Azmol Hossain Biddyut

Biddyut
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Azmol Hossain Biddyut
Date of birth (1981-02-02) 2 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Narayanganj, Bangladesh
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brothers Union (head coach)
Youth career
1992–93 Matuail Udayan Sangsad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–96 Matuail Udayan Sangsad
1996–97 Arambagh KS
1999–00 Farashganj SC
2000 → Mohammedan SC (loan)
2001–02 Dhaka Abahani
2003 Arambagh KS
2003–13 Muktijoddha Sangsad
2013–16 Feni SC
2017 Swadhinata KS
International career‡
1996 Bangladesh U16
2003 Bangladesh U23
2003 Bangladesh 1 (0)
Managerial career
2017 Swadhinata KS
2019 Arambagh KS (assistant)
2022 Agrani Bank SC
2023 Thimphu Raven FC
2024– Brothers Union
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2003

Azmol Hossain Biddyut (Bengali: আজমল হোসেন বিদ্যুৎ; born 2 February 1981) is a Bangladeshi professional football coach and former player, who currently serves as the head coach of Bangladesh Premier League club Brothers Union.

Early life

Azmol Hossain Biddyut was born on 2 February 1981 in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. Biddyut's original name given by his parents was Azmol Hossain Vidu, however, the late Narayanganj youth football coach, Mosleh Uddin Khandkar Bidyut, called him "Biddyut", which translates to lightning in Bengali. He later went onto make a name for himself as "Biddyut" while playing in the 4 feet 10 inches tournament, which is regularly held in Narayanganj.[1]

Playing career

Club

In 1993, Biddyut started his career with Matuail Udayan Sanghsad in the Pioneer Football League and later played for the team in the Dhaka Third Division League, following its promotion. He joined Arambagh KS in the Dhaka Premier Division League in 1996. Biddyut represented Mohammedan SC in the 2000 National League.[2]

In 1999, Biddyut captained Farashganj SC and was eventually persuaded by former national team captain Monem Munna to join Abahani Limited Dhaka in 2001. In his debut season at the club, he won the Premier Division League title and also helped the club finish runners-up in the National League, the following year.[1]

In 2003, Biddyut joined Muktijoddha Sangsad KC and spent more than a decade playing for the club.[3] He won the Federation Cup and National League, in his first year at the club.[4] With the Freedom Fighters, he played in the 2004 and 2005 editions of the AFC Cup.[4][5][6] In 2013, he joined Feni SC where he remained until the club's relegation in 2016. The following year, he joined Swadhinata KS as coach cum player in the Dhaka Senior Division League.[7]

International

Biddyut represented the Bangladesh U16 team during the qualifiers for the 1996 AFC U-16 Championship. In 2003, he participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers. On 26 November 2003, he made his debut for the Bangladesh national team in a 0–2 defeat to Tajikistan, in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round. He was sent off on the 67th minute of the game after receiving a second yellow card within a minute of receiving his first.[8]

Coaching career

In 2017, Biddyut won the 2017 Dhaka Senior Division League as coach cum player of Swadhinata KS. In 2019, he was appointed assistant coach of Arambagh KS and later acted as head coach for 4 matches. In 2022, he was appointed head coach of relegation threatened Agrani Bank Ltd. SC for the second phase of the 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League. He guided the Bankers to a tenth-place finish with a point more than relegated Farashganj SC.[7]

Thimpu Ravens FC

In July 2023, Biddyut was announced as the head coach of Thimphu Raven FC in the Bhutan Premier League after receiving his AFC 'A' Coaching License.[9][10] His appointment made him the first Bangladeshi coach to manage a club in a foreign professional league.[11] He reportedly joined with a monthly salary of 50 thousand rupees.[12]

Honours

Player

Abahani Limited Dhaka

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC

Manager

Swadhinata KS

References

  1. ^ a b "ফুটবলার আজমল হোসেন যেভাবে 'বিদু' থেকে 'বিদ্যুৎ'" (in Bengali). Archived from the original on September 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "Dhaka teams bag the elite". The Daily Star. January 3, 2000. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
  3. ^ "D'mondi spoil Reds' day". archive.thedailystar.net. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Waiting on foreigners". archive.thedailystar.net. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Mukti stoop to Nijmeh". archive.thedailystar.net. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "Muktis face Al Faisaly today". archive.thedailystar.net. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "বিদেশের লিগে প্রথম বাংলাদেশি কোচ আজমল". Prothomalo (in Bengali). July 3, 2023. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023.
  8. ^ "Mission impossible for Bangladesh". archive.thedailystar.net. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023.
  9. ^ "ভুটানে কোচের দায়িত্ব পেয়েছেন বাংলাদেশের সাবেক ফুটবলার". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali).
  10. ^ "বিদেশি ক্লাবের প্রধান কোচ হলেন বিদ্যুৎ". dailyinqilab.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on September 25, 2023.
  11. ^ "দেশের বাইরের লিগে প্রথম বাংলাদেশি কোচ আজমল". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). July 4, 2023. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023.
  12. ^ "বিদেশি ফুটবল ক্লাবে প্রথম বাংলাদেশি কোচ নারায়ণগঞ্জের বিদ্যুৎ". bbarta24.net (in Bengali). Archived from the original on September 25, 2023.