Syed Nayeemuddin: Difference between revisions

'''Syed Nayeemuddin''' (born 1944), known as '''Nayeem'''<ref>{{cite web |author= Sengupta, Somnath |title= Legends Of Indian Football : Sayeed Nayeemuddin |url= http://www.thehardtackle.com/2013/legends-of-indian-football-sayeed-nayeemuddin/ |website= thehardtackle.com |date= 25 July 2013 |access-date= 14 October 2014 |archive-date= 6 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181206024524/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2013/legends-of-indian-football-sayeed-nayeemuddin/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Nayeem-showers-praise-on-Bhutia/articleshow/1337971.cms |title=Nayeem showers praise on Bhutia |access-date=17 July 2021 |archive-date=1 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101072203/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Nayeem-showers-praise-on-Bhutia/articleshow/1337971.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> is an [[India]]n [[Association football|football]] [[coach (sports)|coach]] and former player. He played for and was [[Captain (association football)|captain]] of the [[India national football team|Indian national team]]<ref name="India">[http://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/may/27coach.htm Houghton poised to become India coach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820044314/http://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/may/27coach.htm |date=20 August 2007 }}, Rediff news, 27 May 2006.</ref> and has managed [[Mahindra United]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nayak|first=Nicolai|title=Rise of a new champion: When Mahindra United became the first Mumbai team to win the NFL title|url=https://scroll.in/field/963917/rise-of-a-new-champion-when-mahindra-united-became-the-first-mumbai-team-to-win-the-nfl-title|access-date=2020-06-08|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106135913/https://scroll.in/field/963917/rise-of-a-new-champion-when-mahindra-united-became-the-first-mumbai-team-to-win-the-nfl-title|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Brothers Union]], [[Dhaka Mohammedan]],<ref>[https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/nayeemuddin-wants-revive-msc-1402717 Nayeemuddin wants to revive MSC] ''The Daily Star''. Retrieved 25 August 2021</ref> and [[Bangladesh national football team|Bangladesh national team]]. He is the only sports-person to win both the [[Arjuna Award]] and [[Dronacharya Award]] for football.

Nayeemuddin was appointed coach of India in 1997. He won the [[South Asian Football Federation]] Cup by beating the [[Maldives national football team|Maldives]] 5–1 and reached the semi-finals of the [[Nehru Cup International Football Tournament|Nehru Cup]] for the first time.<ref>[http://frontlineonnet.com/fl1914/19140120.htm What ails Indian football] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907023512/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1914/19140120.htm |date=7 September 2008 }}, Frontline, July 2002.</ref> His time in charge of the national team was blighted with no practice matches between September 1997 and November 1998 before the [[1998 Asian Games]]. He managed the team in [[Football at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's tournament|1998 Asian Games]] held at [[Bangkok]], where they reached second round.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian football team at the Asian Games: 1998 Bangkok|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/indian-football-team-at-the-asian-games-1998-bangkok|access-date=24 August 2021|website=Sportskeeda}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Indian Senior Team at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games:|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1998asiangames.html|access-date=24 August 2021|website=indianfootball.de}}</ref>

 

His role with India ended after the games in December 1998. His second role with India began when he succeeded [[Sukhwinder Singh (football coach)|Sukhwinder Singh]] as India coach in 2005,<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051003/asp/sports/story_5313036.asp Syed Nayeemuddin gets AIFF nod] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427042609/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051003/asp/sports/story_5313036.asp |date=27 April 2006 }}, The Telegraph (Kolkata), 3 October 2005.</ref> but left in 2006 after poor performances against [[Japan national football team|Japan]] and [[Yemen national football team|Yemen]] when qualifying for the [[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2007 Asian Cup]].<ref name="India"/> Since 2007 to 2017, he was the head coach of [[Brothers Union]], Dhaka. He has previously managed [[Bengal Mumbai FC]] in the Mumbai Football League.<ref>[http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/nayeemuddin_syed.html Indian Football Hall of Fame: Syed Nayeemuddin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119131754/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/nayeemuddin_syed.html |date=19 January 2017 }} ''indianfootball.de''. Retrieved 1 July 2021</ref>

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