Khandoker Mohammad Nurunnabi

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{{Short description|Bangladesh Army Major General and football player}}
{{infobox military person
|name=Khandoker Mohammad Nurunnabi
|native_name=খন্দকার মোহাম্মদ নুরুন্নবী
|native_name_lang=bn
|serviceyears = 1971–2001
| image = Khandoker Mohammad Nurunnabi.png
| caption = Nurunnabi's picture taken from his book
|birth_date = {{birth date|1946|7|31|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/48389/dhaka-stadium-thake-sector-ate|title=ঢাকা স্টেডিয়াম থেকে সেক্টর আট - মেজর জেনারেল খোন্দকার মোঃ নূরুন্নবী (অবঃ)|website=www.rokomari.com}}</ref>
|birth_place = [[Kishoreganj]], [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2016|12|8|1946|7|31|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
|rank = [[Major General]]
| allegiance = {{BAN}}
|branch = {{army|Bangladesh}}
|battles = [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] (Sector 8)
}}
'''Khandoker Mohammad Nurunnabi''' (31 July 1946 – 8 December 2016) was a [[Bangladesh Army]] [[Major General]] who served in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971. He was awarded the [[National Sports Awards (Bangladesh)|National Sports Awards]] in 2002, for his contribution to Bangladeshi football as a member of the [[Shadhin Bangla football team]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/nurunnabi-passes-away-1327336|title=Nurunnabi passes away|first=Sports|last=Reporter|date=December 9, 2016|website=The Daily Star}}</ref>

==Football career==
In 1963, Nurunnabi began his football career by joining Azad Sporting Club, where he played until 1964. The following year, Nurunnabi's fulfilled his dream of playing for [[Mohammedan SC (Dhaka)|Mohammedan SC]], who were at the time the most popular team in [[East Pakistan]]. During his time with the Black & Whites he played alongside group of legendary players like [[Zakaria Pintoo]], Protap Sanker Hazra, Mohamed Kaikobad and Golam Sarwar Tipu. He spent six years in Mohammedan, winning three [[Dhaka League]] titles and one [[Aga Khan Gold Cup]] (1968) trophy. While at Mohammedan, he got a job at the National Bank of Pakistan (now [[Sonali Bank]]).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/‘ঢাকা-স্টেডিয়াম-থেকে-সেক্টর-আট’|title='ঢাকা স্টেডিয়াম থেকে সেক্টর আট'|first=নিজস্ব|last=প্রতিবেদক|website=Prothomalo}}</ref>

In 1970, Nurunnabi became the last debutant from [[East Pakistan]] to represent the [[Pakistan national football team]], as he travelled to [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] to participate in the [[1970 RCD Cup]]. During the tournament, Nurunabbi played against both the [[Iran national football team|Iran]] and [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]. Nurunnabi, is among only four goalkeepers from East Pakistan to represent the Pakistan national team, the others being [[Manzur Hasan Mintu]] and [[Shahidur Rahman Shantoo]].<ref name="auto1"/>

In 1971, after witnessing the massacre caused by [[Operation Searchlight]], Nurunnabi alongside Mohammedan SC teammate Pratap Shankar Hazra, crossed the border to [[Agartala]], [[India]], and then to [[Kolkata]], where he joined the [[Shadhin Bangla football team]]. His only appearance for the Shadhin Bangla team came in their first game, which ended as a 2–2 draw against Nadia XI, in July 24. After the game, he met another one of his Mohammedan colleagues, [[Hafizuddin Ahmed]], who helped Nurunnabi join the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/sport/article1254541.bdnews|title=স্বাধীন বাংলা ফুটবল দলের গোলরক্ষক নূরুন্নবী আর নেই|first=ক্রীড়া|last=প্রতিবেদক|website=bdnews24}}</ref>

==Military==
===Bangladesh Liberation War===
After returning to [[East Pakistan]] with [[Hafizuddin Ahmed]], Nurunnabi trained as a member of the [[Bangladesh Army]], he was later ordered to took up arms at [[Kushtia]] of Sector Eight, under Major [[Muhammed Abul Manzur]], as a sub-sector commander.<ref name="auto1"/>

Following Bangladesh's independence, Nurunnabi decided to quit football and remain in the army. Noorunnabi was one of the first commissioned officers of the Bangladesh Army, after indpendece. As an officer, he led three infantry battalions. He also served as [[Rangamati]]'s [[Border Guards Bangladesh|Sector Commander of Border Guard Bangladesh Rifles]] (now Border Guard Bangladesh). He retired from the army in 2001, as a [[Major General]], while also being the director general of the [[Bangladesh Ansar]] and [[Village Defence Party]].<ref name="auto"/>

In 2013, he released an autobiography called "From Dhaka Stadium to Sector 8".<ref name="auto"/>

==Death==
On 8 December 2016, Nurunnabi died of [[cardiac arrest]] at the [[Combined Military Hospital (Dhaka)|Combined Military Hospital]] in [[Dhaka]], at the age of 70.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.dailyinqilab.com/article/52236/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87|title=স্বাধীনবাংলা ফুটবল দলের গোলরক্ষক নুরুন্নবী আর নেই|website=DailyInqilabOnline}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:2016 deaths]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Army generals]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Army officers]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi footballers]]
[[Category:Pakistan international footballers]]
[[Category:Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) players]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Bangladesh National Sports Award]]
[[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]

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