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Arif Khan Joy

2022-08-16T16:06:48Z

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{{short description|Bangladeshi footballer and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Arif Khan Joy
| native_name = আরিফ খান জয়
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = [[Ministry of Youth and Sports (Bangladesh)|Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports]]
| term_start = 14 January 2014
| term_end = 7 January 2019
| predecessor = ''Position created''
| successor = ''Vacant''
| constituency_MP1 = [[Netrokona-2]]
| term_start1 = 29 January 2014
| term_end1 = 29 October 2018
| predecessor1 = [[Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru]]
| successor1 = Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|20|df=y}}
| height = 1.78m<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballcritic.com/arif-khan-joy/profile/150397|title=Arif Khan Joy Stats, Info and Next Game|website=FootballCritic}}</ref>
}}
'''Arif Khan Joy''' (born 20 November 1971)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Constituency 158_10th_En|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2621|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi politician and a retired Bangladesh National Football player captain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Officials complain to prime minister against Deputy Minister Joy’s act of vandalism|url=http://www.thefinancetoday.net/2015/11/03/officials-complain-to-prime-minister-against-deputy-minister-joys-act-of-vandalism/|website=www.thefinancetoday.net|publisher=The Finance Today|accessdate=3 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029174106/http://www.thefinancetoday.net/2015/11/03/officials-complain-to-prime-minister-against-deputy-minister-joys-act-of-vandalism/|archive-date=29 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Football==
Joy played for Bangladesh National Football Team from 2003 until 2008<ref>{{NFT|622}}</ref> and was a member of the SAFF Championship winning squad. He was the captain of the team during 2005–06.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-01-13|title=Joy Sports' first player minister|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/joy-sports-first-player-minister-6605|access-date=2020-10-18|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

==Honours==

'''Bangladesh'''
* [[SAFF Championship]]: [[2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup|2003]]

==Politics==
Joy was elected as a [[Jatiyo Sangshad|Member of Parliament]] for the [[Netrokona-2]] constituency in 2014.<ref name=Tribune/> He is a member of the [[Bangladesh Awami League]] party.<ref name=Tribune/> A former professional [[Association football|footballer]] and vice president of the [[Bangladesh Football Federation]],<ref name=BFF/> Joy has been appointed as Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the first former professional athlete to hold a position in this ministry.<ref name=Priyo/>

== Controversy ==
Joy allegedly vandalized the office of a joint-secretary in the sports ministry in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/11/02/deputy-minister-for-sports-arif-khan-joy-vandalises-joint-secretarys-room|title = Deputy Minister for Sports Arif Khan Joy vandalises joint secretary’s room|work=bdnews24.com|access-date = 2016-05-03}}</ref> He was also alleged to assault an on-duty police officer, who subsequently filed a case against him in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/04/03/minister-joy-beats-up-police-sub-inspector-complaint-filed|title = Minister Joy ‘beats up’ police sub-inspector, complaint filed|work=bdnews24.com|access-date = 2016-05-03}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=Tribune>
{{cite news
|url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/members/view/364
|title=Arif Khan Joy
|series=Elections 2014
|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]
|access-date=29 October 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029141518/http://election.dhakatribune.com/members/view/364
|archive-date=29 October 2014
|url-status=dead
}}
</ref>
<ref name=Priyo>
{{cite news
|url=http://news.priyo.com/2014/01/13/joy-gets-slot-youth-and-sports-ministry-97428.html
|title=Joy gets a slot in the Youth and Sports Ministry
|work=Priyo News
|date=13 January 2014
|first=Hisham
|last=Bin Mustafa
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029201640/http://news.priyo.com/2014/01/13/joy-gets-slot-youth-and-sports-ministry-97428.html
|archivedate=29 October 2014
}}
</ref>
<ref name=BFF>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bff.com.bd/bff/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1872:bff-congratulate-joy&catid=34:latest-news&Itemid=74
|title=BFF congratulate Joy on becoming a minister
|publisher=Bangladesh Football Federation
|access-date=29 October 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027160250/http://www.bff.com.bd/bff/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1872:bff-congratulate-joy&catid=34:latest-news&Itemid=74
|archive-date=27 October 2014
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh]]
[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Bangladesh international footballers]]
[[Category:Deputy Ministers of Youth and Sports (Bangladesh)]]

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Arif Khan Joy

2022-08-16T16:06:48Z

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