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Syed Sabir Pasha (born 5 November 1972) is a former Indian
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player and current technical director at the
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. During his playing days, Pasha played for
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in the
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from 1991 to 2007 and represented
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between 1993 and 2001.


Playing career

Born in
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, Pasha started his career with
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in 1991. With Indian Bank, he won several titles including 2001–02
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, Chennai Super League,India regional tournaments 1997/98
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Tamil Nadu State League. He also won Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup in 1998List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup:
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and finished runners-up in 1996 Scissors Cup. Pasha played for Bangladeshi club
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in the Dhaka Premier League from 1999 to 2000. Pasha later represented
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in competitions such as the
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where he was top scorer in the entire competition during the 1996 and 1999 seasons. Pasha never played football at a semi-professional level in the hotbeds of Indian football of
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and
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at the time.
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, at one time, did attempt to sign Pasha but Pasha rejected in order to stay with Indian Bank. On 23 January 2007, it was announced that Pasha had retired from playing football.


International career

Pasha first began representing
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at the international level in 1993. His most notable moment when playing for the national team was in 1995 when he scored the winning goal against
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in the
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final to win India the gold medal. It was always wondered if whether Pasha representing a team in
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was going against him or not in terms of his standing with the national team. Despite his good performances with the national team whenever he played, Pasha only played a full-game with the national team on a couple of occasions.


Coaching career


Indian Bank and Tamil Nadu

After retiring from playing football, Pasha went on to become the coach of
Indian Bank Indian Bank is an Indian public sector bank, established in 1907 and headquartered in Chennai. It serves over 100 million customers with 40,002 employees, 5,901 branches with 5,268 ATMs and Cash deposit machines. Total business of the bank has ...
. In 2010, Pasha received his AFC "A" License after completing the course in Japan. In 2012, he was appointed as the head coach of the Tamil Nadu football team for the
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. In his very first season as head coach, Pasha bought Tamil Nadu to the final of the 2012 Santosh Trophy but could not help his side win as they fell to
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2–3.


AIFF Elite Academy

Before the 2014–15 I-League U19 season, Pasha was confirmed as the head coach of the AIFF Elite Academy.


Chennaiyin

On 17 February 2016, it was announced that Pasha had signed with
Chennaiyin FC Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural sea ...
as their assistant coach and head of grassroots development.


Honours

India *
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:
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; runner-up:
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*
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Gold medal:
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; Bronze medal:
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See also

* List of Indian expatriate footballers


References


External links


Syed Sabir Pasha
at the AIFF official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Pasha, Syed Sabir 1972 births Living people Footballers from Chennai Men's association football forwards Indian men's footballers Indian football managers Indian football coaches India men's international footballers Abahani Limited Dhaka players Indian expatriate men's footballers Indian expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh Expatriate men's footballers in Bangladesh Indian Muslims Asian Games competitors for India Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games bronze medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 1995 South Asian Games Medalists at the 1999 South Asian Games Chennaiyin FC managers Tamil Muslims