Khalid Jamil

Khalid Jamil

Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-04-21) 21 April 1977
Place of birth	Kuwait City, Kuwait
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Mumbai (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1998	Mahindra United	0	(0)
1998–2001	Air India	19	(2)
2001–2007	Mahindra United	18	(3)
2007-2009	Mumbai	0	(0 [1])
Total		37	(5)
National team
2001	India	7	(0)
Teams managed
2009-present	Mumbai
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Khalid Jamil (born 21 April 1977) is an Indian association football manager and former player, who made seven appearances for the India national football team. Having managed Indian I-League side Mumbai F.C. since 2009, he is the club's longest serving manager.

Jamid played for three clubs in India in a 12-year playing career. He subsequently went into football management.

Early career

Jamil was born on April 21, 1977 in Kuwait City, Kuwait to Indian parents. While in Kuwait Jamil went to an under-14 camp and met Michel Platini who was then the France national football team's coach. Ever since Platini has been Jamil's favorite player.^[2] He then moved to India later and got offered a contract from East Bengal and Mohun Bagan but rejected them as they were sponsored by an alcohol company.^[2]

Club career

Jamil started his professional career with Mahindra United of the National Football League in 1997 but did not play during the 1997-98 season and left for Air India FC in 1998.^[3] During the 2000-01 season Jamil made his first professional appearances with Air India and reportedly got an offer to join a football club from Brunei but rejected to offer, he still regrets it.^[2] He then went back to Mahindra United in 2002 but barely played due to many injuries which eventually lead to early retirement. He then joined Mumbai F.C. in 2007 but does not play a single game with them during his two years with the club. In 2009 Jamil announced his retirement.

International

Despite being born in Kuwait Jamil still decides to play for India and made his debut in 2001. He only went on to have 7 caps, all of which were in 2001.^[3]

Managing career

After retiring from playing Jamil went straight into management and started with his last playing club Mumbai F.C. of the I-League in 2009. After one season at the helm during the 2009-10 season Jamil lead Mumbai to an 11th place finish out of 14 which was still considered a great season for Jamil considering the limited financial resources at his disposal.^[4]

During the 2010-11 season Mumbai exceeded expectations to finish in 7th place out of 14 which earned Jamil huge praise In 2015 I-league Mumbai finished 6th their best.During the season he got into a heated argument during the away game at Bengaluru FC with Ashley Westwood andBFC fans. Supposedly hit with a bottle.

Statistics

Manager

As of 22 December 2012.

References