Shabbir Ali

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Not to be confused with Shabbir Ali (footballer, born 1986).

Shabbir Ali
Shabbir Ali.jpg
Ali at home in August 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-01-26) 26 January 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, India
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1972 Hyderabad Arsenal Club
1972 Tata Sports Hyderabad
1978–1979 East Bengal (35)
1973–1984 Mohammedan
1984–1985 Victoria Sporting Dhaka
National team
1974–1984 India 66 (23[1])
Teams managed
1985–1992 Mohammedan
1992–1993 Rajasthan Club
1993–1995 Peerless SC
1997–2000 Salgaocar
2000–2001 Mahindra United
2004 Churchill Brothers
2005 Salgaocar
2007–2010 Mohammedan
2011–present Southern Samity
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Shabbir Ali (born 26 January 1956) is an Indian football manager and former player.[2] He was awarded the Dhyan Chand Award, the highest award in Indian sports for lifetime achievement, given by Government of India in 2011.[3][4] He is the first footballer to be named for the Dhyan Chand Award.[5]

Club career[edit]

As a footballer, Shabbir Ali was rated as the best player in India during the 1970s and 1980s.[6] Arguably the finest striker of his time, Shabbir was a prolific goal scorer both at the national and international level. He rose to fame at a very early age when he captained India to win the Asian Youth championships in Bangkok jointly with Iran in 1974, a performance which even earned praise from the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.[2]

After playing with Tata Sports Club in Bombay for a few years, Shabbir Ali was lured away by the top Calcutta club, East Bengal in the late seventies. Later he joined Mohammedan Sporting and took the club to a great height before retiring from the same club in the mid-1980s.

During his captaincy, in 1983–84, the club won 9 trophies including back to back wins in Indian Federation Cup. Later in his playing days, he went to Bangladesh to play for Dhaka Football League side Dhaka Victoria Sporting,[7] where he stayed for a season only.[8]

Shabbir Ali scored 23 goals in international matches and remains one of India's all-time top scorers, ahead of Chuni Goswami, PK Banerjee, Inder Singh and Baichung Bhutia among others. In the 1976 Merdeka international football tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Shabbir Ali scored a hat-trick against Indonesia in the first 35 minutes. Only five footballers in India have scored an international hat-trick; of those, Shabbir Ali's is the fastest.[2]

On his 65th birthday, Ali said, "Whatever I have become today because of football. Before retiring I was thinking I got everything from football. Now I have to give something back to the game. So, that is why I became a coach. Before retiring in 1987, I was player-cum-coach of Mohammedan Sporting. In 1988-89, I have pursued a diploma from NIS."

International career[edit]

For 13 years between 1972 and 1984, Shabbir Ali was an automatic choice with the national team of India, be it Asian Youth, Asian Games, pre-Olympics, Asian Cup, Merdeka Cup tournament, Nehru Gold Cup,[9] King's Cup or any other goodwill tour. He also captained India in Asian Youth, pre-Olympics, Nehru Cup, Merdeka and King's Cup tournaments.[2]

One of his best moments came in the 1976 Merdeka international football tournament in Kuala Lumpur,[10] where he scored a hat-trick against Indonesia within the first 35 minutes. Among Indians who have scored a hat-trick, Shabbir Ali's was the fastest.[11][12][13]

He played 72 international matches for India and scored 23 goals from 1972 to 1984 and scored 23 goals, and was one of the highest ranked goal scorers on the basis of strike rate per match.[14]

Managerial career[edit]

After retiring as a footballer in 1985, Shabbir Ali became a coach. He earned a first class diploma from the Sports Authority of India. He successfully passed the German football association B License coach and also their four-week coaching course, which is equivalent to A License.[2]

As a coach, Shabbir Ali proved to be a great success within a short period of time. Appointed the Technical Director of the India, Shabbir Ali steered the team to the gold medal in the 1995 South Asian Games in Chennai. It was a superb achievement considering the fact that India failed to win in the three previous South Asian Games at Colombo, Islamabad and Dhaka. He remained the Technical Director till the pre-World Cup tournament in Qatar next year.[2]

