Arif Khan Joy

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Arif Khan Joy
আরিফ খান জয়
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports
In office
14 January 2014 – 7 January 2019
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byVacant
Member of Parliament
for Netrokona-2
In office
29 January 2014 – 29 October 2018
Preceded byAshraf Ali Khan Khasru
Succeeded byAshraf Ali Khan Khasru
Personal details
Born (1971-11-20) 20 November 1971 (age 53)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]

Arif Khan Joy (born 20 November 1971)[2] is a Bangladeshi politician and a retired Bangladesh National Football player captain.[3]

Football[edit | edit source]

Joy played for Bangladesh National Football Team from 2003 until 2008[4] and was a member of the SAFF Championship winning squad. He was the captain of the team during 2005–06.[5]

Honours[edit | edit source]

Bangladesh

Politics[edit | edit source]

Joy was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Netrokona-2 constituency in 2014.[6] He is a member of the Bangladesh Awami League party.[6] A former professional footballer and vice president of the Bangladesh Football Federation,[7] 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.[8]

Controversy[edit | edit source]

Joy allegedly vandalized the office of a joint-secretary in the sports ministry in 2015.[9] He was also alleged to assault an on-duty police officer, who subsequently filed a case against him in 2016.[10]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Arif Khan Joy Stats, Info and Next Game". FootballCritic.
  2. ↑ "Constituency 158_10th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Officials complain to prime minister against Deputy Minister Joy's act of vandalism". www.thefinancetoday.net. The Finance Today. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Template:NFT
  5. ↑ "Joy Sports' first player minister". The Daily Star. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Arif Khan Joy". Dhaka Tribune. Elections 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "BFF congratulate Joy on becoming a minister". Bangladesh Football Federation. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Bin Mustafa, Hisham (13 January 2014). "Joy gets a slot in the Youth and Sports Ministry". Priyo News. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Deputy Minister for Sports Arif Khan Joy vandalises joint secretary's room". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Minister Joy 'beats up' police sub-inspector, complaint filed". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 May 2016.


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