Mehrajuddin Wadoo (born 12 February 1984) is an Indian

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and former professional

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. He is currently

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the

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club Mohammedan SC. During his playing days, Wadoo played for clubs such as

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, Chennaiyin, and Mumbai City. He also represented the India national team from 2005 to 2011. Wadoo also served as president of Football Players' Welfare Association (FPAI) of India.

Club career

Early career

He did his early schooling at Muyeen Public School, Sarai Balla, Iqra Masjid up to class X and later joined Sri Pratap High School, Srinagar. He did his BA IInd year from Amar Singh College, Wazir Bagh. He started playing football from a very early age and when he turned 8, he was motivated by his father, Mohd Sultan Wadoo, who had represented J&K in

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to pursue football rather than cricket. Mehraj joined Iqbal Sports Club in 1996. He was member of U21 team of J&K and was noticed at the National level as a result.

Senior career

Mehrajuddin started out as a striker but then was converted into a defender, and can easily play as a defensive

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position. He started out with Iqbal Sports and then moved to J&K Police and then professionally at a league-level with

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, ITI, Sporting Goa,

. Currently he is associated with J&K Sports Council, training young football enthusiasts of Jammu & Kashmir.

International career

He scored the winning goal against

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in the SAFF Cup finals at Karachi in December 2005. He was also a member of the Indian squad that won

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in 2007, the

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in 2008 and the Nehru Cup again in 2009.

Awards & achievements

4 times Winner, Federation Cup & IFA Shield. 2 times Winner, Nehru Cup (2007 & 2009). Wadoo was the best right-back in the Hero ISL during Season 2 as he helped Chennaiyin FC to the coveted Hero ISL trophy, appearing 14 times for the Super Machans.

Managerial career

In 2021–22 season, Wadoo managed Sudeva Delhi and worked as coach of the J&K Sports Council. In September 2022, he was appointed head coach of

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side Real Kashmir after departure of David Robertson. In midway of the 2022–23 season, he was succeeded by English manager Gifton Noel-Williams in the post, in February 2023. On 21 February 2023, Wadoo replaced Kibu Vicuña in the post of head coach of Mohammedan Sporting. The club struggled to avoided relegation, and managed to finish in eighth position.

Statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of 16 December 2011.

International goals

Managerial statistics

Honours

India *

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

; runner-up:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Chennaiyin *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

References

External links

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