Naushad Moosa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 02/10/1971 | ||
| Place of birth | India | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Pune FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| East Bengal | |||
| 1998– | Mahindra & Mahindra | ||
| National team | |||
| India | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013 | Air India / Pune FC | ||
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) | |||
Naushad Moosa is a former Indian footballer and is the current head coach of Pune F.C. Academy in the Indian I-League U20.
Moosa began playing football as a Defender for Air India Mumbai . Later he went on to play for Goan club Churchill brothers and also had a successful stint with one of India's oldest soccer club East Bengal . He then moved back to his home in Mumbai and joined Mahindra & Mahindra. Moosa was also capped for the India national football team.
Playing career
Moosa began his football career as a player with East Bengal F.C. who he played for in the National Football League. On 9 November 1997 Moosa played a part in East Bengal's historic victory over J. League Division 1 side Verdy Kawasaki in the Asian Cup Winners Cup in which a Samuel Omollo's goal in the 61st minute led to East Bengal winning the match 1–0 at the Salt Lake Stadium, however East Bengal were still out of the tournament as Verdy won the first leg of the two-legged event by a score of 5–2.[1] Thirteen days later however, Mossa again made history with East Bengal as he helped the Kolkata club win the IFA Shield over KBL-FC Kochi in which East Bengal won 3–2 at the Salt Lake Stadium.[2]
Moosa's time however at East Bengal officially ended in 1998 when he signed for Mumbai based club, Mahindra & Mahindra.[3] While at Mahindra & Mahindra Moosa failed to reach the same success that he enjoyed at East Bengal. His biggest chance at silverware at Mahindra & Mahindra came on 12 November 2000 when Mahindra & Mahindra were in the final of the 2000 Durand Cup in which they had to face Mohun Bagan but an extra-time golden goal from R.C. Prakash saw the match end in Bagan's favor 2–1.[4]
International
In 1997 Moosa represented India in the 1997 Nehru Cup held in Kochi, India.[5]
Coaching career
After retiring as a football player Moosa took up coaching. In around 2008 Moosa signed with Mumbai F.C. as a youth coach. In 2009 Moosa was the coach of the under-15 side while in 2011 he was the under-19 coach.[6][7] While the coach of the Mumbai U19s (under-21s) Moosa led them to be champions of the Mumbai Football League Elite Division.[8]
Air India: 2013–
After spending close to five years as a youth coach with Mumbai, Moosa decided to sign with I-League club Air India FC as their new coach.[9]
Statistics
Coach
Since 2 March 2013
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
 Air India |
2 March 2013 | present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ||||
References
- ↑ Bose, Saibal. "East Bengal stun Japanese". Express India. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ↑ "East Bengal champs". Express India. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ↑ "Season ending Transfers 1998". Indian Football. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ↑ "`Golden boy' Prakash does it for Bagan". Express India. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ↑ "The Indian Senior Team at the 1997 Kochi Nehru Cup". Indian Football. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ↑ "Trials for Mumbai FC U 15 – Manchester United Premier Cup". Sportz Power. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ↑ "Mumbai FC to conduct trials for its U 19 team". Essel Group. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ↑ "Mumbai FC are the Champions!!! At the MFL Super Division". Essel Group. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ↑ "Air India meet ONGC in rescheduled tie". I-League. Retrieved 2 March 2013.