Mohammed Monwar Hossain (; born 30 August 1979) is a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( ) are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the Bay of Bengal, eponymous bay. Bangladeshi nationality law, Bangladeshi citizenship was fo ...

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coach and former player. He represented the Bangladesh national team from 1998 to 2006.

Club career

A product of BKSP he began his club career with

Fakirerpool YMC Fakirerpool Young Men's Club () is a Bangladeshi professional football club from Motijheel area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top flight of Bangladeshi football, having gained promotion from ...

in 1995.

International career

Monwar played for the Bangladesh national team from 1998 to 2006. He made it to the regular eleven of the national team without playing any age-based international match, while still only being 19. He later served as the captain of U-16, U-19 and also the U-23 team during the

2004 South Asian Games The 2004 South Asian Games, officially known as the IX South Asian Federation Games, were held in Islamabad, Pakistan from 29 March to 7 April 2004. Originally scheduled for 2001, the games were postponed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the U ...

, in

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. In senior level, Monwar won the

1999 South Asian Games The 1999 South Asian Games (or 8th SAF Games) were held in Kathmandu, Nepal (for the second time) from 25 September to 4 October 1999. King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev declared the games open amidst a grand ceremony. 1069 athletes of the diffe ...

and the 2003 SAFF Championship. He was a member of the runner-up Bangladesh team in the 1999 SAFF Championship. On 30 March 2003, Manowar scored his first and only senior international goal, during a 2–2 draw with

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, at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Monwar last played for Bangladesh during a 6–1 defeat to

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, on 11 April 2006.

Coaching career

Monwar completed the AFC 'C' License Certificate Course in 2012, and served as the football head coach of Pledge Harbor International School and Sports Academy. In 2015, he took charge of

Arambagh Krira Sangha Arambagh Krira Sangha is a Bangladeshi sports club based in Dhaka, that competes in the Bangladesh Championship League, the second-tier of football in Bangladesh. History Arambagh Krira Sangha were formed in Dhaka way back in 1958. Originally es ...

. It was under him that the club finished runners-up in the

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, and earned promotion to the

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 ...

. He received the 'Best Coach Award' from Arambagh Club and 'Best Young Promising Coach of the Year Award' from

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, ...

. Monwar also worked as a coach in Special Olympics Bangladesh from August 2014. Additionally, from January 2014, he began working as a brand ambassador for the charity for Autism and Disabled children under the National Center for Special Education.

International goals

Bangladesh national team

:''Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.''

Honours

Mohammedan * Dhaka Premier Division League:

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

* Federation Cup: 2008 *

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: 2001–02 Brothers Union * Dhaka Premier Division League: 2003–04,

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 ...

Bordoloi Trophy The Bharat Ratna Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Trophy, commonly known as Bordoloi Trophy, is a premier annual Indian football tournament held in Guwahati and organized by the Guwahati Sports Association (GSA). The tournament was founded in 1952 by ...

: 2004 * Federation Cup: 2005 Bangladesh *

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 ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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Gold medal:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hossain, Mohammed Monwar 1979 births Living people Bangladeshi men's footballers Bangladesh men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Fakirerpool Young Men's Club players Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) players Brothers Union players Sheikh Russel KC players Bangladesh Premier League footballers Bangladeshi football managers Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers from Dhaka Bangladesh men's youth international footballers Asian Games footballers for Bangladesh South Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 1999 South Asian Games 20th-century Bangladeshi sportsmen 21st-century Bangladeshi sportsmen