Mohammed Monwar Hossain

Mohammed Monwar Hossain (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ মনোয়ার হোসেন; born 30 August 1979) is a Bangladeshi football coach and former player. He represented the Bangladesh national team from 1998 to 2006.^[1]

Monwar Hossain

Monwar with Bangladesh at the 1999 SA Games
Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Monwar Hossain
Date of birth	(1979-08-30) 30 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Naogaon, Bangladesh
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Right Winger, Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	BKSP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Fakirerpool YMC
1998–2000	Badda Jagoroni
2001–2003	Mohammedan SC
2003–2007	Brothers Union
2008–2009	Sheikh Russel KC
2009–2011	Brothers Union
International career
1998	Bangladesh U16
1998–2000	Bangladesh U19
2002–2004	Bangladesh U23
1998–2006	Bangladesh
Managerial career
2016–2017	Arambagh KS
Medal record Representing  Bangladesh Men's football South Asian Games 1999 Kathmandu SAFF Championship Runner-up 1999 India Winner 2003 Bangladesh
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

A product of BKSP he began his club career with Fakirerpool YMC in 1995.^[2]

International career

Monwar played for the Bangladesh national team from 1998 to 2006.^[3] He made it to the regular eleven of the national team without playing any age-based international match, while still only being 19. He later served as the captain of U-16, U-19 and also the U-23 team during the 2004 South Asian Games, in Pakistan.

In senior level, Monwar won the 1999 South Asian Games and the 2003 SAFF Championship. He was a member of the runner-up Bangladesh team in the 1999 SAFF Championship. On 30 March 2003, Manowar scored his first and only senior international goal, during a 2–2 draw with Hong Kong, at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Monwar last played for Bangladesh during a 6–1 defeat to Tajikistan, on 11 April 2006.^[1]

Coaching career

Monwar completed the AFC 'C' License Certificate Course in 2012, and served as the football head coach of Pledge Harbor International School and Sports Academy. In 2015, he took charge of Arambagh Krira Sangha. It was under him that the club finished runners-up in the 2015–16 Bangladesh Championship League, and earned promotion to the Bangladesh Premier League. He received the 'Best Coach Award' from Arambagh Club and 'Best Young Promising Coach of the Year Award' from Bangladesh Football Federation. Monwar also worked as a coach in Special Olympics Bangladesh from August 2014. Additionally, from January 2014, he began working as a brand ambassador for the charity for Autism and Disabled children under the National Center for Special Education.^[1]

International goals

Bangladesh national team

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 April 2001	Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bhutan	3–0	3–1	Friendly
2.	11 April 2006	Mong Kok Stadium, Kowloon, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	2–2	2–2	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

Mohammedan

• Dhaka Premier Division League: 2002
• Federation Cup: 2008
• National League: 2001–02

Brothers Union

• Dhaka Premier Division League: 2003–04, 2005
• Bordoloi Trophy: 2004
• Federation Cup: 2005

Bangladesh

• SAFF Championship: 2003^[4]
• South Asian Games Gold medal: 1999^[5]