Shabbir Ali Explained

Shabbir Ali should not be confused with Shabbir Ali (footballer, born 1986).

Shabbir Ali
Birth Date:1956 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, India
Position:Striker
Years1:–1972
Years2:1972
Years3:1978–1979
Years4:1973–1984
Years5:1984–1985
Clubs1:Hyderabad Arsenal Club
Clubs2:Tata Sports Hyderabad
Clubs3:East Bengal
Clubs4:Mohammedan
Clubs5:Victoria Sporting Dhaka
Goals3:35
Nationalyears1:1974
Nationalteam1:India U19
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:5
Nationalyears2:1974–1984
Nationalteam2:India
Nationalcaps2:66
Nationalgoals2:23[1]
Manageryears1:1985–1992
Managerclubs1:Mohammedan
Manageryears2:1992–1993
Managerclubs2:Rajasthan Club
Manageryears3:1993–1995
Managerclubs3:Peerless SC
Manageryears4:1997–2000
Managerclubs4:Salgaocar
Manageryears5:2000–2001
Managerclubs5:Mahindra United
Manageryears6:2004
Managerclubs6:Churchill Brothers
Manageryears7:2005
Managerclubs7:Salgaocar
Manageryears8:2006–2007
Managerclubs8:Vasco
Manageryears9:2007–2010
Managerclubs9:Mohammedan
Manageryears10:2011–2012
Managerclubs10:Southern Samity
Managerclubs11:Telangana

Shabbir Ali (born 26 January 1956) is an Indian football manager and former player.[2] [3] [4] He was awarded the Dhyan Chand Award, the highest award in Indian sports for lifetime achievement, given by Government of India in 2011.[5] [6] He is the first footballer to be named for the Dhyan Chand Award.[7]

Club career

As a footballer, Shabbir Ali was rated as the best player in India during the 1970s and 1980s.[8] Arguably the finest striker of his time, Shabbir was a prolific goal scorer both at the national and international level. He rose to fame at a very early age when he captained India to win the Asian Youth championships in Bangkok jointly with Iran in 1974, a performance which even earned praise from the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.

After playing with Tata Sports Club in Bombay for a few years, Shabbir Ali was lured away by the top Calcutta club, East Bengal in the late seventies. Later he joined Mohammedan Sporting and took the club to a great height before retiring from the same club in the mid-1980s.

During his captaincy, in 1983–84, the club won 9 trophies including back to back wins in Indian Federation Cup. Later in his playing days, he went to Bangladesh to play for Dhaka Football League side Dhaka Victoria Sporting,[9] where he stayed for a season only.[10] [11] Shabbir Ali scored 23 goals in international matches and remains one of India's all-time top scorers, ahead of Chuni Goswami, PK Banerjee, Inder Singh and Baichung Bhutia among others. In the 1976 Merdeka international football tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Shabbir Ali scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in the first 35 minutes. Only five footballers in India have scored an international hat-trick; of those, Shabbir Ali's is the fastest.

On his 65th birthday, Ali said, "Whatever I have become today because of football. Before retiring I was thinking I got everything from football. Now I have to give something back to the game. So, that is why I became a coach. Before retiring in 1987, I was player-cum-coach of Mohammedan Sporting. In 1988–89, I have pursued a diploma from NIS."

International career

For 12 years between 1972 and 1984, Ali was an automatic choice with the national team of India, be it Asian Youth, Asian Games, pre-Olympics, Asian Cup, Merdeka Cup tournament, Nehru Gold Cup,[12] King's Cup or any other goodwill tour. He also captained India in Asian Youth, pre-Olympics, Nehru Cup, Merdeka and King's Cup tournaments. He gained fame when Arun Ghosh managed India U-20 team under his captaincy, went on to share the 1974 AFC Youth Championship title with Iran-20, in which he scored five goals.[13] [14]

One of his best moments came in the 1976 Merdeka international football tournament in Kuala Lumpur,[15] where he scored a hat-trick against Indonesia within the first 35 minutes. Among Indians who have scored a hat-trick, Shabbir Ali's was the fastest.[16] [17] [18]

He also appeared in 1976 Jasson Cup held in Afghanistan, with Indian team managed by Jarnail Singh.[19] He played 66 international matches for India and scored 23 goals from 1974 to 1984 and was one of the highest ranked goal scorers on the basis of strike rate per match.[20]

Managerial career

After retiring as a footballer in 1985, Ali became a coach.[21] He earned a first class diploma from the Sports Authority of India. He successfully passed the German football association B License coach and also their four-week coaching course, which is equivalent to A License.

As a coach, Ali proved to be a great success within a short period of time. Appointed the Technical Director of the India, Shabbir Ali steered the team to the gold medal in the 1995 South Asian Games in Chennai. It was a superb achievement considering the fact that India failed to win in the three previous South Asian Games at Colombo, Islamabad and Dhaka. He remained the Technical Director till the pre-World Cup tournament in Qatar next year.

In the 1991–92 seasons, he made Mohammedan Sporting the Champion Club of India having won four tournaments and finished runners-up in two others. Next season, he took up the challenge of coaching a relatively smaller club when he accepted the assignment with Peerless SC. It took him only one season to promote the club to the Calcutta Super Division.[22]

Between 1997 and 1999, Shabbir Ali managed top Goan outfit Salgaocar and established himself as India's best coach.[23] [24] Barring a few like PK Banerjee and Syed Nayeemuddin, no other coach in India could win so many titles in such a short span as Shabbir Ali did.

It started in 1998 when Salgaocar won the Goa Professional League under his guidance and went on to win the Indian Super Cup defeating the National League champions, Mohun Bagan AC.[25] Next Salgaocar won the National League title,[26] the only time a Goan team could win it till date.[27] Shabbir Ali then took the team to Bombay and won the Rovers Cup. Thereafter, the team flew into Delhi to bag the Durand Cup beating both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal and then tamed Mohun Bagan again in the Super Cup contest. No other teams in India have been given such a great run in Indian football in recent years.

He also managed Churchill Brothers in 2004.[28] In 2006, he succeeded Mridul Banerjee as manager of another NFL side Vasco.[29] In 2008, he was again appointment head coach of Mohammedan.[30] In 2011–12 season, he managed Calcutta Football League side Southern Samity.[31]

On 2 September 2022, he was unanimously appointed as the Chairman of the All India Football Federation Advisory Committee.[32] He is also included in the board of eminent players of the AIFF.[33] [34]

Football academy

In February 2021, Ali launched a football academy in Hyderabad named Shabbir Ali Football Academy, that became operational from 1 March.[35] The academy is also affiliated with Telangana Football Association.

Personal life

Beside football, Ali was appointed and worked as Scale-I officer of Allahabad Bank.[36] In September 2013, he suffered a massive heart-attack and recovered.[36]

Honours

Player

India

India U20

Mohammedan Sporting

1981

1983–84

1980, 1984

1984

1980

1980

Individual

Manager

Mohammedan Sporting[43]

1984–85; runners-up: 1989–90

1987; runner-up: 1991

1985, 1986, 1991

Salgaocar

1998–99[44]

Awards

See also

Further reading

Bibliography

Others

Notes and References

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