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{{Short description|Indian former footballer and manager}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sajid Yousuf Dar
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Sajid Yousuf Dar
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India
| height = 
| position =
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2000
| clubs1 = YMCA
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2000–2002
| clubs2 = [[Jammu and Kashmir football team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| manageryears1 = 2011-12
| managerclubs1 = Indian National Football Team (2012) National Camp India U19 (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2012–2014
| managerclubs2 = Head Coach AIFF Indian U 14 and U 16 (Boys) National Team
| manageryears3 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs3 = Head Coach Indian Women National Football Team India (Women's)
| manageryears4 = 2016
| managerclubs4 = Head Coach India Women National Under-19 Football Team India U19 (Women's)
}}
'''Sajid Yousuf Dar''' is a former [[association football|football]] player and is the former [[manager (association football)|Head Coach of Senior Indian Women National Football Team and Indian Youth Football Teas (Boys)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/meet-the-kashmiri-who-is-coaching-india-s-women-s-soccer-team/story-h4NAz3y2iPMDlWqkegBVkI.html|title=Sajid Dar|website=hindustantimes.com}}</ref> He is currently AIFF/AFC Coach Educator and Working as a Football Coach in University of Kashmir. During his playing days, Sajid represented [[Jammu and Kashmir football team|Jammu and Kashmir]] in the [[Santosh Trophy]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=KO |title=JKFA Chair Holds Meeting With AIFF Prez & GS |url=https://kashmirobserver.net/2023/01/19/jkfa-chair-holds-meeting-with-aiff-prez-gs/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Born in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], 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 [[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]] and under his captaincy YMCA won many prestigious tournaments in the 1990s. He also represented [[Jammu and Kashmir football team|Jammu and Kashmir]] in the Junior Nationals and [[Santosh Trophy]] 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.<ref name="Meet Dar">{{cite news|last1=Hussain|first1=Ashiq|title=Meet the Kashmiri who is coaching Indian women's soccer team|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/meet-the-kashmiri-who-is-coaching-india-s-women-s-soccer-team/story-h4NAz3y2iPMDlWqkegBVkI.html|accessdate=20 December 2016|work=Hindustan Times|date=3 December 2016}}</ref>

==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 national under-20 football team|India U19]] side.<ref name="Meet Dar"/>
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 national under-17 football team|India U16]] side bound for the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] when they were part of the [[AIFF Elite Academy]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ghoshal|first1=Amoy|title=U-17 World Cup role for Kashmir's Sajid Dar|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/u-17-world-cup-role-for-kashmirs-sajid-dar|accessdate=20 December 2016|work=SportsKeeda|date=20 May 2014}}</ref>

In March 2015, Dar was selected to become the head coach of the [[India women's national football team|India women's football team]] before their [[2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament|2016 Summer Olympics qualifiers]].<ref name="Meet Dar"/> His first match in charge of the side came on 13 March 2015 against [[Sri Lanka women's national football team|Sri Lanka]]. His India side came out as 4–0 winners but a defeat to [[Myanmar women's national football team|Myanmar]] in the next match ended India's hope of Olympic qualification.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Women concede seven against Myanmar|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6298|accessdate=20 December 2016|work=The All India Football Federation|date=15 March 2015}}</ref>

2015: He was selected for the AFC instructors course in Malaysia by Asian football confederation and in the same year he attended ICC in [[Hennef (Sieg)|Hennef]], Germany conducted by the German Football Association in September .<ref>{{Cite web |last=https://kashmirlife.net/author/kashmirlife1 |date=2015-08-31 |title=Kashmir’s Lone International Football Coach gets Germany Call |url=https://kashmirlife.net/kashmirs-lone-international-football-coach-gets-germany-call-84247/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=Kashmir Life |language=en-GB}}</ref>

2016: Sajid won his first trophy as India head coach as he led the country to gold in the [[2016 South Asian Games]]. He got remarkable victory over [[Nepal women's national football team|Nepal]] 4–0 in the final.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jammu and Kashmir football coach Sajid Dar makes a mark at 12th South Asian Games |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shillong/Jammu-and-Kashmir-football-coach-Sajid-Dar-makes-a-mark-at-12th-South-Asian-Games/articleshow/51050224.cms|accessdate=20 December 2016|work=Times of India|date=19 February 2016}}</ref>

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===
{{updated|11 April 2017}}.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan=2! width=150|Team
!rowspan=2! width=120|From
!rowspan=2! width=120|To
!colspan=7|Record
|-
!width=40|G
!width=40|W
!width=40|D
!width=40|L
!width=50|Win %
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|IND}} [[India women's national football team|India women]]
|align=left|{{nobreak|1 March 2015}}
|align=left| April 2017
{{WDL|15|8|3|4}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|15|8|3|4}}
|}

==Honours==
===Manager===

'''India Women'''
*[[SAFF Women's Championship]]: [[2016 SAFF Women's Championship|2016]]
*[[Football at the South Asian Games|South Asian Games]] Gold medal: [[Football at the 2016 South Asian Games – Women's tournament|2016]]
* 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==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/offical-profile-details.htm?id=64 All India Football Federation Profile]
* {{Twitter}}
* [https://www.facebook.com/13saju Sajid Dar] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://www.instagram.com/sajidyousuf13/ Sajid Dar] on [[Instagram]]

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

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