Alamgir Hasan (; born 3 October 1971) is a retired Bangladeshi professional

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who played as a

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. During his career he was well known for taking long throw-ins which influenced his teams attacks.

Club career

Alamgir's football journey started with the prestigious 4 feet 10 inches tournament and the Dhaka Ershad Cup. After doing well in such tournaments, he joined Barisal Abahani. In the Barisal League title deciding match against Barisal Mohammedan, many players from the main brach,

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were invited to play for the Barisal-based side. After the game Alamgir was invited to join the First Division League club. In late 1987, he started practicing with Abahani's junior team, and in 1989 he was promoted to the senior team. In the

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final against Mohammedan SC, Alamgir's long throw-in lead to Golam Gauss scoring the winner. In 1994, he joined rivals Mohammedan and retired after three seasons, having picked up an injury during his second season at the club.

International career

In 1991, he played for the Bangladesh U23 at the 1992 Summer Olympics qualifiers, while for the senior team he played both the 1993 and 1995 editions of the

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. However, during the 1993 tournament coach Oldrich Svab did not let him enter the field, as he preferred

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at right-back. He was also part of the national team at the 1992 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers held in

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, Thailand.

Personal life

In 2018, was part of a campaign which aided the

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refugees in Bangladesh, alongside former players

and

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Career statistics

International

Honours

Abahani Limited Dhaka * Dhaka First Division League: 1989–90, 1992 * Azmiri Begum Gold Cup: 1990 * Independence Cup: 1990 * BTC Club Cup: 1991 * Sait Nagjee Tournament: 1989 Mohammedan SC * Dhaka Premier Division League:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

* Federation Cup: 1995 Bangladesh *

Silver medal:

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasan, Alamgir Living people 1971 births Sportspeople from Barisal Men's association football defenders Men's association football fullbacks Bangladeshi men's footballers Abahani Limited Dhaka players Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) players Bangladesh men's youth international footballers Bangladesh men's international footballers 20th-century Bangladeshi sportsmen