Manzur Hasan Mintu

Manzur Hasan Mintu (7 April 1940 – 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 1973.^[2] He was awarded National Sports Award for football and badminton by the Government of Bangladesh in 1978.^[1]

Manzur Hasan Mintu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1940-04-07)7 April 1940
Place of birth	Satkhira, Bengal, British India
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
1958–1964	Dhaka Wanderers
International career
1957–1959	East Pakistan
1958	Pakistan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Mintu began playing in the Dhaka Second Division Football League with Kamal Sporting Club in 1953. He captained Dhaka Wanderers Club to the 1960 First Division League title.^[4]

International career

Mintu played for the Pakistan national football team in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo.^[1] He represented East Pakistan in the National Football Championship from 1957 to 1959 and later played for Dhaka Division from 1961 to 1963.^[5]

Personal life

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]

Death

Mintu died on 18 November 2014, after suffering a cardiac arrest in Jaipur, India.^[4]

Honours

Dhaka Wanderers Club

• Dhaka First Division League: 1960

East Pakistan White

• National Championship runner-up: 1957

East Pakistan

• National Championship runner-up: 1959

Dhaka Division

• National Championship: 1961–62, 1962

Individual

• 1978 − National Sports Awards.^[1]