Mehtab Hossain

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Mehtab Hossain
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Mehtab (bottom right) in 2013 with East Bengal
Personal information
Full name Mehtab Hossain
Date of birth (1985-09-05) 5 September 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Kolkata, West Bengal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Madan Maharaj
Youth career
Food Corporation of India
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2003 Tollygunge Agragami 17 (1)
2003–2006 Mohun Bagan 39 (3)
2006–2007 ONGC
2007–2017 East Bengal 244 (10)
2014–2016 → Kerala Blasters (loan) 38 (0)
2017–2018 Jamshedpur 12 (0)
2018–2019 Mohun Bagan 11 (0)
2021 Madan Maharaj 5 (0)
International career
2005–2015 India 33 (2)
2019 India (Football 7)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Southern Samity
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mehtab Hossain (born 5 September 1985) is an Indian professional footballer and coach who last played for Madan Maharaj as a defensive midfielder.

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During his career, Hossain has played for both of the Kolkata football giants, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. [1] He played with East Bengal for ten seasons, winning the Federation Cup three times. He also managed to gain 31 caps for the India national football team between 2005 and 2014, scoring twice for the country. On 2019, Mehtab started his coaching career as manager at Southern Samity in 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 21 July 2020 by taking party flag from BJP president of West Bengal Dilip Ghosh, but within 24 hours he changed his decision and resigned.

Career

Mehtab is a product of IFA's Baby League, which was the brain child of Legendary Football Secretary Shri Prodyut Dutta, which promoted football amongst the children and youth of Bengal.

It was reported in June 2012, that he was on trial with Falkirk, [2] Airdrie, [2] and Exeter City FC [3] on recommendation of his former teammate Alan Gow.

He scored his first goal in the 2012–13 I-League in their penultimate match in the 6–0 win against United Sikkim F.C. on 8 May at Kolkata. [4] Then he scored in the 5–1 win in Round of 16 match in 2013 AFC Cup match against Yangon United F.C. on 15 May at Kolkata. [5]

On 2015, Mehtab retired from international duty after being omitted from the 26-man squad for World Cup Qualifiers. [6]

Mehtab had more than 400 appearances in his career at six Indian clubs. [7]

East Bengal

Hossain joined East Bengal in 2007. He had 255 appearances for the club over a span of ten years. [7] [8]

Kerala Blasters

On 2014, he was picked by Kerala Blasters FC of Indian Super League on a three years contract.

Jamshedpur

On 23 July 2017, Hossain was selected in the third round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by Jamshedpur for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season. [9] He made his debut for the club during the first ever match on 18 November 2017 against NorthEast United. He started the match and played 69 minutes as Jamshedpur drew 0–0. [10]

Mohun Bagan

After ending the season with Jamshedpur, Hossain reportedly decided not to renew his contract with the club since he wanted to return to Kolkata and be near his family. [11] Despite stating previously that he would like to return to East Bengal, it was reported that he was in talks with Mohun Bagan. [11] Then, on 22 May 2018, it was officially announced that Hossain had signed with Mohun Bagan, after last playing for them 12 years prior. [12]

In 2021, he came out of retirement to play for Madan Maharaj FC in the I-League Qualifiers where he is also the mentor.

Honours

India

East Bengal

Mohun Bagan

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 January 2019 [15]
ClubSeasonLeague Federation Cup CFL Premier A Domestic CupsOthers AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tollygunge Agragami 2001–02 NFL 171——————————171
2002–03 00——————————00
Tollygunge Agragami Total171——————————171
Mohun Bagan 2003–04 NFL00——————————00
2004–05 200——————————200
2005–06 193——————————193
Mohun Bagan Total393——————————393
ONGC 2006–07 I-League 2nd Division 00——————————00
ONGC Total00——————————00
East Bengal 2007–08 I-League 1710071201 [lower-alpha 1] 060332
2008–09 1704091——————301
2009–10 25241903 [lower-alpha 2] 01 [lower-alpha 3] 051474
2010–11 231501423 [lower-alpha 4] 01 [lower-alpha 1] 050513
2011–12 16040601 [lower-alpha 5] 0——40310
2012–13 23140202 [lower-alpha 5] 0——61372
2013–14 80——102 [lower-alpha 5] 0——40150
2014–15 1604050————40290
2015–16 1402081——————241
2016–17 1603080——————270
East Bengal Total17553016951303034232413
Kerala Blasters (loan) 2014 Indian Super League 90——————————90
2015 130——————————130
2016 160——————————160
Kerala Blasters Total380——————————380
Jamshedpur FC 2017–18 Indian Super League12010————————130
Jamshedpur Total12010————————130
Mohun Bagan 2018–19 I-League900020——————110
Mohun Bagan Total900020——————110
Career Total29093117151303034244217
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Super Cup.
  2. ↑ 2 Appearances in IFA Shield and 1 Appearances in Durand Cup.
  3. ↑ Appearances in E. K. Nayanar Cup.
  4. ↑ 2 Appearances in Durand Cup and 1 Appearances in IFA Shield.
  5. 1 2 3 Appearances in IFA Shield.

International stats

India national team
YearAppsGoals
200532
200630
201150
201260
2013120
201420
Total312 [16]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Mohun Bagan captain
2006–2007		Succeeded by
Preceded by Kingfisher East Bengal captain
2013–2014		Succeeded by
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