Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu

Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (Bengali: জুলফিকার মাহমুদ মিন্টু; born 9 December 1977 in Noakhali) is a Bangladeshi football coach and former Bangladesh national team player.[1] He was the head coach of Saif Sporting Club in 2021.[2][3][4] He is the current head coach of Sheikh Russel KC.[5]

Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu
Mintu in 2016
Personal information
Full name Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu
Date of birth (1977-12-09) 9 December 1977
Place of birth Noakhali, Bangladesh
Position(s) Wing Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sheikh Russel KC (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–93 Shadharon Bima SC
1993–96 Abahani Limited Dhaka
1997 Brothers Union
1998–99 Abahani Limited Dhaka
2000–01 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
2001–06 Badda Jagarani Sangsad
International career
1992 Bangladesh U16
1994 Bangladesh U19
1998–03 Bangladesh
Managerial career
2012–13 Abahani Limited Dhaka (assistant coach)
2013–14 Sheikh Russel KC (assistant coach)
2014 Bangladesh U19 (assistant coach)
2014–15 Sheikh Jamal DC (assistant coach)
2015–16 Bangladesh (assistant coach)
2015–16 Sheikh Russel KC (assistant coach)
2016–19 Chittagong Abahani
2020–2021 Saif Sporting Club (assistant coach)
2021 Saif Sporting Club (Interim)
2021 Saif Sporting Club (assistant coach)
2021 Saif Sporting Club
2022– Sheikh Russel KC
Honours
Representing  Bangladesh
Men's football
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Kathmandu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Mintu played for the national team from 1998 to 2003. He was a member of 1999 South Asian Games gold medal-winning squad. He scored against both India and Maldives during 2000 Invitational Football Tournament in Maldives.

In March 2022, Mintu was appointed as the head coach of Sheikh Russel KC.[6]

Personal life

Mintu was student of Dhaka University. Unlike many others who decided to marginalise education, Mintu diligently finished his Master's degree, while playing domestic football in the Dhaka League. After retiring due a serious injury in 2006, he went for further education taking the FIFA licence for coaching.[7]

Statistics

As of 9 April 2022

Team From To P W D L GS GA %W
Chittagong Abahani 21 September 2016 31 December 2016 15 11 2 2 23 8 073.33
Chittagong Abahani 4 January 2018[8] 3 August 2019 38 10 14 14 38 41 026.32
Saif Sporting Club (Interim) 26 February 2021 8 March 2021 2 2 0 0 8 1 100.00
Saif Sporting Club 1 August 2021 14 September 2021 6 5 0 1 13 8 083.33
Sheikh Russel KC (Interim) 13 March 2022 Present 3 1 2 0 4 3 033.33

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Awards

References
  1. "Bangladesh - Z. Mintoo - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  2. স্টুয়ার্ট হলের চুক্তি নবায়ন করেনি সাইফ. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  3. হলের সাইফ অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত. Dhaka Post (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  4. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Zulfiker Mahmud Mintoo (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  5. "ভারপ্রাপ্ত হলেই ভাগ্য বদলে ফেলেন তিনি!". Bangla Tribune.
  6. প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া. "চাকরি হারালেন সাইফুল বারী". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  7. "Not everyone knocks it out of the park". Dhaka Tribune. June 4, 2017.
  8. "CTG Abahani sack Titu". The Daily Star. 4 January 2018.
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