Mehtab Hossain (born 5 September 1985) is an Indian former professional

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and coach who played as a

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. During his career, Hossain has played for both of the Kolkata football giants, Mohun Bagan and

East Bengal East Bengal (; ''Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo'') was the eastern province of the Dominion of Pakistan, which covered the territory of modern-day Bangladesh. It consisted of the eastern portion of the Bengal region, and existed from 1947 until 195 ...

. He played with East Bengal for ten seasons, winning the Federation Cup three times. He also managed to gain 31 caps for the

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between 2005 and 2014, scoring twice for the country. On 2019, Mehtab started his coaching career as manager at

Southern Samity Southern Samity is an Indian professional multi-sports club from Kolkata. Founded in 1945, the club is also based in Siliguri, North Bengal. Apart from sports, they are also involved in numerous cultural activities. Its football section compete ...

in 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division. He joined

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on 21 July 2020 by taking party flag from BJP president of West Bengal Dilip Ghosh, but within 24 hours he changed his decision and resigned.

Career

Mehtab is a product of IFA's Baby League, which was the brain child of Legendary Football Secretary Shri Prodyut Dutta, which promoted football amongst the children and youth of Bengal. It was reported in June 2012, that he was on trial with

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, Airdrie, and Exeter City FC on recommendation of his former teammate Alan Gow. He scored his first goal in the 2012–13 I-League in their penultimate match in the 6–0 win against United Sikkim F.C. on 8 May at

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

. Then he scored in the 5–1 win in Round of 16 match in

2013 AFC Cup The 2013 AFC Cup was the tenth edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia. In an all-Kuwait final, defending champions Al-Kuwait defeated Al- ...

match against Yangon United F.C. on 15 May at

. On 2015, Mehtab retired from international duty after being omitted from the 26-man squad for World Cup Qualifiers. Mehtab had more than 400 appearances in his career at six Indian clubs.

East Bengal

Hossain joined East Bengal in 2007. He had 255 appearances for the club over a span of ten years.

Kerala Blasters

On 2014, he was picked by

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on a three years contract.

Jamshedpur

On 23 July 2017, Hossain was selected in the third round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (; ), also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, largest city in the state of Jharkhand. With a population of 629,658 in the city limits and 1.3 million ...

for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season. He made his debut for the club during the first ever match on 18 November 2017 against

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. He started the match and played 69 minutes as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.

Mohun Bagan

After ending the season with

, Hossain reportedly decided not to renew his contract with the club since he wanted to return to

and be near his family. Despite stating previously that he would like to return to

, it was reported that he was in talks with Mohun Bagan. Then, on 22 May 2018, it was officially announced that Hossain had signed with Mohun Bagan, after last playing for them 12 years prior. In 2021, he came out of retirement to play for Madan Maharaj FC in the I-League Qualifiers where he is also the mentor.

Honours

India *

SAFF Championship The SAFF Championship (erstwhile SAARC Gold Cup and SAFF Gold Cup), is the primary association football competition contested by the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the South Asian Football Fede ...

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:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Nehru Cup The Nehru Cup was an international football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was launched in 1982, but was not held from 1998 to 2006. After ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

East Bengal * Federation Cup:

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 ...

, 2009–10,

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 ...

Super Cup A super cup is a competition, in association football, basketball, handball, volleyball and rugby union which often forms the 'curtain raiser' to a season, and typically involves only two teams who have qualified through success in other competi ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

IFA Shield The IFA Shield is a football competition organized by the Indian Football Association, the football governing body in the Indian state of West Bengal. The IFA came into existence in 1893, and was named after the association. The IFA Shield to ...

* Calcutta Football League: 2010,

, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 Mohun Bagan *Calcutta Football League: 2018–19

Career statistics

Club

International stats

References

External links

Jamshedpur FC Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hossain, Mehtab Indian men's footballers 1985 births Living people Mohun Bagan Super Giant players ONGC FC players East Bengal Club players I-League players Kerala Blasters FC players Jamshedpur FC players Indian Super League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen India men's international footballers Footballers from Kolkata Men's association football midfielders Kerala Blasters FC draft picks Tollygunge Agragami FC players