Mohammad Mamun Miah (; born 11 September 1987) is a former Bangladeshi professional

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who played as a

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Early career

In 2005, Mamun was adjudged ''Player of the tournament'' while representing

Stamford University Bangladesh Stamford University Bangladesh () is a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 2002 under the Private University Act. Before starting as a university, its predecessor institution was known as a Stamford College Group es ...

in the Inter-Private University Football Tournament.

2018 Federation Cup final incident

On 23 November 2018,

Abahani Limited Dhaka Abahani Limited Dhaka (), also referred as Dhaka Abahani or Abahani Limited, is a Bangladeshi professional Association football, football club based in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club currently competes in the Bangladesh Pr ...

faced

Bashundhara Kings Bashundhara Kings () is a professional football club based in Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club competes in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top tier of the Bangladesh football league system. The club was established i ...

in the 2018 Federation Cup final. In the 94th minute of the game, a fight erupted when Bashundhara's defender

Sushanto Tripura Sushanto Tripura (; born 5 October 1998) is a Bangladeshi professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Bangladesh Premier League (football), Bangladesh Premier League club Brothers Uni ...

punched Abahani striker

Nabib Newaj Jibon Nabib Newaj Jibon (; born 17 August 1990) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bangladesh Premier League club Rahmatganj MFS and the Bangladesh national team. Club career Early career Jibon's career started in 20 ...

. This led to Abahani teammate Mamun Mia retaliating by sprinting from his own penalty area and delivering a flying "Kung Fu"-styled kick to Sushanto. The

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, ...

, suspended Shushanto for six games and fined him Tk 100,000, while Mamun was fined a total of Tk 50,000 and had received a one match ban. Eventually, both Mamun and Shushanto had their suspensions reduced. The incident received mass media attention over the next few months. In 2021, Shushanto, Jibon and Mamun become teammates at Abahani. Later, all three of them stated in an interview that they had made amends.

Honours

Fakirerpool YMC * Dhaka First Division League: 2003–04 Abahani Limited Dhaka *

Bangladesh Premier League Bangladesh Premier League (), also known as Dutch-Bangla Bank BPL for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It was formed in 2011 by the BCB, after the su ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, 2017–18 * Federation Cup:

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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, 2021–22 * Independence Cup: 2021–22 Mohammedan SC * Federation Cup: 2009 * Independence Cup: 2014 *

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: 2009, 2013 Bangladesh U23 *

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Gold medal:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

References

Living people 1987 births Bangladeshi men's footballers Bangladesh men's youth international footballers Bangladesh men's international footballers Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games People from Tangail District Footballers from Dhaka Division Fakirerpool Young Men's Club players Abahani Limited Dhaka players Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) players Farashganj SC players Men's association football defenders Asian Games footballers for Bangladesh South Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2010 South Asian Games {{Bangladesh-footy-bio-stub