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Arif Hossain Moon
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Arif Hossain Moon (Bengali: আরিফ হোসেন মুন; born 6 January 1968) is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who played as a centre back. Moon spent most of his club career with Brothers Union and also captained them along with Bangladesh national football team.[2]
Key Information
Early life
[edit]Moon was born on 6 January 1968 in Chikonmati, Domar Upazila of Nilphamari (then Rangpur), Bangladesh and spent his childhood there. His father Mohammad Anwar Hussain was a renowned lawyer and politician. His father was also the president of Nilphamari district branch of Bangladesh Awami League.[3]
Club career
[edit]In 1986, Moon started his career with Adamjee Jute Mills in the Dhaka Second Division League. In 1987, Adamjee entered the top-tier following their Second Division triumph and Moon was able to make his top-tier debut that season. Moon's next destination was Brothers Union, joining the club in 1989. In 1991, the young Brothers team made history by defeating Mohammedan SC in the final of the Federation Cup. He captained the club captain during the 1991–92 First Division.[4]
In 1994, with the country's three well supported clubs– Abahani, Mohammedan and Brothers Union agreeing upon reducing player salaries, Moon along with many other national team players joined Muktijoddha Sangsad KC, which was at the time directed by politician and ex-Bangladesh Army major, Manzur Quader. During his stay at the club, he won both the Premier Division and Federation Cup titles.[5]
International career
[edit]In 1989, Moon made featured for the Bangladesh Green national team during the President's Gold Cup held on home soil. Eventually, he went onto represent the senior national team during both the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and 1995 South Asian Gold Cup.
During the 1993 South Asian Games, Moon was surprisingly named the Bangladesh national team captain, even with the presence of experienced players Monem Munna, Kaiser Hamid and Rizvi Karim Rumi. The decision made by Swiss coach Oldrich Svab was heavily criticized after Bangladesh crashed out of the competition without a single victory.[6]
Retirement
[edit]In 2012, almost a decade after ending his playing career, he was elected as a member of the executive council of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).[7] In 2018, he played a major role in the development of the Nilphamari District Stadium (now Sheikh Kamal Stadium) at a cost of Tk 16 crore funded by the Asian Football Confederation.[8] Like his father, Moon is involved in politics with Bangladesh Awami League. He served as the joint general secretary of Awami League Nilphamari district branch.[9][10] After again being elected to the BFF executive committee in 2020, Moon resigned on 6 March 2023, stating that he could not continue for personal reasons.[11][12]
Honours
[edit]Adamjee SCC
Brothers Union
- Federation Cup: 1991[citation needed]
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
- Federation Cup: 1994[citation needed]
- Dhaka Premier Division League: 1997–98[13]
Bangladesh
- South Asian Games Silver medal: 1995
References
[edit]- ^ "শুভ জন্মদিন আরিফ হোসেন মুন". Dailydeshsomoy. 6 January 2021. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "জাতীয় দলের সাবেক অধিনায়ক করোনা পজিটিভ". dhakapost.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "'এলাকায় থাকতে ভালো লাগে'". Prothomalo. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Brothers relegated for first time in 45 years". thedailystar.net. 17 August 2021. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ Iqbal, Niar. "ক্লাবই যখন খেলেছে 'বাংলাদেশ' নামে". Prothomalo. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "বাফুফে নির্বাচনে ৫ অধিনায়ক". bd-pratidin.com. 20 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "বাফুফের নবনির্বাচিত সদস্য মুনকে নীলফামারী জেলা ক্রীড়া পরিবারের সংবর্ধনা". uttorbangla.com. 10 October 2020. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Nilphamari set for stunning debut". thedailystar.net. 23 January 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Former national captain resigns from DSA". archive.thedailystar.net. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Nilphamari regional passport office a den of corruption". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "'কাজ করতে না পারায়' বাফুফে থেকে পদত্যাগ আরিফ হোসেন মুনের". Prothomalo. 7 March 2023. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "প্রধানমন্ত্রীর ক্রীড়াপ্রেমকে ব্ল্যাকমেইল করেছে তারা : আরিফ হোসেন মুন". kalerkantho.com. 15 April 2023. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "দেশের শীর্ষ ফুটবল থেকে মুক্তিযোদ্ধার বিদায়". Prothomalo. 16 July 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Arif Hossain Moon at National-Football-Teams.com