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Manzur Hasan Mintu (7 April 1940 – 18 November 2014) was a Bangladeshi
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
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. He worked for radio and television as a sports commentator for 40 years since 1973. He was awarded National Sports Award for football and badminton by the
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in 1978.


Club career

Mintu began playing in the
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 F ...
with Kamal Sporting Club in 1953. He captained
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 ...
to the 1960 First Division League title.


International career

Mintu played for the
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in the
1958 Asian Games The 1958 Asian Games, officially the Third Asian Games () and commonly known as Tokyo 1958 (), were a multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 May to 1 June 1958. It was governed by the Asian Games Federation. A total of 1,820 athletes repr ...
in
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. He represented
East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...
in the National Football Championship from 1957 to 1959 and later played for Dhaka Division from 1961 to 1963.


Personal life

Mintu graduated from the
University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...
and worked as an income tax commissioner. After the retirement, he served as the treasurer of the national sports council.


Death

Mintu died on 18 November 2014, after suffering a cardiac arrest in
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,
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.


Honours

Dhaka Wanderers Club * Dhaka First Division League: 1960 East Pakistan White *
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runner-up: 1957 East Pakistan *
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runner-up: 1959 Dhaka Division *
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: 1961–62, 1962 Individual *1978 − National Sports Awards.


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