Mohamed Hussain

This article is about Maldivian footballer Mohamed Hussain. For Bahraini footballer, see Mohamed Husain.
Mohamed Hussain
Personal information
Full nameMohamed Hussain
Date of birth12 October 1979
Place of birthMaldives
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1998Eagles
1999–2005New Radiant
2006Valencia
2007–2012VB Sports Club
2012New Radiant
2013BG Sports Club
National team
2000–2009Maldives
Teams managed
2011VB Sports Club (player-coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mohamed Hussain (born 12 October 1979) nick named Oittey, is a retired Maldivian international footballer. He is a member of FAM Normalization Committee since 1 April 2015.[2]

Club career

Hussain began his career at Club Eagles in 1998.[3] Then he moved to New Radiant for the following season and played there for six years.[3]

Hussain won the best player award[4] of the 2003 Cup Winners' Cup, playing for New Radiant and suffered a major ligament injury[5] during the 2003 Dhivehi League game against Island FC.[5] The injury brought him down with continuous series of injury, which lead him to stay away from football for long periods.[6][4] He also underwent surgeries to recover from the knee ligament injury.[5]

He later moved to VB Sports Club in 2007,[3] after spending a year at Club Valencia.[7]

During the 2011 Dhivehi League, Hussain was appointed as a player-coach for the VB Sports Club, due to coach Can Vanli and assistant coach Mohamed Shahid's abroad trips for different reasons.[8] The only match played under instructions of him was against Maziya on 11 June 2011, where he lead the team for a 2–1 victory in the last minute of the game.

In the June transfer period of 2012 season, Hussain again moved to his former club New Radiant,[3] but spend his last season at BG Sports Club in 2013.[9]

International career

Hussain made his debut for the Maldives national team in 2000 and played in the Golden Jubilee Football Tournament, which was played to celebrate 50 years anniversary of football in the Maldives.

Retirement

The Football Association of Maldives announced that Hussain will retire in the 2014 Maldivian FA Charity Shield, with New Radiant's 16 number shirt.[10] He kicked off the match and came off the field with honor, marking his retirement. The shirt he used in this match was auctioned and raised MVR 60,000.[11] His shirt auction was won by Aishath Inayath,[11] and 50% of the money was gifted to Advocating the Rights of Children and the other 50% to Care Society of Maldives.[11]

He also announced that he will proceed from coaching, after the retirement.[12]

Administrative roles

Hussain was appointed as a member of FAM Normalization Committee by FIFA emergency committee effect on 1 April 2015, following the departure of the previous member Mohamed Nizam, who took over the position of head coach of TC Sports Club.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Mohamed Hussain at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ "Oittey to FAM Normalization committee instead of Nizam". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 7 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Oittey return to new radiant". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 28 June 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Oittey's injury". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 13 September 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Oittey start practice after a year". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 4 August 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "After a year". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 8 August 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Oittey to Valencia". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 17 December 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Oittey as VB's player-coach". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 1 June 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Oittey & Fadikko to BG". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 29 December 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Oittey to retire tonight". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 10 June 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Auctioned money of Oittey's jersey to ARC & Care Society". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 11 June 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "End to Oittey's 16 year career: The next is coaching". Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 11 June 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Oittey appointed to FAM NC". Maldivesoccer. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

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