Mohammad Kaisar Hamid is a Bangladeshi former

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player. He became well known in the 1980s and 1990s as a central defender for Mohammedan Sporting Club in Dhaka's domestic league and in the

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. He also represented

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at the national level. In 2003, he received Bangladesh's National Sports Award.

Club career

After making his debut for Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society as a right wing back he moved to MSC, in 1985 and started playing as a central defender. he had a highly successful time at MSC, as the black and whites won successive league titles in 1986, 1987 and in 1988-89. He along with the likes of

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, and a few foreign recruits played major parts in this success. Apart from playing for Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club he also had a brief stint with Calcutta Mohammedan in 1991.

International career

He made his debut druing the

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, in

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. While playing as right back in the WC qualifier against

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in 1985 at

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, he scored an equalizing goal for the

team with a powerful header. left winger Chunnu later scored the winner from a free kick in a 21 victory. This was

's first ever victory in a WC qualifier. In 1989, he was a member of the

(Red) team that won the

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in Dhaka beating a South Korean team in tie breakers in the final.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.''

Family and personal life

Kaiser Hamid's mother

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is a chess player. She is the first

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in the history of Bangladesh. While his father

MA Hamid MA Hamid (died on 25 July 2008) was a Bangladeshi sports organiser and a Bangladesh Army lieutenant colonel. He was the founder of the Bangladesh Handball Federation, the president of the Army Sports Control Board and the vice chairman of the Nat ...

was the founder of the Bangladesh Handball Federation, the president of the Army Sports Control Board. Kaiser's older brother, Sohel Hamid, was a national squash champion and the youngest brother, Bobby Hamid, was a football player for

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in the Dhaka League, during the 90s. Kaiser studied in

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. Hamid is married to Lopa Kaisar. His daughter, Kaarina Kaisar, is a comedian. Soon after retiring from football in the early 90s, Kaiser entered politics. He ran on a Zaker Party ticket in the national elections. In 2008, he was sued for attempted murder having reportedly hit a doctor of a state-owned hospital on the head with a pistol. Kaiser was amidst controversy once more, when he was again arrested for embezzling investor funds, in 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamid, Kaiser Living people 1968 births People from Sylhet Bangladeshi footballers Bangladesh international footballers Association football central defenders Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Rahmatganj MFS players Team BJMC players Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) players Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players Bangladeshi expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate footballers in India Calcutta Football League players South Asian Games medalists in football South Asian Games silver medalists for Bangladesh Recipients of the Bangladesh National Sports Award