Saiful Bari Titu (

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: সাইফুল বারী টিটু) is a Bangladeshi football coach and former football player, who was most recently the

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side

Chittagong Abahani Chittagong Abahani Limited ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম আবাহনী লিমিটেড), also spelled as Chattogram Abahani or Chittagong Abahoni, is a sports club based in Chittagong, Bangladesh. A wing of Abahani Limited wa ...

. He is the former head coach of the Bangladesh national team, which he guided in the

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Finals in

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, in early 2010. He is an AFC 'A' license holder. He also represented the national team in early 90's.

Coaching career

Early career

He started his coaching career in 2004 as the deputy to Kazi Joshim Uddin Joshi in Mohammedan Sporting. He coached popular

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club

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for four years. He was also assistant coach in national team, and in 2010 he became head coach of

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. From September 2010, he is again an assistant coach in the national team, assisting Robert Rubčić. Then he again play the role of head coach in Mohammedan Sporting Club from 2012 to 2013. Later he worked as the team instructor of

. In October 2014 the third time he took temporary charge for the representation.

Sheikh Russel

In 2018, Titu joined Sheikh Russel KC ahead of 2018–19 season with record salary after finishing his interim spell at Dhaka Abahani. On 13 March 2022, Titu was dismissed from the post of

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's head coach while his team was standing at relegation zone. It was the end of his longest spell as head coach of his career.

Chittagong Abahani

On 16 October 2022, Titu said that he had a verbal agreement with

to take charge as the club's head coach for coming season.

Honours

As a manager

Mohammedan SC Ltd *

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: 2011 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club * Bangladesh Federation Cup: 2011–12 *

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: 2011

Managerial Statistics

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Titu, Saiful Bari 1969 births Living people Bangladeshi footballers Footballers from Dhaka Association football midfielders Bangladesh international footballers Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Bangladeshi football managers Bangladeshi football coaches Bangladesh Football Premier League managers Bangladesh national football team managers Abahani Limited Dhaka managers