Sajid Yousuf Dar is an Indian football coach and former

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player. He is the former

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of Senior Indian Women National Football Team and Indian Youth Football Teams (Boys). He is currently AIFF/AFC Coach Educator and Working as a Football Coach in University of Kashmir. During his playing days, Sajid represented

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in the

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from 2000 to 2002. He captained JK YMCA in Federation Cup in 1998. He is considered to be one of the best football coaches in the country. He holds the record for Winning two consecutive Silverwares, the Gold in South Asian Games and the SAFF CUP. He is son of international footballer Mohammad Yousuf Dar.

Playing career

Born in

, Sajid in his early days started his career at local and school level. He made it to YMCA Football Club which used to be among the best teams in J and K. He went on to play for YMCA in the

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and under his captaincy YMCA won many prestigious tournaments in the 1990s. He also represented

in the Junior Nationals and

from 2000 to 2002. Sajid also played for JKSRTC Football Team and Iqbal Sports and was considered as one of the best defenders in North Zone.

Coaching career

Currently Sajid is considered among top talented coach of a country with high potential. He began his coaching career in 2004 after completing his Diploma in Football from NSNIS Patiala. Soon after he was appointed as Football Coach in University of Kashmir. He was the Coach of JK U 21 Football Team. Soon after finishing his AFC A he was appointed as Assistant Coach of the preparation of India U19 side. Sajid was also part of scouting team of AIFF in early days of his coaching career. In 2012, Dar was appointed as Head Coach of U 14 National Football Team which participated in AFC Football Festival in Katmandu, Nepal and SAARC Football Championship in Tokyo Japan. He was appointed as head coach of the India U16 side bound for the

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when they were part of the

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. In March 2015, Dar was selected to become the head coach of the India women's football team before their 2016 Summer Olympics qualifiers. His first match in charge of the side came on 13 March 2015 against

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. His India side came out as 4–0 winners but a defeat to

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in the next match ended India's hope of Olympic qualification. 2015: He was selected for the AFC instructors course in Malaysia by Asian football confederation and in the same year he attended ICC in

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, Germany conducted by the German Football Association in September . 2016: Sajid won his first trophy as India head coach as he led the country to gold in the

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. He got remarkable victory over

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4–0 in the final. 2017: On 4 January, Sajid again emerged champion with India women's national team to clinch the 4th consecutive SAFF title. He also remained Head Coach of U 19 Indian Women's National Team in AFC Qualifier held at Vietnam. April 2017: Sajid ended his tenure as chief coach at a good note with a 2–0 victory over Hongkong at Pyongyang, North Korea. Sajid is also an AFC coach educator.

Statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

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Gold medal:

* Gold medal in U 17 Administrator Cup in 2013 * Winner of U 19 I League West Zone in 2013 * Awarded best coach of the year 2014 by J and K Govt

References

External links

All India Football Federation Profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dar, Sajid Living people Footballers from Jammu and Kashmir Indian men's footballers Indian football coaches Indian women's football managers India women's national football team managers Men's association football players not categorized by position Year of birth missing (living people)