Manzur Hasan Mintu
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-04-07)7 April 1940
Place of birth Satkhira District, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Bangladesh)
Date of death 18 November 2014(2014-11-18) (aged 74)[1]
Place of death Jaipur, India
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1955 Kamal Sporting
1956–1957 Fire Service SC
1958–1964 Dhaka Wanderers
International career
1958 Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manzur Hasan Mintu (died 18 November 2014)[2] was a Bangladeshi footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[3] He worked for radio and television as a sports commentator for 40 years since the 1970s.[2] He was awarded National Sports Award for football and badminton by the Government of Bangladesh in 1978.[1]

Career

Mintu graduated from the University of Dhaka and worked as an income tax commissioner. After the retirement, he served as the treasurer of the national sports council.[1]

Mintu played for Pakistan national football team in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo.[1]

Honours

Dhaka Wanderers Club

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mintu bhai no more". The Daily Star. 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. 1 2 "Vattern sports commentator Monjur Hasan Mintu passes away". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  3. "২০১৪: বিদায়ের মিছিল". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-02-19.


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