Mohammad Shahid Jabbar is an Indian football

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and former footballer. He served as the head coach of the

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from 2010 to 2012, and currently as the head coach of

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Playing career

Jabbar played for Chand club in the local league and also represented

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in the

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at the 1993 and 1995 editions.

Coaching career

India Women: 2009–2012

Jabbar took over the reins of the Indian women's team in 2009 following years of inactivity since 2007 and took part in his first tournament as coach in January 2010 during the

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. Jabbar led the India Women to the final where they faced

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. India Women managed to win the tournament by defeating Nepal 3–1. This was India's first ever championship in women's football. Jabbar then led the India Women to the 2010 SAFF Women's Championship in which they defeated Nepal again in the final on 23 December 2010 in

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by a score of 1–0. Jabbar then led the India Women into the 2012 Olympic Qualifiers in which they were placed in Group B along with and ; India ended in 2nd in the group and eliminated after losing 1–5 to Uzbekistan in a play-off to decide who would go on to the next round. Jabbar also coached the Indian team at the

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, where they successfully defended their title by beating Nepal.

Honours

Manager

India Women *

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Gold medal:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jabbar, Mohammad Shahid Living people 1965 births Sportspeople from Cuttack Indian men's footballers Footballers from Odisha Indian football coaches Indian women's football managers India women's national football team managers Men's association football forwards