Farouk Janeman Explained
Mohammed Farouk Bhamji (Janeman) (17 February[1] 1953 – 27 September 2013)[2] was a Fijian football player and coach.[3]
A forward,[2] Janeman was a star soccer player representing the premier Fiji Football Association team of Ba in the 1970s. After his retirement as a player, he took up coaching, and led a number of district and national sides. In the 2006 elections Janeman contested the Ba West Indian Communal Constituency as a National Federation Party candidate and obtained only 10.51% of the votes.
Achievement as a soccer player
- He was the captain of the Ba team that defeated Rewa in the 1976 Interdistrict Competition.
- He scored the lone goal when Ba defeated Suva in the 1977 Interdistrict Competition.
- He scored the decisive goal when Ba defeated Labasa in the 1978 Interdistrict Competition.[4]
- Member of Ba soccer team's 1977 tour of New Zealand.[5] played for Fiji national team for 11 years.
Soccer teams coached by Janeman
- Coach of national under fifteen team that took part in the Northern Ireland Milk Cup from 18 to 24 July 2004 in Belfast.[6]
- Coach of the Fiji Nation U-12 Team that took part in the Danone Cup in France in 2008 and placed 24th out of 40 countries. The team's name was Flying Arrow S.C. U-12 team as a big part of the support for the team came from the Flying Arrow Sports Club in Surrey, B.C., Canada.
- Coach of Fiji team to Oceania Football Confederation Under 17 Championship in Tahiti from 20 to 24 March 2007.[7]
- Assistant coach of Fiji national teams tour of the United States from 1 to 19 April 2007.[8]
- He is the FIJI Football Association development manager.[9] he is ba teams head coach
Notes and References
- Web site: Akhtar Bhamji – In yalalevu cemetery ba fiji . Facebook . 2015-10-08 . 2016-07-03.
- Web site: A tribute to Janeman . 2015-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154101/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=246981 . 2015-04-02 . dead .
- Web site: OFC mourns the loss of Farouk Janeman . Boxscorenews.com . 2013-09-27 . 2016-07-03.
- https://216.55.168.28/soccer/show/idc/2003/record_4.htm Tournament Record (1971–1980) Fiji Football
- https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/ba-nztrip77.html Ba's visit to New Zealand 1977
- http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=1472&sID=12 Fiji names team for Northern Ireland Milk Cup
- http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=2197&sID=12 OFC – OFC U17 CHAMPIONSHIP – TAHITI 2007
- http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/040207aac.html Cal Plays Fiji National Team
- Web site: Assembly lines aim for local talents . 2007-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928024622/http://www.fijitimes.com.fj/story.aspx?ref=archive&id=59434 . 2007-09-28 . dead .