Mohammad Abdus Sattar (1925 – 23 April 2011) was an Indian

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. He was also known as Madar Abdus Sattar.

Career

Club career

Abdus Sattar started his career with the Bangalore Muslim Club, before joining the Mohammedan Sporting Club in 1949. He signed for Mohun Bagan in 1950, winning the 1955 Rovers Cup with them.

International career

After winning the

1951 Asian Games The 1951 Asian Games ( hi, 1951 एशियाई खेल; Marathi: १९५१ आशियाई खेळ), officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Game ...

, Abdus Sattar went on to play one match at 1952 Summer Olympics.

Later life and death

After retiring from playing, Sattar coached Mohammedan Sporting Club and under his coaching, Mohammedan won the Calcutta Football League in 1981, which is also their last CFL title until date. Sattar was the recipient of Mohun Bagan Ratna award in the year 2008. Abdus Sattar died from pneumonia in

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on 23 April 2011, at the age of 85. He had been suffering from

dementia Dementia is a disorder which manifests as a set of related symptoms, which usually surfaces when the brain is damaged by injury or disease. The symptoms involve progressive impairments in memory, thinking, and behavior, which negatively affe ...

caused by Alzheimer's.Former football star Abdus Sattar passes away
, 24 April 2011

Honours

India *

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until th ...

Gold medal:

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

* Colombo Cup: 1953, 1954, 1955 Mohun Bagan * Calcutta Football League: 1951, 1954, 1956 *

Durand Cup The Durand Football Tournament, commonly known as Durand Cup, is an annual domestic football competition in India which was first held in 1888 in Shimla. Hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) and All India Football Federation ...

: 1953 * IFA Shield: 1954, 1956 * Rovers Cup: 1954 Bengal *

Santosh Trophy The Santosh Trophy, officially known as Hero Senior Men's National Football Championship due to sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp, is a state football leagues in India, state-level association football, football competition contested by the L ...

: 1941, 1951, 1953, 1955 Howrah Union *Stafford Cup: 1964 Individual *Mohun Bagan Ratna: 2008

References

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