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Mehtab Hossain
Indian footballer
Indian footballer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mehtab Hossain |
| image | KEBTeam2013.jpg |
| caption | Mehtab (bottom right) in 2013 with East Bengal |
| fullname | Mehtab Hossain |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| height | |
| currentclub | Sundarban Bengal Auto FC (head coach) |
| position | Defensive midfielder |
| youthclubs1 | Food Corporation of India |
| years1 | 2001–2003 |
| clubs1 | Tollygunge Agragami |
| caps1 | 17 |
| goals1 | 1 |
| years2 | 2003–2006 |
| clubs2 | Mohun Bagan |
| caps2 | 39 |
| goals2 | 3 |
| years3 | 2006–2007 |
| clubs3 | ONGC |
| years4 | 2007–2017 |
| clubs4 | East Bengal |
| caps4 | 244 |
| goals4 | 10 |
| years5 | 2014–2016 |
| clubs5 | → Kerala Blasters (loan) |
| caps5 | 38 |
| goals5 | 0 |
| years8 | 2017–2018 |
| clubs8 | Jamshedpur |
| caps8 | 12 |
| goals8 | 0 |
| years9 | 2018–2019 |
| clubs9 | Mohun Bagan |
| caps9 | 11 |
| goals9 | 0 |
| years10 | 2021 |
| clubs10 | Madan Maharaj |
| caps10 | 5 |
| goals10 | 0 |
| nationalyears1 | 2005–2015 |
| nationalteam1 | India |
| nationalcaps1 | 33 |
| nationalgoals1 | 2 |
| nationalyears2 | 2019 |
| nationalteam2 | India (Football 7) |
| manageryears1 | 2019–2020 |
| managerclubs1 | Southern Samity |
| manageryears2 | 2025– |
| managerclubs2 | Sundarban Bengal Auto |
Mehtab Hossain (born 5 September 1985) is an Indian former professional footballer and current coach who played as a defensive midfielder.
During his career, Hossain has played for both of the Kolkata football giants, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. He played with East Bengal for ten seasons, winning the Federation Cup three times. He also managed to gain 31 caps for the India national football team between 2005 and 2014, scoring twice for the country. On 2019, Mehtab started his coaching career as manager at Southern Samity in 2019–20 Calcutta Premier Division. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 21 July 2020 by taking party flag from BJP president of West Bengal Dilip Ghosh, but within 24 hours he changed his decision and resigned.
Career
Mehtab is a product of IFA's Baby League, which was the brain child of Legendary Football Secretary Shri Prodyut Dutta, which promoted football amongst the children and youth of Bengal.
It was reported in June 2012, that he was on trial with Falkirk, Airdrie, on recommendation of his former teammate Alan Gow.
He scored his first goal in the 2012–13 I-League in their penultimate match in the 6–0 win against United Sikkim F.C. on 8 May at Kolkata. Then he scored in the 5–1 win in Round of 16 match in 2013 AFC Cup match against Yangon United F.C. on 15 May at Kolkata.
On 2015, Mehtab retired from international duty after being omitted from the 26-man squad for World Cup Qualifiers.
Mehtab had more than 400 appearances in his career at six Indian clubs.
East Bengal
Hossain joined East Bengal in 2007. He had 255 appearances for the club over a span of ten years.
Kerala Blasters
On 2014, he was picked by Kerala Blasters FC of Indian Super League on a three years contract.
Jamshedpur
On 23 July 2017, Hossain was selected in the third round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by Jamshedpur for the 2017–18 Indian Super League. He made his debut for the club during the first ever match on 18 November 2017 against NorthEast United. He started the match and played 69 minutes as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.
Mohun Bagan
After ending the season with Jamshedpur, Hossain reportedly decided not to renew his contract with the club since he wanted to return to Kolkata and be near his family. Despite stating previously that he would like to return to East Bengal, it was reported that he was in talks with Mohun Bagan. Then, on 22 May 2018, it was officially announced that Hossain had signed with Mohun Bagan, after last playing for them 12 years prior.
In 2021, he came out of retirement to play for Madan Maharaj FC in the I-League Qualifiers where he is also the mentor.
Honours
India
East Bengal
- Federation Cup: 2007, 2009–10, 2010, 2012
- Super Cup: 2011
- IFA Shield: 2012
- Calcutta Football League: 2010, 2011, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014, 2015, 2016
Mohun Bagan
- Calcutta Football League: 2018
Career statistics
Club
|- |2002–03 |0||0||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Tollygunge Agragami Total||17||1||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||17||1 |-
| 2003–04 |
|---|
| 2004–05 |
| 20 |
| - |
| 2005–06 |
| 19 |
| - |
| !colspan="2" |
| - |
| 2006–07 |
| I-League 2nd Division |
| - |
| !colspan="2" |
| - |
| 2007–08 |
| - |
| 2008–09 |
| 17 |
| - |
| 2009–10 |
| 25 |
| - |
| 2010–11 |
| 23 |
| - |
| 2011–12 |
| 16 |
| - |
| 2012–13 |
| 23 |
| - |
| 2013–14 |
| 8 |
| - |
| 2014–15 |
| 16 |
| - |
| 2015–16 |
| 14 |
| - |
| 2016–17 |
| 16 |
| - |
| !colspan="2" |
| - |
| 2014 |
| - |
| 2015 |
| 13 |
| - |
| 2016 |
| 16 |
| - |
| !colspan="2" |
| - |
| 2017–18 |
| Indian Super League |
| - |
| !colspan="2" |
| - |
| 2018–19 |
| I-League |
| - |
| !colspan="2" |
| - |
| !colspan="3" |
| } |
International stats
| India national team | Year | Apps | Goals | Total | 31 | 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 2013 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
References
References
- Ghoshal, Amoy. (17 September 2011). "Federation Cup: East Bengal 1-1 Mohammedan Sporting - Red & Gold Brigade Held After Unconvincing Display". [[Goal (website).
- Soumalya Santikari. (18 August 2012). "Scotland experience was good, says Mehtab Hossain". India Today.
- Nandy, Saikat. (23 January 2012). "Mehtab Hussain to undergo trial at English club". Sportskeeda.
- (14 August 2012). "East Bengal 6–0 United Sikkim FC: The Red and Gold trample the Snow Lions". Goal.
- (15 May 2013). "EAST BENGAL VS. YANGON UNITED 5 – 1". SOCCERWAY.
- Gehlot, Saransh. (4 March 2015). "Indian midfielder Mehtab Hossain retires from International duty". Yahoo News.
- (2017-09-23). "Tête-à-tête with Midfield maestro Mehtab Hossain".
- "East Bengal's squad for the 2012/13 season". Sportskeeda.
- (23 July 2017). "ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big". The Field.
- "NorthEast United 0–0 Jamshedpur".
- (22 May 2018). "Mohun Bagan, East Bengal in tug-of-war over Mehtab". Times of India.
- (23 May 2018). "Mehtab Hossain: I have a problem with a section of East Bengal fans". Goal.com.
- "Mehtab Hossain Archives".
- "Mohun Bagan Win Calcutta Football League After Eight Years". sports.ndtv.com.
- "Mehtab Hossain".
- Banerjee, Saikat. (2020-07-22). "From pitch to politics: retired Indian footballer Mehtab Hossain joins BJP".
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