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Personal information
Date of birth	1932
Place of birth	Bangalore
Date of death	before 2016
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Bengal Nagpur Railway
International career
	India
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Muhammad Kannayan (born 1932, died before 2016)^[2] was an Indian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.^[3]

On 13 September 1984, a benefit match for Kannayan was held on the Mohun Bagan Ground. Several former greats like Chuni Goswami, Peter Thangaraj, Jarnail Singh, P. K. Banerjee, T. Balaram and Ahmed Khan took part. Kannayan had become poor to the point of starvation by this time. ^[4]

References

^ Kapadia, Novy. "Football at the Olympics: Remembering India's day of glory in Melbourne". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "Muhammad Kannayan". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Muhammad Kannayan Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
^ Suprakash Ghoshal, Will their ordean end ?, Sportsworld, 26 September, 1984

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