Mohamed Hussain

This article is about Maldivian footballer Mohamed Hussain. For Bahraini footballer, see Mohamed Husain.
For the Egyptian Olympic wrestler, see Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain.

Mohamed Hussain
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Hussain
Date of birth (1979-10-12) 12 October 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Maldives
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Eagles
1999–2005 New Radiant
2006 Valencia
2007–2012 VB Sports Club
2012 New Radiant
2013 BG Sports Club
International career
2000–2009 Maldives
Managerial career
2011 VB Sports Club (player-coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohamed Hussain (born 12 October 1979), nicknamed Oittey, is a retired Maldivian professional footballer. He has been a member of the FAM Normalization Committee since 1 April 2015.[2]

Club career

Hussain began his career at Club Eagles in 1998. Then he moved to New Radiant for the following season and played there for six years.[3]

Hussain won the best player award[4] of the 2003 Cup Winners' Cup, playing for New Radiant and suffered a major ligament injury[5] during the 2003 Dhivehi League game against Island FC.[5] The injury brought him down with continuous series of injury, which led him to stay away from football for long periods.[4][6] He also underwent surgeries to recover from the knee ligament injury.[5]

He later moved to VB Sports Club in 2007,[3] after spending a year at Club Valencia.[7]

During the 2011 Dhivehi League, Hussain was appointed as a player-coach for the VB Sports Club, due to coach Can Vanli and assistant coach Mohamed Shahid's abroad trips for different reasons.[8] The only match played under his instruction was against Maziya on 11 June 2011, where he led the team for a 2–1 victory in the last minute of the game.

In the June transfer period of 2012 season, Hussain again moved to his former club New Radiant,[3] but in 2013 he spent his last season at BG Sports Club.[9]

International career

Hussain made his debut for the Maldives national team in 2000 and played in the Golden Jubilee Football Tournament, which was played to celebrate the 50th anniversary of football in the Maldives.

Retirement

The Football Association of Maldives announced that Hussain would retire in the 2014 Maldivian FA Charity Shield, with New Radiant's 16 number shirt.[10] He kicked off the match and came off the field with honor, marking his retirement. The shirt he used in this match was auctioned and raised MVR 60,000.[11] The auction was won by Aishath Inayath,[11] and 50% of the money was gifted to Advocating the Rights of Children and the other 50% to Care Society of Maldives.[11]

He also announced that he would proceed to coaching after his retirement.[12]

Administrative roles

Hussain was appointed as a member of the FAM Normalization Committee by the FIFA Emergency Committee effective 1 April 2015, following the departure of the previous member Mohamed Nizam, who took over the position of head coach of TC Sports Club.[13]

References

  1. ^ Hussain.html Mohamed Hussain at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ "Oittey to FAM Normalization committee instead of Nizam". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 7 April 2015. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Oittey return to new radiant". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Oittey's injury". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 13 September 2003. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "Oittey start practice after a year". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 4 August 2004. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  6. ^ "After a year". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 8 August 2004. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Oittey to Valencia". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 17 December 2005. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Oittey as VB's player-coach". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Oittey & Fadikko to BG". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 29 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Oittey to retire tonight". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  11. ^ a b c "Auctioned money of Oittey's jersey to ARC & Care Society". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  12. ^ "End to Oittey's 16 year career: The next is coaching". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Oittey appointed to FAM NC". Maldivesoccer. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.