Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu

Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (Bengali: জুলফিকার মাহমুদ মিন্টু; born 9 December 1977) is a Bangladeshi professional football coach and former player who last served as head coach of Bangladesh U23.

Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu
Mintu in 2016
Personal information
Full name Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu
Date of birth (1977-12-09) 9 December 1977
Place of birth Noakhali, Bangladesh
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1988–89 Badda Jagarani Sangsad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–90 Badda Jagarani Sangsad
1990–93 Shadharon Bima CSC
1993–96 Abahani Limited Dhaka
1997 Brothers Union
1998–99 Abahani Limited Dhaka
2000–01 Muktijoddha Sangsad
2001–06 Badda Jagarani Sangsad
International career
1992 Bangladesh U16
1994 Bangladesh U19
1998–01 Bangladesh
Managerial career
2012–13 Abahani Limited Dhaka (assistant coach)
2013–14 Sheikh Russel KC (assistant coach)
2014 Bangladesh U19 (assistant coach)
2014–15 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi (assistant coach)
2015–16 Bangladesh (assistant coach)
2015–16 Sheikh Russel KC (assistant coach)
2016 Chittagong Abahani Limited (interim)
2018–19 Chittagong Abahani Limited
2020–21 Saif SC (assistant coach)
2021 Saif SC (interim)
2021 Saif SC (assistant coach)
2021 Saif SC
2021–22 Sheikh Russel KC (assistant coach)
2022–23 Sheikh Russel KC
2023 Bangladesh U23
Medal record
Representing  Bangladesh
Men's football
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Kathmandu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Mintu began his career playing in the Pioneer Football League and Dhaka Third Division League with Badda Jagarani Sangsad. He initially joined the club through the recommendation of former Fifa referee, Monirul Islam. In 1990, he was signed by Dhaka League outfit Shadharon Bima CSC and made his top-tier debut with them.

In 1993, he joined Abahani Limited Dhaka. Mintu played a pivotal role for Abahani during the club's triumphant 1994 Charms Cup campaign in India, scoring in a 2–0 victory over Kolkata Mohammedan in the final.[1]

International career

Mintu's international career began with taking part in the 1992 AFC U-16 Championship in Saudi Arabia. He later played for the senior national team between 1998 and 2001. He was a member of 1999 South Asian Games gold medal-winning squad.[2] He scored against both India and Maldives during 2000 Invitational Football Tournament in Maldives.

Coaching career

In 2012, Mintu obtained both AFC C Diploma and AFC B Diploma under the recommendation of Iranian coach Ardeshir Pournemat Vodehi. In the same year, Mintu worked as an assistant coach at Abahani under Ardeshir. He was the head coach of Saif Sporting Club in 2021.[3][4]

In March 2022, Mintu was appointed as the head coach of Sheikh Russel KC following the departure of Saiful Bari Titu.[5] He guided the previously relegation-threatened team to a top-half league finish.[6]

In June 2023, Mintu was appointed head coach of the Bangladesh U23 national team for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers.[7][8][9] In August 2023, Mintu obtained the AFC Pro-Diploma.[10]

Personal life

Mintu was student of Dhaka University. Unlike many others who decided to marginalise education, Mintu diligently finished his master's degree, while playing domestic football in the Dhaka League. After retiring due a serious injury in 2006, he went for further education taking the FIFA licence for coaching.[11]

Managerial statistics
As of 5 September 2023
Team From To P W D L GS GA %W
Chittagong Abahani (interim) 21 September 2016 31 December 2016 15 11 2 2 23 8 073.33
Chittagong Abahani 4 January 2018[12] 3 August 2019 38 10 14 14 38 41 026.32
Saif SC (interim) 26 February 2021 8 March 2021 2 2 0 0 8 1 100.00
Saif SC 1 August 2021 14 September 2021 6 5 0 1 13 8 083.33
Sheikh Russel KC 14 March 2022 19 August 2023 45 21 12 12 80 61 046.67
Bangladesh U23 20 June 2023 12 September 2023 3 0 0 3 0 6 000.00

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Honours

Abahani Limited Dhaka

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC

Bangladesh

Individual

References
  1. Tapan, Nazmul Haque. স্বাধীনতার ৫০ বছর: ভারত জয় করে আবাহনীর ফেরা. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. "পেশায় অর্থ কম ঝুঁকি বেশি". www.kalerkantho.com. August 5, 2023.
  3. স্টুয়ার্ট হলের চুক্তি নবায়ন করেনি সাইফ. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  4. হলের সাইফ অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত. Dhaka Post (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  5. প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া. "চাকরি হারালেন সাইফুল বারী". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  6. "ভারপ্রাপ্ত হলেই ভাগ্য বদলে ফেলেন তিনি!". Bangla Tribune.
  7. "অনূর্ধ্ব-২৩ দলের কোচ হচ্ছেন শেখ রাসেলের মিন্টু". banglanews24.com. June 20, 2023.
  8. Reporter, Sports (August 9, 2023). "Mintu picks 37 players for training". The Daily Star.
  9. "বাছাইতে বাংলাদেশের হয়ে যারা খেলবেন". September 1, 2023.
  10. Reporter, Senior. "ফেল হয়ে গেল পাস". dhakapost.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  11. "Not everyone knocks it out of the park". Dhaka Tribune. June 4, 2017.
  12. "CTG Abahani sack Titu". The Daily Star. 4 January 2018.
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