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Sheikh Saheb Ali
Sheikh Shaheb Ali ( bn, শেখ সাহেব আলী; 1 July 1917 – 1 June 2004) was a former Bangladeshi association football, football player and manager. He is the only East Pakistani to have both played for and managed the Pakistan national football team. He is also the first head coach of the Bangladesh national football team, guiding them at the 1973 Merdeka Tournament, Merdeka Cup. He holds the record of coaching Bangladesh to their first ever win in international football. Playing career Sheikh Shaheb Ali was born in Matuail area of Dhaka, on 1 July 1917. He started his career at Kabi Nazrul Government College, where he was a student and after graduation joined the newly formed Mohammedan SC (Dhaka), Dhaka Mohammedan SC. During the Bengal Presidency, British regime he played in the unrecognised era of the Dhaka Football League and also participated in the ''Ronald Shield'' with Victoria SC, during which he gained experience playing as a makeshift goalkeeper. He a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dacca
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city in the world with a population of 8.9 million residents as of 2011, and a population of over 21.7 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. According to a Demographia survey, Dhaka has the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world, and is popularly described as such in the news media. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia and a major global Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks 39th in the world and 3rd in South Asia in terms of urban GDP. As part of the Bengal delta, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. An early modern city developed from the 17th century as a provincial capital and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
