Mostafa Hossain Mukul

Mostafa Hossain Mukul (Bengali: মোস্তফা হোসাইন মুকুল; born 12 November 1957) is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who played as a defender.

Mostafa Hossain Mukul

Personal information
Full name	Mostafa Hossain Mukul
Date of birth	(1957-11-12) 12 November 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Chandpur, East Bengal, Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Full-back, center-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1977	PWD SC
1978–1982	Team BJMC
1983	Brothers Union
1984–1985	Muktijoddha Sangsad
1986–1989	BRTC SC
1989–1990	Team BJMC
International career
1978	Bangladesh U19
1978–1981	Bangladesh
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Mukul was signed by Dhaka First Division League outfit PWD Sports Club after winning the Inter-College Football Championship with Chandpur Government College in 1973. He served as club captain in 1977 before moving joining Team BJMC the following season. He captained BJMC to the club's fifth league title in 1979. Mukul represented Gopibagh-based, Brothers Union, in 1983 and also served as club captain of Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in 1985.^[1]

International career

Mukul represented the Bangladesh U19 team at the 1978 AFC Youth Championship held in Dhaka. In the same year, Werner Bickelhaupt, who served as head coach of both the U20 team and the Bangladesh national team, included Mukul in 1978 Asian Games final squad. He also participated in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup in Kuwait. In 1981, he was part of the Bangladesh Green team (senior national team) at the first edition of the Bangladesh President's Gold Cup.^[1]

Personal life

Following his retirement, he moved to the US with his wife and 2 children.^[2][3]

Honours

Team BJMC

• Dhaka First Division League: 1979

Individual

• Dhaka University Blue: 1979–80^[4]