Wasim Feroze (born 1 September 1986 in

Srinagar Srinagar (English: , ) is the largest city and the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its natu ...

) is an Indian

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who plays as a defender for JK Bank in

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Career

Waseem who was part of Mohammedan S.C. in 2008-09 I-League was selected by

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

in 2009 after his brilliant performance. Before joining Mohammedan S.C., Waseem was part of JK Bank football team. But he resigned in 2008 and went to

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

to play for top football leagues. Waseem has played in three national school games for his state. In one of the nationals, he captained

team and under his leadership team was able to put on good show. He started playing club level football from Novelty Sports, where he was taught the basic of the game by international footballer of the Valley,

Ishfaq Ahmed Ishfaq Ahmed (born 17 March 1983) is a former Indian footballer who currently works as the assistant coach of Kerala Blasters FC in Indian Super League. He is also a member of the AIFF technical committee. Ishfaq is one among the two professi ...

. After Novelty, he moved to Food and Supplies team and then to JK SRTC. It was in SRTC, where he came into limelight. The SRTC team was under revival at that period and had started to win most of the championships. Waseem's role was exceptional as defenders always play an important role in win. From SRTC, he moved to JK Bank. He has played in four

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-level football competition contested by the state associations and government institutions under ...

tournaments at

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and

. Besides, he has participated in number of other national level tournaments.

References

External links

Profile
at Goal.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Feroze, Wasim Indian men's footballers 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Srinagar Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players East Bengal Club players Footballers from Jammu and Kashmir Men's association football defenders