During their time in the Second Division, the club produced talents such as Enayetur Rahman Khan, nonetheless, failed to gain promotion to the top division for almost three decades. It was in 1987, under the coaching of Shahiduddin Ahmed Selim, that the club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaliganj Upazila, Gazipur
Kaliganj () is an upazila (sub-district) of Gazipur District in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division. Geography Kaliganj is located at . It has 57,770 households and total area 214.63 km2. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Kaliganj Upazila had 57,770 households and a population of 265,276. 55,425 (20.89%) were under 10 years of age. Kaliganj had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 59.81%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 991 females per 1000 males. 45,430 (17.13%) lived in urban areas. Kaliganj is the most religiously diverse upazila in Gazipur district. The Christian community consists of Bhawal Catholics converted by the Portuguese in the 17th century. As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kaliganj has a population of 175915. Males constitute 93.86% of the population, and females 87.14%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 87404. Kaliganj has an average literacy rate of 90.6% (7+ years), and the national a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazi Salahuddin
Kazi Salahuddin (; born 23 September 1953) is a Bangladeshi former football player currently serving as the president of South Asian Football Federation. He previously served as the president of Bangladesh Football Federation from 2008 to 2024. He was a member of the Shadhin Bangla Football Team, which played across India to raise awareness about the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He played for and captained the Bangladesh national team, retiring in 1983. Salahuddin is the first football player from the country to play abroad in the professional league in Hong Kong and is considered to be Bangladesh's first professional sports athlete. In domestic football, he has 160 goals in the First Division and 14 goals in the Dhaka Second Division League. He is the second highest goal scorer in Bangladeshi top-tier football and is one of the two players to have scored 150 goals in domestic football, both his records come second to Sheikh Mohammad Aslam. In international football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
