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Ahmed Mohammed Khan (24 December 1926 – 27 August 2017) was an Indian footballer who played as a forward. He participated in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He was also vice-captain of India from 1949 to 1954.
Khan, known for his ball controlling skills and creativity in forward position predominantly during his spell in East Bengal from 1949 to 1959, was later idolized by Indian international Chuni Goswami.
Club career
Khan played in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and figured for East Bengal from 1949 to 1959, and captained the team in 1954–55. He spent most of his club career in East Bengal. Khan was part of the team that played against German side Kickers Offenbach and FC Torpedo Moscow in 1953. In the same year, he went on to play for the team at the World Youth Festival in Bucharest, Romania. He netted one in their 6–1 victory against Lebanon XI.
He was also one of the "Pancha Pandavas" of the club who, besides him, comprised forwards Dhanraj, Appa Rao, Saleh and Venkatesh. They all helped East Bengal bag the prestigious IFA Shield, Calcutta Football League and Rovers Cup in 1949 and become the first Indian club to win the Durand Cup in 1951. He also played for Bangalore Muslims FC.
International career
He made his Olympic debut in 1948 London Olympics, where Balaidas Chatterjee managed India lost 1–2 to heavyweight France. He also won gold at the 1951 Asian Games, held in New Delhi. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Khan played under Sailen Manna's captaincy, but India was thrashed by Yugoslavia 10–1. He scored India's lone goal in that match.
Khan later participated in 1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament in Rangoon with Balaidas Chatterjee managed team, and won the title. He was also part of the Indian team in an exhibition match in December 1954, in an 1–0 defeat to Allsvenskan club AIK at CC&FC Ground in Kolkata.
Honours
Bangalore Muslims
Rovers Cup: 1948
East Bengal
IFA Shield: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958
Durand Cup: 1951, 1952, 1956
Calcutta Football League: 1949, 1950, 1952
Rovers Cup: 1949
DCM Trophy: 1950, 1952, 1957
Dr. H. K. Mookherjee Shield: 1957
P. K. Nair Gold Cup: 1956
India
Asian Games Gold medal: 1951
Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament: 1953, 1954
Individual
East Bengal Best Forward of the Millennium
East Bengal "Bharat Gaurav Award": 2012
See also
List of East Bengal Club captains
Pancha Pandavas
India national football team at the Olympics
References
Bibliography
Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
Majumdar, Boria, Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation. Penguin India. ISBN 9780670058747.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Martinez, Dolores; Mukharjiim, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
"Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
Roy, Gautam (1 January 2021). East Bengal 100. Allsport Foundation. ISBN 978-8194763109.
Chattopadhyay, Hariprasad (2017). Mohun Bagan–East Bengal (in Bengali). Kolkata: Parul Prakashan.
Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
Further reading
"এশিয়ান গেমস অনেক দূরে চলে গেছে" [The Asian Games going far away]. kalerkantho.com. Dhaka: কালের কণ্ঠ. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
Ghoshal, Amoy (23 November 2016). "All time Indian XI". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
Moitra, Parijat (24 June 2020). "ইস্টবেঙ্গল ক্লাবের প্রথম বাঙালি বিদেশি ফুটবলার" [The first foreign Bengali player of East Bengal Club]. facebook.com (East Bengal Samachar) (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
External links
Ahmed Mohamed Khan at Olympedia