Mahfuzul Mamun Babu
Bangladeshi association footballer
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Mahfuzul Mamun Babu (Bengali: মাহফুজুল মামুন বাবু; born 7 January 1968) is a retired Bangladeshi football player who played as a left-winger. He represented the Bangladesh national team from 1985 to 1988.
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Mamun Babu at the 1987 ANFA Cup as captain of Brothers Union | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mahfuzul Mamun Babu | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1968 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dacca, East Pakistan (present-day Dhaka, Bangladesh) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Left winger | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Gendaria Famous Club | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | East End Club | |||||||||||||
| 1984–1990 | Brothers Union | |||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Victoria SC | |||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | East End Club | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Bangladesh U19 | |||||||||||||
| 1985–1988 | Bangladesh | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Club career
Mamun Babu began his career with his neighborhood club, Gendaria Famous, in the Pioneer Football League. In 1982, he debuted in the First Division with East End Club. In 1984, he moved to Brothers Union, where he spent the next eight years of his career. In 1985, he was part of the Brothers Union team that finished as league runners-up and scored in the decisive game against Dhaka Abahani, alongside Mahmudul Haque Liton, in a match his team lost 2–3.[1][2]
International career
In 1984, Mamun Babu represented the Bangladesh U19 team at the 1985 AFC Youth Championship qualification held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[3] He made his senior international debut on 21 December 1985 against Pakistan in the 1985 South Asian Games in Dhaka, scoring a brace in a 2–1 victory.[4] In the following match against Maldives he scored in a 8–0 victory.[5][6][7] The Bangladesh team eventually lost the gold medal match on penalties to India.[8] The following year, Mamun Babu was part of the national team at the 1986 Asian Games held in Seoul, South Korea. However, he did not appear in a single match during the tournament. His final appearances for the national team came during the 1988 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.[1]
Personal life
In March 2024, he was one of the eleven sportspersons selected to potentially receive the National Sports Awards.[1]
Career statistics
International goals
- Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 21 December 1985 | Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Pakistan | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1985 South Asian Games |
| 2. | 2–1 | |||||
| 3. | 23 December 1985 | Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Maldives | 5–0 | 8–0 | 1985 South Asian Games |