Sheikh Shaheb Ali Explained

Sheikh Shaheb Ali
Fullname:Sheikh Mohammed Shaheb Ali
Birth Date:1 July 1917
Birth Place:Dacca, Bengal, British India (present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position:Full-back
Years1:1936–1938
Clubs1:Dhaka Mohammedan
Years2:1939–1944
Clubs2:Victoria SC
Years3:1945–1947
Clubs3:Wari Club
Years4:1945
Clubs4:Kolkata Mohammedan
Caps4:1
Goals4:0
Years5:1948–1951
Clubs5:Dhaka Wanderers
Years6:1952–1957
Clubs6:Fire Service SC
Nationalyears1:1953–1957
Nationalteam1:East Pakistan[1]
Nationalyears2:1954
Nationalteam2:Pakistan
Manageryears1:1958–1966
Managerclubs1:Fire Service SC
Manageryears2:1959–1960
Managerclubs2:East Pakistan
Manageryears3:1960
Managerclubs3:Pakistan (caretaker)
Manageryears4:1961–1964
Managerclubs4:Dhaka Division
Manageryears5:1963
Managerclubs5:Pakistan
Manageryears6:1972–1973
Managerclubs6:Bangladesh
Manageryears7:1979
Managerclubs7:Bangladesh
Manageryears8:1983
Managerclubs8:Victoria SC

Sheikh Shaheb Ali (Bengali: শেখ সাহেব আলী; 1 July 1917 – 1 June 2004) was a former Bangladeshi football player and manager. He is the only East Pakistani to have both played for and managed the Pakistan national football team. He was the first head coach of the Bangladesh national football team, guiding them at the 1973 Merdeka Cup. He holds the record of coaching Bangladesh to their first ever victory in international football.[2]

Playing career

Sheikh Shaheb Ali was born in Matuail area of Dacca, on 1 July 1917.[3] He began his football career at Kabi Nazrul Government College, where he was a student and after graduation joined the newly formed Dhaka Mohammedan. During the British regime he played First Division football in Dhaka and also participated in the Ronald Shield with Victoria SC, during which he gained experience playing as a makeshift goalkeeper. He also played one game for Kolkata Mohammedan in 1945, after impressing the club's football secretary Abdul Rashid and captain Mohammad Shahjahan while playing for Dacca XI in an invitational tournament in Bombay. After the partition of India, he played for Dhaka Wanderers in the First Division, and was league champion in both 1950 and 1951. He played in both the 1954 and 1955 editions of the IFA Shield for Dhaka Wanderers and Wari Club, respectively, while employed in the Fire Service. Eventually, Ali was called up to the Pakistan national football team alongside another Bengali player, Nabi Chowdhury, for the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines.[4] [5] He retired from playing in 1957 after captaining the East Pakistan Green team at the National Football Championship.[6] [7]

Coaching career

Pakistan

Ali started his career as a referee in 1943 and became a FIFA referee by 1962, while working with the Pakistan Football Federation which he joined in 1958. He later trained both the East Pakistan and Dhaka University football teams.[8] In 1960, under his guidance, East Pakistan won the National Football Championship.[9] Ali was rewarded with the caretaker coach role of the Pakistan national team at the 1960 Merdeka Cup, where Pakistan finished in fourth place by claiming victories against both Japan (3–1) and Thailand (7–0).[3] Ali completed a hat-trick of individual National Football Championship triumphs, this time guiding Dhaka Division to the title in both 1961 and 1962.[10] He again took charge of the Pakistan national team in 1963 for four friendly matches against the touring China national team.[11] Ali remained in charge of Pakistan during the 1964 Summer Olympics qualifiers against Iran, as the team failed to advance to the main round on goal average, losing the first leg in Tehran 1–4 before consolidating a 1–0 victory in the second leg held in Lahore.[12] [13] In 1965, he completed advanced coaching and refereeing training in London.[3]

Bangladesh

After the Independence of Bangladesh, Ali guided the President's XI team against Bangladesh XI, in the first football match in the newly liberated country, on 13 February 1972. Ali's President's XI team won the game 2–0 with goals from Golam Sarwar Tipu and Scooter Gafoor.[14] On 13 May 1972, Ali served as the head coach of "Dhaka XI", the unofficial Bangladesh national team (not affiliated with a FIFA Confederation), in a match against Mohun Bagan. Dhaka XI striker Kazi Salahuddin scored the only goal in front of more than 35,000 spectators at the Dhaka Stadium.[15] Later that year, he again coached Dhaka XI, travelling to India's Guwahati to take part in the Bordoloi Trophy. The team finished runners-up behind East Bengal Club.[16]

In July 1973, Ali travelled to Malaysia as the head coach of the first Bangladesh national football team, when they took part in the Merdeka Cup.[17] Bangladesh tied their first two games, 2–2 against Thailand and 1–1 against South Vietnam. Other than the 0–6 thrashing at the hands of Burma the team managed respectable results losing 1–2 against Kuwait and drawing with Singapore (1–1). They finished their Malaysia tour with a 0–2 defeat against Thailand. On their way back, Ali's side played a friendly in Singapore and earned their first international football win by defeating the hosts 1–0.

In September 1979, Ali was put incharge of the national team again, as Bangladesh partook in the Korean President's Cup, during the tournament Ali guided Bangladesh to only their third ever international victory, with a 3–1 thrashing of Sri Lanka. However, his side also suffered their biggest ever defeat, as hosts South Korea outplayed them with a 0–9 scoreline.[18] Ali was the technical advisor of BJMC in 1979 and head coach of Victoria SC in 1983. He retired from all football activities after working with the executive committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation from 1992 to 1993.[2] [7]

Personal life

Ali was one of the architects behind Sonali Otit Club, which is an organisation made of former footballers.[7] His son, Showkat Ali Selim, is also a retired footballer.[19]

Legacy

Following his retirement as a football referee in 1971, Ali, a former Kabaddi player himself, began coaching the Bangladesh national kabaddi team and was the team's first coach during their inaugural international match against India in 1974. Ali later served as the chief sports coach of the National Sports Council from 1977 to 1983.[3]

Ali also pioneered the beginning of women's football in Bangladesh, arranging a training camp at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in 1977.[20] [21]

Death

On 1 June 2004, Ali died in his home in Gopibagh, Dhaka. He left behind his wife, three sons and six daughters.[2]

Managerial statistics

TeamFromToRecord
5 August 196014 August 1960
27 January 19633 November 1963
13 May 197213 August 1973
15 August 197916 September 1979

Honours

Player

Dhaka Wanderers Club

1950, 1951

Manager

Dhaka XI

East Pakistan

1960;[22] runner-up: 1959

Dhaka Division

1961–62, 1962[10]

Awards and accolades

See also

Bibliography

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

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