Khalid Jamil

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Khalid Ahmed Jamil
Khalid Jamil At Mumbai FC Pre Match Conference.JPG
Jamil with Mumbai FC during a press conference
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-04-21) 21 April 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Mahindra United 0 (0)
1998–2001 Air India 19 (2)
2001–2007 Mahindra United 18 (3)
2007–2009 Mumbai 0 (0[1])
Total 37 (5)
National team
1998-2001 India 11 (0)
Teams managed
2009–2015 Mumbai
2016–2017 Aizawl
2017–2018 East Bengal
2018–2019 Mohun Bagan
2019–2020 NorthEast United (Assistant)
2020–2021 NorthEast United (Interim head)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Khalid Ahmed Jamil (born 21 April 1977) is an Indian football manager and former player, who is currently the interim head coach of ISL club NorthEast United FC.

Khalid is the only Indian coach in ISL history whose team had qualified for the ISL playoffs.[2] He made 47 appearances for the India national football team. He also served as the Head of Academy of NorthEast United FC.[3] Jamil played for three clubs in India in a 12 years of playing career. He subsequently went into a career of football management. Khalid holds an AFC Pro Coaching License.

Early career[edit]

Jamil was born on 21 April 1977 in Kuwait City, Kuwait to Indian parents. While in Kuwait Jamil went to an under-14 camp and met Michel Platini who was then the France national football team's coach. Ever since Platini has been Jamil's favorite player.[4] He then moved to India later and got offered a contract from East Bengal and Mohun Bagan but rejected them as they were sponsored by an alcohol company.[4]

Club career[edit]

Jamil started his professional career with Mahindra United of the National Football League in 1997 but did not play during the 1997–98 season and left for Air India FC in 1998.[5] During the 2000–01 season Jamil made his first professional appearances with Air India and reportedly got an offer to join a football club from Brunei but rejected the offer, which he still regrets.[4] He then went back to Mahindra United in 2002 but barely played due to many injuries which eventually led to early retirement. He then joined Mumbai F.C. in 2007 but did not play a single game with them during his two years with the club. In 2009 Jamil announced his retirement.

National team[edit]

Despite being born in Kuwait, Jamil decided to play for India and made his debut in 2001. He went on to play in only 11 matches.[5]

Managerial career[edit]

After retiring from playing Jamil went straight into management and started with his last playing club Mumbai F.C. of the I-League in 2009. After one season at the helm during the 2009-10 season Jamil lead Mumbai to an 11th-place finish out of 14 which was still considered a great season considering the limited financial resources at his disposal.[6]

During the 2010-11 season Mumbai exceeded expectations to finish in 7th place out of 14 which earned Jamil huge praise. In 2014-15 I-League Mumbai finished 6th.

In the 2016–17 I-League season, Jamil took over the job of Aizawl who were supposed to be relegated the previous season but had reached the Federation Cup final, and due to the Goan clubs withdrawing, they were reinstated on public demand as they had played an attractive attacking brand of football. Aizawl became the league Champions under Khalid Jamil and Aizawl scripted history, becoming the first club from the Northeast India to win the top flight league of Indian football.

After winning the league with Aizawl, Jamil joined East Bengal as the head coach during 2017–18 season with a record breaking deal of ₹1.25 crore, making him the then highest paid Indian coach in the history of India's top tier football league.

In January 2019, he joined Mohun Bagan as the head coach for the remainder of the season.[7]

On June 19, 2019, he was appointed as Head of Academy and Assistant Coach of NorthEast United FC on a three-year deal.[8] In 2020–21 Indian Super League season, Northeast United sacked their head coach Gerard Nus and Khalid Jamil became interim coach.[2] He was unbeaten in ten consecutive matches in the season. Under him, the club reached the playoffs for second time in their history.[9] He became the first Indian coach to reach the ISL playoffs.[10]

Honours[edit]

As a player[edit]

As a coach[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Jamil, Khalid". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sportstar, Team. "ISL 2020-21 News: NorthEast United parts ways with Gerard Nus". Sportstar. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Former Aizawl FC coach Khalid Jamil joins NorthEast United FC". The News Mill. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Datta, Nilanjan (17 October 2004). "Meet Khalid Jamil, God's own midfielder". The Times Of India. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Khalid Jamil". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Khalid Jamil fares well in debut season - Sport - DNA". Dnaindia.com. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Khalid Jamil joins Mohun Bagan as head coach". The Indian Express. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Former Aizawl FC coach Khalid Jamil joins NorthEast United FC". The News Mill. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "NorthEast United 2-0 Kerala Blasters: VP Suhair, Lalengmawia send the Highlanders to the playoffs | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Khalid Jamil creates history as NorthEast qualify for ISL playoffs with 2-0 win over Kerala". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "FPAI Indian Football awards: Sunil Chhetri, Arindam Bhattacharya and other winners | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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