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Mohammed Mohsin (; born 3 April 1963) is a former
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player and coach. He spent his entire playing career with
Brothers Union Brothers Union () is a professional association football, football club based in Gopibagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (football), Bangladesh Premier League, the top flight of Football in Bangladesh, ...
and captained the club alongside the Bangladesh national team in 1979. Moshin was a member of the
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squad. He is also considered to be one of the best forwards to ever play for Bangladesh and was a lethal marksman in Dhaka football during the mid-1970s and early 1980s.


Success with Brothers Union

Although originally Moshin's inclination was towards athletics, while studying at
Pogose School Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University () was established in Dhaka on June 12, 1848, as the first private school of the country by Armenians, Armenian merchant Nicholas Pogose, who was an ex-student of Dhaka Collegiate Sch ...
in Gopibagh, his fascination with football began. Seeing Mohsin's ball control and shooting power, Gafur Baloch who was the
Brothers Union Brothers Union () is a professional association football, football club based in Gopibagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (football), Bangladesh Premier League, the top flight of Football in Bangladesh, ...
coach at the time, signed him up for the club while he was still a school student. In 1973, he got a chance to play in Brothers' Dhaka Third Division team. He repaid the club's faith in him by scoring 39 goals including a hat-trick and a double hat-trick. The next year, he scored 22 goals while playing for the club in the Dhaka Second Division. In 1975, Brothers reached the
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, and at the time, most of the fans were eyeing Mohammedan-Abahani, but Brothers' Mohsin stood out separately. The club stunned local supporters by defeating the defending champions Abahani in their first league game. At the time Brothers also had future national team players Shahiduddin Ahmed Selim and Hasanuzzaman Bablu. In 1980, Brothers enjoyed their first major trophy success as they shared the Federation Cup title with Mohammedan SC, and the club would soon begin challenging giants
Dhaka Abahani Abahani Limited Dhaka (), also referred as Dhaka Abahani or Abahani Limited, is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top ...
and Mohammedan. The final ended 0-0. This was the first edition of the competition. Later in the season, they defeated the black and whites 3–2 in an exciting league encounter, thanks to their talisman goal-scorer, Mohsin. This was also the only defeat that Mohammedan suffered that year. In 1981, Mohsin became the top scorer in the league with 20 goals including a double hat-trick. The same year when Moshin became leagues top scorer, Brothers, were joint champions of the prestigious
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along with Thai club
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, and not surprisingly, both Abahani and MSC were continuously after him. But he remained loyal to his boyhood team. Regarding not playing in a more popular team, Mohsin said ''"I am indebted to those at Brothers, it felt like my own club.''" On 8 February 1982, A tragic accident at Khulna, during a friendly match in the off-season, meant that Mohsin's football career ended prematurely. According to Moshin, while celebrating Brothers' Aga Khan Gold Cup triumph, he stayed at the club camp all night. The following morning fellow national team forward
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, advised him to play the Khulna League final for Khulna Muslim Club as a guest player. After arriving in Khulna early morning, Moshin took part in the final between Dada Match Factory and Khulna Muslim Club, now known as Khulna Mohammedan. In the second half, the game was tied at 1-1, and with only a few minutes left in the game, Moshin assisted the winner. While celebrating the audience started bursting crackers, and one of the crackers proceeded to hit Moshin on the shoulder, injuring him. Moshin was sent to Germany for better treatment, however, he did not regain his old form after returning to the field. He announced his retirement in 1985, playing his last league game for Brothers Union against Dhaka Wanderers. Mohsin had made the number 10 jersey of Brothers his own until his career ended.


International career


Bangladesh U19

Moshin made his debut for Bangladesh U19 during their unsuccessful
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campaign, in
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. The following year, Moshin captained the Bangladesh U19 team, during the
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, which took place in
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. While he was not part of the 41 selected players in Asian Youth Football Trials, he was later given a place in the team as captain, by Werner Bickelhaupt. Although the hosts could not advance from the group stages, Moshin's Bangladesh impressed supporters by going head on against much stronger teams. As this was the first international football tournament that took place after the country's independence, it was very highly anticipated by the locals, and the pressurized Bangladesh fell two goal behind during their first game against Singapore. However, goals from
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and captain Moshin earned the hosts a hard-fought draw. Bangladesh went onto win the next game against
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, although they followed it up by losing to Kuwait. The last game of the group stages saw, Moshin rescue Bangladesh from defeat with his penalty against Bahrain.


Bangladesh national team

Mohsin made his senior international debut during 1976 Bangkok King's Cup, when Bangladesh lost to
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and Thailand "B" team. He was also present with the national team, during the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games, which was the first time Bangladesh took part in the
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. After finding success with the national youth team as the captain, Mohsin was made the captain of the national team before their game against Afghanistan at the 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, held in Dhaka. Moshin also scored against
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in the qualifiers, as Bangladesh surprisingly made it to the main tournament. In 1979, he was with the team for the 9th President's Cup in
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,
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, in preparations for the upcoming Asian Cup. Moshin later took part in the first President's Gold Cup in Dhaka in 1981. The national team consisting of Selim, Salam Murshedy, Aslam,
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, Bhadra, Chunnu & Moshin displayed one of their best performances in country's football history when they lost to much higher ranked
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3–2, during the group stages of the
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. However, Moshin's international career was soon cut short due to a horrific injury he suffered in 1981, preventing him from replicating his youth team performances at the senior level.


Coaching career

While still playing for the club, Moshin served as the coach of Brothers Union, in 1984. He was also the coach of
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and the
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. He was appointed as the coach of the Bangladesh youth team in a tournament held in
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,
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in 1992. In August 2008, Mohsin joined the
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as a paid executive. He was given the job to find venues outside of Dhaka for the then upcoming
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season.


Personal life

Mohammed Moshin was born into a family from
Chapainawabganj District Chapai Nawabganj or Chapainawabganj District () is a district of Rajshahi Division. It is located in the north-western part of Bangladesh. The north and western-part of Chapainawabganj is bounded by Malda district, Malda and Murshidabad distr ...
of
Rajshahi Division Rajshahi Division () is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population at the 2022 Census of 20,353,119. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 districts, 70 upazilas (the next lower administrat ...
, although he was born in Rajshahi. Mohsin family consists of his wife and two children, Newaz Ani and Menhaj Abhi.


Honours

Brothers Union * Dhaka Third Division League: 1973 * Dhaka Second Division League: 1974 * Federation Cup: 1980 *
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: 1981


Awards and accolades

*1981 − Sports Writers Association's Best Footballer Award. *2012 − National Sports Award.


Individual

*1973 − Dhaka Third Division League top scorer *1974 − Dhaka Second Division League top scorer *1981 − Dhaka First Division League top scorer


References

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