Amer Khan (Bengali: আমের খান; born 9 November 1971) is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who currently serves as the team manager for Bangladesh Premier League club Brothers Union and the Bangladesh national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohammed Amer Khan | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Dhaka, Bangladesh | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | Brothers Union | ||
| 1993 | Fakirerpool YMC | ||
| 1994–2001 | Brothers Union | ||
| International career | |||
| 1998 | Bangladesh U20 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
Amer began his football career with the Gopibagh-based club Brothers Union in the 1989–90 Dhaka Premier Division League. In 1993, he joined Fakirerpool Young Men's Club and helped them earn promotion to the Premier Division as First Division League champions. He returned to Brothers in 1994 and was eventually appointed captain a few years later. In 1998, he represented the Bangladesh U20 team during a tour in Sri Lanka. He remained with Brothers until his retirement in 2001.[1]
Post-playing career edit
Brothers Union (2002–present) edit
Following his retirement, Amer was named the executive director and team manager of Brothers Union in 2002. He found early success as Brothers lifted their first Dhaka Premier Division League title in the 2003–04 season without a full-time head coach, as both Syed Nayeemuddin and S M Abu Noman Nannu served as coaches during games.[2][3] Amer was eventually made the general secretary of Little Friends Club, which serves as the junior team to Brothers.[4]
On 5 August 2012, Amer Khan declared on Ekattor TV that Brothers Union were forced to play a fixed match against eventual champions, Abahani Limited Dhaka, on 26 May of the same year in the 2012 Bangladesh Premier league.[5] Amer stated "Is it too difficult to understand how we lost 2-4 against Abahani when they were playing with 10 men? We had to do so because there were specific instructions given to us to lose. When an influential political leader tells you to throw away the match, what else could you do?"[6]
On 9 August 2012, Amer claimed that his comments regarding the fixed match were aired out of context. Eventually, the vice president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) at the time, Abdus Salam Murshedy, later revealed that the league committee would handle the matter instead of the Fixed-Match Identification Committee.[7]
Following Brothers' relegation from the Premier League in the 2020–21 season, Amer informed that the club would not participate in the 2021–22 Championship League (second-tier) due to financial difficulties while also criticizing the BFF's decision to relegate the club during the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Nevertheless, the club returned to the top-flight by winning the Championship League the following season.[9]
Bangladesh Football Federation (2020–present) edit
Amer served as the team manager of the Bangladesh U19 national team in both 2014 and 2019.[1] He was elected as a BFF executive member after the 3 October 2020 Elective Congress. In November 2020, Amer was appointed as the team manager of the Bangladesh national team, led by head coach Jamier Day.[10][11] However, he tested positive for COVID-19 when the team traveled to Doha, Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round.[12]
In June 2023, Amer was reappointed as the team manager of the Bangladesh national team for the 2023 SAFF Championship.[13]
Personal life edit
Amer attended Ramakrishna Mission High School and later graduated from Jagannath University in 1994. He married Rona Akhtar in 2007.[1]
Honours edit
Brothers Union
- Federation Cup: 1991
Fakirerpool YMC
References edit
- ^ a b c "বাফুফের নির্বাচনে অংশ নিচ্ছেন আমের খান?". Daily Janakantha (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Chasing an elusive title". archive.thedailystar.net. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Brothers become big". archive.thedailystar.net. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.
- ^ "ফুটবল ম্যানেজার আমের খান". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). February 9, 2014. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023.
- ^ "আমের খানের পাতানো খেলার অভিযোগ অস্বীকার". bdnews24 (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Amer lets cat out of the bag". The Daily Star. August 8, 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Amer terms interview 'fabricated'". The Daily Star. August 10, 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Amer Khan questions BFF's decision-making as Brothers opt out of football". The Daily Star. January 11, 2022. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.
- ^ "ব্রাদার্সের শিরোপা উদযাপন". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). April 9, 2023. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023.
- ^ "জাতীয় ফুটবল দলের নতুন ম্যানেজার আমের খান" (in Bengali). November 12, 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.
- ^ "ফুটবল দলের ম্যানেজার আমের খানসহ দুইজন করোনাক্রান্ত". Jago News 24 (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Manager Amer Khan tests positive for COVID-19". Daily Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Amer Khan optimistic to do well". bangladeshpost.net. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023.