Mohammad Rahmatullah (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ রহমতুল্লাহ) was an Indian footballer who played as a forward for the India national team and spent most of his career with Calcutta Football League giant Mohammedan Sporting.[2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952–1962 | Kolkata Mohammedan | ||
| 1962–1963 | Dhaka Mohammedan | ||
| International career | |||
| 1958–1961 | India | 22 | (8[1]) |
| 1962 | Pakistan | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rahmatullah later appeared with Bangladeshi outfit Dhaka Mohammedan and became one of the earliest Indians in post-independence period to take the international transfer, while other being legendary Mohammed Salim, who played for Celtic.[4] After 1962, he also represented Pakistan in international football.[5][6]
Club career edit
Kolkata Mohammedan edit
Rahmatullah moved to Calcutta Football League giant Mohammedan Sporting during the first half of the 1950s and won the league in 1957.[7] With Mohammedan, he won the IFA Shield in that year,[4] and won Rovers Cup thrice in 1955, 1957 and 1958.
Rahmatullah was instrumental in winning the Aga Khan Gold Cup in Bangladesh, in 1960, the first ever tournament win by an Indian club in foreign soil. They defeated Indonesia's Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar 4–1 in the final,[8][9] in which he scored a goal.[10]
Dhaka Mohammedan edit
In 1962, he moved to Dhaka Mohammedan and became the second Indian to play for an overseas club.[4] He appeared in Dhaka League during his days in Bangladesh.[11]
Bengal edit
Rahmatullah also represented Balaidas Chatterjee managed Bengal football team at the Santosh Trophy and won the tournament thrice in 1953–54, 1955–56, and 1958–59 seasons.[12]
International career edit
Rahmatullah made his senior international debut for India against Burma on 26 May 1958 in the 1958 Asian Games, that ended up a 3–2 win in favour of them.[13] He scored his first international goal against Indonesia on 28 May in the same tournament.[14] In the quarterfinal, India defeated Hong Kong 5–2, with two goals by Rahmatullah, and one each by the trio of Chuni Goswami, Tulsidas Balaram and D. Damodaran.[15] They finished on fourth position as they lost 1–4 to Indonesia in the bronze media match at Japan National Stadium.[16][17]
The next year he traveled to Malaysia where India took part in the Merdeka Cup and finished as runners-up.[18] He was in the squad, as India began the 1960s with the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.[19] Despite the qualifiers for the West Zone being held in Kochi, India finished last in their qualification group and thus missed out the tournament.[20]
In national team, Rahmatullah's teammates under coach Syed Abdul Rahim,[21][22][23][24] were like:[25][26][27][28][29][30] Ahmed Hussain, Peter Thangaraj, Nikhil Nandy, Samar Banerjee,[31] P. K. Banerjee, Kesto Pal, Neville Stephen D'Souza, Tulsidas Balaram, Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din,[32] Abdul Latif, Mariappa Kempiah, Chuni Goswami, Kannan.[33][34] Between 1958 and 1961, he appeared in twenty two international matches for India, scoring eight goals.
Personal life edit
On 12 March 2014, Rahmatullah was admitted to a hospital in California for an open heart surgery.[35]
Honours edit
Mohammedan Sporting (Kolkata)
- Calcutta Football League: 1957[36]
- IFA Shield: 1957[37]
- Aga Khan Gold Cup: 1960[38]
- Rovers Cup: 1955, 1957, 1958
- Coochbehar Cup: 1952[39]
- Durand Cup: runner-up 1959
Bengal[40]
- Santosh Trophy: 1953–54, 1955–56, 1958–59[41]
India
- Merdeka Tournament runner-up: 1959[42][43][44]
See also edit
References edit
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External links edit
- "Mohammedan SC's Aga Khan Gold Cup win with photo". Facebook. 90 Minutes & More. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022.