Asif Saheer ( ml, ആസിഫ് സഹീര്‍) is an Indian former football player born in

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. He plays as a striker for

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, Kerala. He is a former captain of the Kerala State

soccer team Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

and is India's all-time leading goal scorer in the Santhosh Trophy tournament. An impressive performance in

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in Kerala, confirmed his place in the state team for the Santosh Trophy tournament. Saheer scored eight goals in his first Santhosh Trophy tournament and became the second highest goal scorer. Saheer was born in a

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Muslim family to Mohamed (Valiya Manukoya), a soccer player, and Fatima, a housewife. Along with his siblings, he grew up in Mampad. He attended pre-degree at M.E.S Mampad College, Mampad. His brother Habeeb, Shafeek and Shabir Ali have represented the Kerala state team on several occasions. His uncle Mampad Rahman was a well-known international soccer player who represented Indian team for many years. Saheer participated in the Santosh Trophy for the first time in 1999. He scored eight goals in the 2000 tournament. With 6 goals, Saheer was the second highest goal scorer of Santosh trophy 2001 which Kerala won. He captained the Kerala team which was runner-up in the Santosh Trophy in 2002.

Honours

Kerala *

Santosh Trophy The Santosh Trophy, officially known as Hero Senior Men's National Football Championship due to sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp, is a state football leagues in India, state-level association football, football competition contested by the L ...

: 2001–02

References

External links

*http://www.e-pao.net/santoshtrophy/Pritam_Bahadur_fails_to_score.html

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saheer, Asif Indian footballers Living people People from Malappuram district Footballers from Kerala Association football forwards Year of birth missing (living people)