Taj Mohammed (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1924 | ||
Place of birth | Quetta, Baluchistan, British India (now in Balochistan, Pakistan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1948–1949 | East Bengal | ||
1953–1954 | Friends Union | ||
National team | |||
1948 | India | 1 | (0) |
1950–1953 | Pakistan | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Taj Mohammed (born 1924, date of death unknown) was an Indian footballer who played for then Calcutta Football League side East Bengal.[1][2] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[3]
Playing career
Mohammed began his club football career in 1948 at Calcutta Football League club East Bengal. He along with Muhammad Umer, appeared with Karachi-based National Football Championship club Friends Union in 1953–54, and also captained the team.[4]
After representing India at international level, he migrated to Pakistan and went on to play for the Pakistan national football team[5][6] at the Quadrangular Tournament in 1953 in Rangoon.[7][8] They finished as runners-up in that tournament,[9] as India won title.[10][11] He was also a member of Pakistan team that toured to Iran and Iraq in the 1950s.[12][13]
Honours
East Bengal
- IFA Shield: 1949
- Calcutta Football League: 1949
- Rovers Cup: 1949
Pakistan
- Colombo Cup runner-up: 1953
See also
- List of Indian football players in foreign leagues
- List of association footballers who have been capped for two senior national teams
- India–Pakistan football rivalry
References
- ^ "Taj Mohammed". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- ^ "East Bengal Club - Legends". eastbengalclub.co.in. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Taj Mohammed Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ Ahmed, Riaz (3 March 2013). "Legendary captain Muhammad Umer (1935–2004)". footballpakistan.com. Football Pakistan. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ Basu, Jaydeep (13 August 2022). "Indian Football: Balai Dey, the Mohun Bagan legend who played for both India and Pakistan". scroll.in. Scroll. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Indian Football: Balai Dey, the Mohun Bagan legend who performed for each India and Pakistan". thealike.com. Kolkata: The Alike. 13 August 2022. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Indian Soccer Team in Rangoon". The Indian Express. 23 October 1953. p. 6. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Quadrangular Football: India's Win". The Indian Express. Rangoon, Burma. 25 October 1953. p. 9. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ Morrison, Neil (1999). "Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952–1955: 1953 (Rangoon, Burma)". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Indian Team Celebrate". The Indian Express. 4 November 1953. p. 6. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "India Presented With Trophies". The Indian Express. 4 November 1953. p. 6. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan – Part I". www.dawn.com. Karachi, Pakistan: Dawn (newspaper). Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan – Part II". www.dawn.com. Karachi, Pakistan: Dawn (newspaper). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
Bibliography
- Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
- Martinez, Dolores; Mukharjiim, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
- Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
- Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
- Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
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