Anwar Uddin

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Anwar Uddin

Uddin in April 2007
Personal information
Full nameAnwar Uddin[1]
Date of birth1 November 1981[1]
Place of birthStepney, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Maldon & Tiptree (assistant manager)
Youth career
?–2001West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2001–2002West Ham United0(0)
2002Sheffield Wednesday0(0)
2002–2004Bristol Rovers19(1)
2003–2004→ Hereford United (loan)9(2)
2004→ Telford United (loan)6(0)
2004–2010Dagenham & Redbridge188(6)
2009→ Grays Athletic (loan)11(1)
2010–2012Barnet39(1)
2012Sutton United10(0)
2012–2013Eastbourne Borough29(0)
Total311(11)
Teams managed
2011Barnet (assistant manager)
2014–Maldon & Tiptree (assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Anwar Uddin (Bengali: আনোয়ার উদ্দিন; born 1 November 1981) is an English retired footballer who is currently employed as the assistant manager at Maldon & Tiptree.

During a career which began at West Ham United in 2001 and concluded with a season at Eastbourne Borough from 2012 to 2013, Uddin notably represented several Football League clubs including Dagenham & Redbridge and Barnet.

He was the first person of Bangladeshi origin to play professional football in England, and, while at Dagenham & Redbridge, became the first British Asian to captain a football club in the top four divisions of English football.

Early life

Uddin was born and brought up in Stepney, London to a Bangladeshi father and an English mother. He attended Raine's Foundation School in Bethnal Green.[2] His father came to the United Kingdom in the 1960s.[3] Uddin has three sisters and two brothers.[4]

Playing career

Uddin was the first person of Bangladeshi origin to play professional football in England[5][6] and the first British Asian to captain a football club in the top four divisions of English football.[2] He began his football career at West Ham United, working his way up through their youth and reserve teams where he was captain. He was in West Ham's victorious 1999 FA Youth Cup winning squad that defeated Coventry City.[7] Although highly regarded, as a bright talented traditional English defender, he was never able to break through into the first team and in February 2002 moved to Sheffield Wednesday on a free transfer.[8]

His stay was brief as after the collapse of ITV Digital, Sheffield Wednesday could not keep afford to keep him due to financial difficulties. He moved to Bristol Rovers the following summer after only four months and no appearances. He was an almost ever present in the following season until the end of October, picking up a serious groin injury which he was to struggle with for the rest of the season.

After making a few appearances the following season he was loaned out to Hereford United and Telford United, and was released by Bristol Rovers at the end of the season.

During the summer of 2004, Uddin signed for Dagenham & Redbridge.[9] He became the captain of the team.[7] At the time, Uddin was just one of only five professional British Asians playing in the Football League and Premiership, where it is estimated that Asians only make up 0.2 per cent of players in clubs' centres of excellence and academies.[2][10]

On 1 September 2009, Uddin signed on loan for Grays Athletic.[11]

In June 2010, Uddin left Dagenham to sign for League Two club Barnet and he was appointed captain ahead of the 2010–11 season.[12][13]

In 2011, following the departure of manager Martin Allen, Uddin was appointed as caretaker assistant-manager to Giuliano Grazioli at Barnet making him the first ever British-Asian to take up a coaching position in English football.[14]

On 30 January 2012, it was announced that Uddin had had his contract terminated by mutual consent. A few days later, he signed for Conference South side Sutton United.[15] On 28 June 2012, he signed for fellow Conference South side Eastbourne Borough.[16] In June 2013, Uddin retired from football[17] and left Eastbourne in order to pursue a career in football coaching.[18]

Coaching

In September 2013, Uddin returned to his first club, West Ham United, as a part-time coach for their youth team, working with the under-8s to under-12s age group.[19] In September 2014, he was appointed assistant manager of Maldon & Tiptree.[20][21]

International eligibility

Uddin is eligible to play for the national teams of England and Bangladesh. During May 2007, he visited a youth football camp in Dhaka, with British coach Anthony Ferguson and Canary Wharf’s head of public affairs Zakir Khan. Kazi Salahuddin, the chief of Bangladesh Football Federation welcomed him, but Uddin still has not decided yet on whether he should play for the national team. This was the second time he visited Bangladesh since 1989, when he travelled with his father to his hometown in Sylhet.[22]

Personal life

In 2002, Uddin dated glamour model Leilani Dowding.[23] He now lives in Kent with his wife and two sons, Kai and Jayden.[4]

Uddin is a sessional worker for Show Racism the Red Card[24] in the East and South-East of England.[14] He has a full time role with the Football Supporters' Federation as Diversity and Campaigns Manager in partnership with Kick It Out.[4]

Honours

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hugman, Barry J. (ed) (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nathanson, Patrick (8 August 2007). "Anwar Uddin to lead Dagenham and Redbridge". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  3. ↑ Nathanson, Patrick (20 November 2007). "Anwar Uddin's advice to Asian youngsters". Kick It Out. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Karim, Mohammed Abdul; Karim, Shahadoth (November 2014). British Bangladeshi Who's Who (PDF). British Bangla Media Group. p. 15. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "British-Bangladeshis who have made a mark". New Age Extra. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  6. ↑ "Famous Personalities from Raine's Foundation School". The Old Raineians' Association. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Trehan, Dev (26 December 2013). "Premier League: Kevin Nolan praised for cancelling West Ham's Dublin Christmas party". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "February 2002". soccernet.espn.go.com. 28 February 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "Uddin signs new Dagenham contract". BBC Sport. 3 March 2005. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "Chelsea plot Asian talent trawl". BBC Sport. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Uddin makes Grays switch". itv.com. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  12. ↑ "Bees line up a leader". Barnet F.C. 21 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  13. ↑ "Anwar Uddin to skipper the Bees". Barnet F.C. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "SRtRC Patron is First British Asian Coach". Show Racism the Red Card. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  15. ↑ "U's sign ex-Daggers captain". Sutton United F.C. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  16. ↑ Peskett, Lee (28 June 2012). "Squad Update: Anwar Uddin joins the Boro". Eastbourne Borough FC – The Sports. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  17. ↑ "Former professional footballer Anwar Uddin". BBC Asian Network. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "Uddin leaves the Lane to find fresh challenge". Eastbourne Herald. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  19. ↑ "Academy graduate returns as coach". whufc.com. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  20. ↑ "Anwar Uddin joins Maldon & Tiptree as assistant manager". Kick It Out. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  21. ↑ "Anwar Uddin joins Maldon and Tiptree as assistant manager". Desiballers. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  22. ↑ "Anwar may consider a Bangladesh call". Bangladesh: The Daily Star. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  23. ↑ "Leilani sings for England". Dorset: Dorset Echo. 17 May 2002. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  24. ↑ "Uddin reflects on Asian progress within football". The PFA. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

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