Mehrajuddin Wadoo
Mehrajuddin Wadoo (Kashmiri: मेहराजुद्दीन वाडू (Devanagari), مہراج الدین واڈُو (Nastaleeq)) (born February 12, 1984 in Sarai Balla, Amira Kadal, Srinagar) is a Kashmiri Indian football player from the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, who also represents the Indian national team. At club level he plays in IMG RELIANCE.
Mehrajuddin started out as a striker but then shifted to the defence; now he plays in midfield position. He started out with Iqbal Sports and then to J&K Police and with the passage of time moved to HAL, ITI, Sporting Club de Goa, Mohun Bagan and now East Bengal.
He did his early schooling at GP Mission School Rainawari up to class X and later joined Sri Pratap High School Srinagar. He did his BA IInd year from Amar Singh College. He started playing football in very early age. When he was 8 he motivated by his father Mohd Sultan Wadoo who had represented J & K in Santosh Trophy to pursue football rather than cricket.
Mehraj joined Iqbal Sports Club in 1996. He was member of U 21 team of J & K and was noticed at the National level. He started his career as striker but played as defender for long time. Now he plays as a midfielder in the East Bengal and the Indian National team. He represented HAL in National Football League in 2002-2003 season.
He scored the winning goal against Bangladesh in the SAFF Cup Finals at Karachi in Dec 2005. He was a member of the Indian squad that won Nehru Cup 2007, the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 and the Nehru Cup in 2009.
He played in the I-league 2011/2012 with Salgaocar.
Now he is joining Mohun Bagan for the upcoming season.
Statistics
International
Statistics accurate as of 16 December 2011.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 2 | |
International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 December 2005 | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan |  Bangladesh | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2005 SAFF Cup |
| 2 | 7 September 2010 | Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India |  Namibia | 1-0 | 2-0 | Friendly |
External links
- Mehrajuddin Wadoo at National-Football-Teams.com
- http://goal.com/en-india/people/india/21227/mehrajuddin-wadoo
- http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/team/legenddetails_AJAX.php?legend=31&page=
- http://www.indiansportsnews.com/top-10/6131-mumbai-fc-manage-to-hold-salgaocar-prayag-win.html
- http://www.navhindtimes.in/archive/2012/04
- http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/indian-football-transfers-%E2%80%93-live-updates-june-10th/
Squad
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