Kaiser Hamid

Kaiser Hamid
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Kaisar Hamid
Date of birth (1964-12-01) 1 December 1964 (age 60)[1]
Place of birth Sylhet, East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh)
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Central defender, Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Rahmatganj MFS
1983–1984 Team BJMC
1984–1985 Rahmatganj MFS
1985–1996 Dhaka Mohammedan
1991–1992 Kolkata Mohammedan
International career
1984–1993 Bangladesh 55 (4)
Medal record
Representing  Bangladesh
South Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1984
Silver medal – second place 1985
Silver medal – second place 1989
Bronze medal – third place 1991
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohammad Kaisar Hamid (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ কায়সার হামিদ; born 1 December 1964) is a former Bangladeshi footballer. He became well known in the 1980s and 1990s as a central defender for Mohammedan Sporting Club in Dhaka's domestic league and in the 1988–89 Asian Club Championship.[2] He also represented Bangladesh at the international level from 1984 to 1993.[3] In 2003, he received Bangladesh's National Sports Award.[4]

Club career

After making his debut for Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society as a right wing back he moved to MSC, in 1985 and started playing as a central defender. he had a highly successful time at MSC, as the black and whites won successive league titles in 1986, 1987 and in 1988–89. He along with the likes of Badal Roy, Samrat Hossain Emily, and a few foreign recruits played major parts in this success. Apart from playing for Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club he also had a brief stint with Calcutta Mohammedan in 1991.[5][6][7]

International career

He made his debut during the 1984 South Asian Games, in Nepal. While playing as right back in the WC qualifier against Indonesia in 1985 at Dhaka, he scored an equalizing goal for the Bangladesh team with a powerful header. left winger Chunnu later scored the winner from a free kick in a 2–1 victory.[8][9] This was Bangladesh's first ever victory in a WC qualifier. In 1989, he was a member of the Bangladesh Red Team that won the President's Cup in Dhaka beating a South Korean University in tie breakers in the final.[3]

International goals

FIFA A international matches are listed.

Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Goals
2 April 1985 Bangladesh Army Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh  Indonesia 2–1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier 1
8 March 1989 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh  Maldives 8–0 1985 South Asian Games 2
7 May 1993 Dubai, UAE  Sri Lanka 3–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier 1

Family and personal life

Kaiser Hamid's mother Rani Hamid is a chess player. She is the first FIDE Woman International Master in the history of Bangladesh. While his father MA Hamid was the founder of the Bangladesh Handball Federation, the president of the Army Sports Control Board. Kaiser's older brother, Sohel Hamid, was a national squash champion and the youngest brother, Bobby Hamid, was a football player for Wari Club in the Dhaka League, during the 90s.[10] Kaiser studied in University of Dhaka.[citation needed]

Hamid is married to Lopa Kaisar. His daughter, Kaarina Kaisar, is a comedian.[11][12]

Soon after retiring from football in the early 90s, Kaiser entered politics. He ran on a Zaker Party ticket in the national elections.[13] In 2008, he was sued for attempted murder having reportedly hit a doctor of a state-owned hospital on the head with a pistol. Kaiser was amidst controversy once more, when he was again arrested for embezzling investor funds, in 2019.[14]

Honours

Dhaka Mohammedan

Bangladesh

References

  1. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Kaiser Hamid". www.national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Asian Club Competitions 1988/89". Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b "International Matches 1989 - Asia". Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  4. ^ "PM hands over Nat'l Sports Awards Dec 23". The Daily Star. 16 December 2003. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  5. ^ Looking back into Bangladesh football in the 80s Archived 29 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine weeklyblitz.net. Retrieved 19 August 2021
  6. ^ দৈনিক জনকন্ঠ || ইতিহাসের সাক্ষী কায়সার হামিদ. Janakantha (in Bengali).
  7. ^ Das, Raktim (4 April 2022). কলকাতার মোহামেডানের সঙ্গে গাঁটছড়া বাঁধছে ঢাকার মোহামেডান [Mohammedan of Dhaka is tying knot with Mohammedan of Kolkata]. banglatribune.com (in Bengali). Kolkata. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  8. ^ "World Cup 1986 qualifications". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  9. ^ "SAFF Games gold medal, an illusion for the Bangladesh team". 2 May 2021. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Boby Hamid no more". The Daily Star. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Avenue 20 – Kaarina Kaisar". Dhaka Tribune. 3 October 2019. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  12. ^ "The many shades of Kaarina Kaisar". The Prestige Magazine. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Former-footballer Kaiser Hamid lands in jail". Daily Sun.
  14. ^ Tipu, Md Sanaul Islam (21 January 2019). "Former footballer Kaiser Hamid sent to jail". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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