In the 1991–92 seasons, he made Mohammedan Sporting the Champion Club of India having won four tournaments and finished runners-up in two others. Next season, he took up the challenge of coaching a relatively smaller club when he accepted the assignment with Peerless SC. It took him only one season to promote the club to the Calcutta Super Division.[15]

Between 1997 and 1999, Shabbir Ali managed top Goan outfit Salgaocar and established himself as India's best coach.[16] Barring a few like PK Banerjee and Syed Nayeemuddin, no other coach in India could win so many titles in such a short span as Shabbir Ali did.[2]

It started in 1998 when Salgaocar won the Goa Professional League under his guidance and went on to win the Indian Super Cup defeating the National League champions, Mohun Bagan AC.[17] Next Salgaocar won the National League title,[18] the only time a Goan team could win it till date.[19] Shabbir Ali then took the team to Bombay and won the Rovers Cup. Thereafter, the team flew into Delhi to bag the Durand Cup beating both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal and then tamed Mohun Bagan again in the Super Cup contest. No other teams in India have been given such a great run in Indian football in recent years.[2]

He also managed Churchill Brothers SC in 2004.[20]

Football academy[edit]

In February 2021, Ali launched a football academy in Hyderabad named Shabbir Ali Football Academy, that became operational from 1 March.[21] The academy is also affiliated with Telangana Football Association.

Honours[edit]

India

India U20

Mohammedan Sporting

Awards[edit]

He has been awarded Dhyan Chand Award,[26][27] and rewarded as India's best football coach, towards his service to coach Goan outfit Salgaocar Club between 1997 and 1999.[2][28]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Dey, Subrata. "India - Record International Players". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Shabbir Ali". Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "National sports awards announced". The Hindu. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Gagan Narang confirmed for Khel Ratna award Archived 8 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine NDTV, Press Trust of India on 18 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Shabbir Ali Wins Dhyan Chand Award". www.outlookindia.com/. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Watch: Shabbir Ali, the overlooked football legend". englishamp.etvbharat.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Football in Bangladesh - Azam Mahmood". Bdsportsvision.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  8. ↑ Das, Rudra Narayan (29 November 2011). "Player Biography : Shabbir Ali – Only Footballer To Win Dhyan Chand Award". indianfooty.net. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  9. ↑ The Indian Senior Team at the 1982 Calcutta Nehru Cup: Archived 17 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  10. ↑ Pestabola Merdeka Football Tournament 1976 #statistics Archived 4 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine international-football.net. Retrieved 4 October 2021
  11. ↑ "Thais fight back". The Straits Times. 17 August 1976. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  12. ↑ Ganesh, Arjun (21 January 2018). "Shabbir back steering dreams". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  13. ↑ "Shabbir Ali: The Hyderabadi footballer who represented city's golden era of the sport". The Siasat Daily. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  14. ↑ Football Is My Language - Shabbir Ali Archived 10 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 10 September 2021
  15. ↑ "Indian Football "HALL OF FAME"". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  16. ↑ "Coutinho best". Press Trust of India. 21 July 1997. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  17. ↑ Jonathan De Sousa (16 January 2011). "Salgaocar Sports Club: regaining the lost glory". thehardtackle.com. The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  18. ↑ "From the History Book". All India Football Federation. the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  19. ↑ Salgaocar Sports Club: regaining the lost glory Archived 5 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  20. ↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "Season ending Transfers 2004:". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  21. ↑ Former India football captain Shabbir Ali launches academy Archived 6 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 6 September 2021
  22. ↑ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1971 Singapore Pesta Sukan Cup:". Indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  23. ↑ "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  24. ↑ The Indian Senior Team at the 1977 Bangkok Kings Cup: Archived 19 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine indianfootball.de. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  25. ↑ Morrison, Neil. "Asian U-19 Championship 1974". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  26. ↑ "List of Dhyan Chand Awardees". Sports Authority of India. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  27. ↑ "Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Awards and other Sports Awards Announced" (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  28. ↑ "Indian striker Shabbir Ali became first footballer to win prestigious Dhyan Chand Award". Jagaran Josh. 6 September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011.

External links[edit]

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