Atiqur Rahman Atique

Mohammed Atiqur Rahman (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আতিকুর রহমান; born 25 December 1961), known by his nickname Atique, is a Bangladeshi football coach and former football player, who serves as the goalkeeping coach of Bangladesh Premier League club Abahani Limited Dhaka.

Club career In 1979, Atique began his playing career with BG Press in the Second Division. In 1981, he joined Team BJMC in the First Division. He won the league title in both 1983 and 1984 with Abahani Limited Dhaka. In 1986, he joined Brothers Union and played for them until his retirement in 1995.

International career Atique represented the Bangladesh B national team (Bangladesh Green) in 1982, 1983, 1986, and 1989 editions of the Bangladesh President's Gold Cup, captaining the team in 1989 when they defeated the India national team 1–0 in the group stages before losing to the Bangladesh national team in the semi-finals. He also coached BG Press in the Second Division in 2008. In the same year, he was the goalkeeping coach of the national team under head coach Shafiqul Islam Manik. Eventually, he began joined Abahani Limited Dhaka as a goalkeeping coach. In 2016, he again served as the national team's goalkeeping coach, following the appointment of Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno.

In December 2017, Atique was given interim head coach duty of Abahani, following the mid-season departure of out of contract Croatian coach Drago Mamić on 30 November 2017. Atique guided the club to the 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League title with the help of team manager Satyajit Das Rupu. The club dedicated the title to their lifelong coach and former player, Amalesh Sen, who died on 7 October 2017 and would have been the initial choice for interim head coach. Atique resumed his role as goalkeeping coach following the appointment of Saiful Bari Titu on 7 February 2018, for the club's 2018 AFC Cup campaign.

In 2021, he worked as the goalkeeper coach for both the Bangladesh U23 national team and the senior national team.

Honours Player Abahani Limited Dhaka Dhaka First Division League: 1983, 1984

Brothers Union Federation Cup: 1991

Bangladesh South Asian Games Silver medal: 1989

Manager Abahani Limited Dhaka Bangladesh Premier League: 2017–18