Abdul Hakim

Abdul Hakim (; 4 December 1949 – 28 August 2022) was a Bangladeshi football player. He played for the first ever Bangladesh national football team and was in the starting XI during the country's first official game. He was also a member of the Shadhin Bangla football team during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Club career Hakim moved to Jessore in 1963 and completed his HSC examination from MM College, in 1968. In 1965, he became the inter-school Khulna divisional champion for Jessore Model High School. That same year he played for the Jessore district football team. He joined Khulna Jute Mills in 1968 as a football player, and became the only player from Jessore to get a chance in the East Pakistan Youth Team. He played for East Pakistan Combined University team in 1969. He joined Dilkusha SC in the Dhaka Second Division League, in 1968 and earned promotion to the First Division within a season. In 1970, he joined EPIDC, which was renamed as BIDC and later BJMC after the Independence of Bangladesh. With BJMC, he won the First Division in both 1970 and 1973. He retired in 1978, while playing for Wari Club Dhaka. Hakim was also part of the Dhaka XI team that defeated Mohun Bagan AC 1–0 at the Dhaka Stadium, on 13 May 1972.

During the latter stages of 1972, he travelled to India with the Dhaka XI (unofficial Bangladesh national team, as the country was not a FIFA or AFC member yet), to take part in the Bordoloi Trophy, held in Guwahati. Although he was a second choice left-back to the late Ainul Haque, coach Sheikh Shaheb Ali later transitioned Hakim into a starter. The coach also selected him for the first Bangladesh national football team, following year, after Bangladesh joined AFC. He made his debut against Thailand, as the starting left-back in the 1973 Merdeka Cup in Malaysia. He also played the 1975 edition of the tournament, which was his last for Bangladesh.

Honours Dilkusha Dhaka Second Division League: 1968 EPIDC Dhaka First Division League: 1970, 1973