Manzur Hasan Mintu | |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1940 |
Death Place: | Jaipur, India |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1953–1955 |
Clubs1: | Kamal Sporting |
Years2: | 1956–1957 |
Clubs2: | Fire Service |
Years3: | 1958–1964 |
Clubs3: | Dhaka Wanderers |
Nationalyears1: | 1957–1959 |
Nationalteam1: | East Pakistan |
Nationalyears2: | 1958 |
Nationalteam2: | Pakistan |
Manzur Hasan Mintu (7 April 1940 – 18 November 2014)[1] was a Bangladeshi footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2] He worked for radio and television as a sports commentator for 40 years since 1973.[1] He was awarded National Sports Award for football and badminton by the Government of Bangladesh in 1978.[3]
Mintu began playing in the Dhaka Second Division Football League with Kamal Sporting Club in 1953. He captained Dhaka Wanderers Club to the 1960 First Division League title.[4]
Mintu played for the Pakistan national football team in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo.[3] He represented East Pakistan in the National Football Championship from 1957 to 1959 and later played for Dhaka Division from 1961 to 1963.[5]
Mintu graduated from the University of Dhaka and worked as an income tax commissioner. After the retirement, he served as the treasurer of the national sports council.[3]
Mintu died on 18 November 2014, after suffering a cardiac arrest in Jaipur, India.[4]
Dhaka Wanderers Club
1960
East Pakistan White
East Pakistan
Dhaka Division
1961–62, 1962
Individual