Ahmed Mohammed Khan (24 December 1926 – 27 August 2017) was an Indian footballer who played as a forward.[1] He participated in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He was also vice-captain of India from 1949 to 1954.
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| Full name | Ahmed Muhammad Khan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 August 2017 (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Bangalore Muslim Club | |||||||||||||||||
| 1948–1959 | East Bengal | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| India | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Khan, known for his ball controlling skills and creativity in forward position predominantly during his spell in East Bengal from 1949 to 1959, was later idolized by Indian international Chuni Goswami.[4]
Club career
editKhan played in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and figured for East Bengal from 1949 to 1959, and captained the team in 1954–55.[5][6][7] He spent most of his club career in East Bengal.[8][9] Khan was part of the team that played against German side Kickers Offenbach[10] and FC Torpedo Moscow in 1953.[11] In the same year, he went on to play for the team at the World Youth Festival in Bucharest, Romania. He netted one in their 6–1 victory against Lebanon XI.
He was also one of the "Pancha Pandavas" of the club who, besides him, comprised forwards Dhanraj, Appa Rao, Saleh and Venkatesh.[12][13] They all helped East Bengal bag the prestigious IFA Shield, Calcutta Football League and Rovers Cup in 1949 and become the first Indian club to win the Durand Cup in 1951.[14][15] He also played for Bangalore Muslims FC.[16][17]
International career
editHe made his Olympic debut in 1948 London Olympics, where Balaidas Chatterjee managed India lost 1–2 to heavyweight France.[18][19][20][21][22] He also won gold at the 1951 Asian Games, held in New Delhi.[23] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Khan played under Sailen Manna's captaincy,[24] but India was thrashed by Yugoslavia 10–1.[25] He scored India's lone goal in that match.[26]
Khan later participated in 1953 Quadrangular tournament in Rangoon with Balaidas Chatterjee managed team, and won the title.[27][28][29] He was also part of the Indian team in an exhibition match in December 1954, in an 1–0 defeat to Allsvenskan club AIK at CC&FC Ground in Kolkata.[30]
Honours
editBangalore Muslims
- Rovers Cup: 1948[31][32]
East Bengal
- IFA Shield: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958
- Durand Cup: 1951, 1952, 1956
- Calcutta Football League: 1949, 1950, 1952
- Rovers Cup: 1949
- DCM Trophy: 1950, 1952, 1957
- Dr. H. K. Mookherjee Shield: 1957
- P. K. Nair Gold Cup: 1956
India
- Asian Games Gold medal: 1951
- Colombo Cup: 1953, 1954[33]
Individual
- East Bengal Best Forward of the Millennium[34]
- East Bengal "Bharat Gaurav Award": 2012[35][36]
See also
edit
References
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Further reading
edit- "এশিয়ান গেমস অনেক দূরে চলে গেছে" [The Asian Games going far away]. kalerkantho.com. Dhaka: কালের কণ্ঠ. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- Ghoshal, Amoy (23 November 2016). "All time Indian XI". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- Moitra, Parijat (24 June 2020). "ইস্টবেঙ্গল ক্লাবের প্রথম বাঙালি বিদেশি ফুটবলার" [The first foreign Bengali player of East Bengal Club]. facebook.com (East Bengal Samachar) (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
