Maruful Haque ( bn, মারুফুল হক) is a

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professional

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and former player, who is currently the head coach of

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. He is the first-ever South Asian to get a UEFA A license in 2015.

Early stage

Maruful's roots lie in Gafargaon of

Mymensingh Mymensingh ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ) is the capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh. Located on the bank of Brahmaputra River, about north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center and educational hub of north ...

. He had interests in all kinds of sports in his youth. He played 1st division kabaddi with Zurine Janata Club. He had an offer from 1st division basketball club Dhaka Panthers. Sonali Bank wanted him on its hockey team and BJMC offered him in athletics and 400 meters javelin. However, he chose football for his professional career. Maruful played in

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for Bangladesh Boys’ Club in 1992–1994. He was called up for the preliminary squad of the Bangladesh U19 team. He regularly featured for his Zilla football team. He completed his degree from Mymensingh Ananda Mohan College. He earned a BPED from Dhaka Physical Education College in 1993. A year later,

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(BUET) hired him as its physical instructor. He had his first experience with coaching when he lived the double role of being a footballer-cum-coach in Mymensingh Mohammedan. He took part in a five-day coaching course organized by FIFA. Impressed with Maruful's ability, German coach Walter Fizy asked former Bangladesh legend Rahim to motivate Maruful in gaining higher coaching licenses.

Coaching career

Maruful Haque started his coaching career as an assistant coach of Badda Jagarani Sangsad in 2001. In the meantime, he also used to coach different

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football teams. Although he started his professional career as a game & sports instructor in the Physical Education Department of

BUET Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, commonly known by the acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School, it is the oldest institution for the study ...

. Since August 1994, he has been coaching and organizing their sports & athletics. Currently, he is the Asst. Director of Physical Education Department of

. Under his assistance, Badda Jagarani Sangsad became champion in the First Division of the concurrent league system. In 2008, he made his professional coaching career debut as the head coach of

Dhaka Mohammedan Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited Dhaka, founded in 1936 at Dhaka, is one of the oldest and one of the most popular football clubs in Bangladesh, with a support base in all parts of the country. The club currently plays in the Bangladesh Premie ...

Dhaka Mohammedan

Maruful got a big break in 2008 when Dhaka Mohammedan team management appointed him as the head coach of the traditional giant. Maruful caught their attention in a tournament organized by them where Maruful's Badda reached the semis.
He led the club to win Federation Cup in both season. In 2009 his club won the title of Super Cup as Maruf consider this title as his biggest achievement till now.

become runners-up in both two season of Bangladesh Premier League under his guidance. Surprisingly in his next season, team was unbeaten in the whole league but still have to satisfied with the runners-up position.

Muktijoddha Sangsad

In 2010, he joined another giant of Bangladesh football,

Muktijoddha Sangsad KS Muktijoddha Sangsad KC ( bn, মুক্তিযোদ্ধা সংসদ ক্রীড়া চক্র) is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club is nicknamed The Freedom Fighters. It competes i ...

. He helped the club to become runners-up in the league as it was his only season in that club.

Sheikh Russel KC

In 2011, he joined the new local giant

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. 2011–12 season was not so good for his team as they finish at fifth place in the league and also stopped their run in semi-final of Federation Cup. But in very next season he made history in local football, as his team won the domestic treble during the 2012–13 season. During their treble win, Russel came up on top against rivals

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in all three occasions.

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi

In 2014, he joined the most successful club in the country as a technical director. Later he became the head coach of the club and give them their third Federation Cup title in 2014–15 season. Before that he led the club to win an invitational pre-season tournament in

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called Bhutan King's Cup. The team was unbeaten through the whole tournament. Remaining on the top of the league table after the first leg of the 2014–15 Bangladesh Premier League, unfortunately, the club parted company from his service.

Sheikh Russel KC

Being sacked after the first leg of 2014–15 Bangladesh Premier League from

, he was re-appointed by his previous club

. The team finished in the second position in the league.

Bangladesh national football team

On 24 November 2015

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announced the name of Maruful Haque as the new head coach of

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. He has been appointed till 2015 SAFF Suzuki Cup as he promised to give his best in his first national side job.

Arambagh KS

In April 2017, Maruful Haque joins Bangladesh Premier League side

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. Arambagh played their first game under him in the 2017 Federation Cup against

where they lost the match by 2–1. During his first season with the club, Maruful was fined by BFF for breaching disciplinary issues as he locked into an altercation with the supporters and found guilty over the issue. Maruful led the team to their first-ever domestic silverware in the club's history of about 60 years by defeating defending champion

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in the final of 2017–18 Independence Cup by 2–0. He developed many talented players at this club like

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, etc. Arambagh finished at 5th in 2018-19 BPL, their best result in the league after 2010 & gained 33 points, the highest in their club history. He left the club in 2019 after spending two seasons as the club faced some casino scandals.

Chittagong Abahani

In October 2019, Maruful joined

as their head coach for the

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. He had a very short time for preparation before the tournament. However, he led the team to the final of the tournament with a newly formed squad though they defeated by Terengganu F.C. in the final. In November 2019, Maruful signed a one-year contract with the port city side for the upcoming season. He became the highest-paid local coach of that season with a record salary of 65 lakh taka.

Bangladesh U23

Following the sacking of Jamie Day, Maruful was named the interim head coach of Bangladesh national u-23 team in late September 2021, one month before the

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. Bangladesh had been drawn with

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and

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. Despite of insufficient preparation time and superior opponents, Maruful showed high hopes of qualifying in the final round before the tournament. However, the campaign didn't go well for his side as Bangladesh returned home after losing all the three matches without scoring a single goal, including a massive 6-0 defeat against host

. Maruful's interim duty ended after the AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification and he returned to coach

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Honours

Head coach

Dhaka Mohammedan SC *

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runner up: 2008–09, 2009-2010 *

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: 2008, 2009 *

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: 2009 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC *

runner up: 2010-11 Sheikh Russel KC *

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* Independence Cup: 2012–13 *

runner up: 2013 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club *

: 2013–14 *

: 2014–15 *

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Arambagh KS * Independence Cup: 2017–18

Individual

*Best Coach: Protiti Pharma Victory Day Football Tournament 2007 Organized by

*Best Coach: Bangladesh Sports Writers Association, Dhaka 2009 *Coach of the Year: Bangladesh Sports Award 2011 *Best Coach: Bangladesh Sports Writers Association, Dhaka 2013

Managerial statistics

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haque, Maruful 1969 births Living people Bangladeshi footballers Bangladeshi football managers People from Mymensingh District Bangladesh national football team managers