Kowsar Ali

Kowsar Ali (; born 20 November 1958) is a former Bangladeshi national football and hockey player and coach.

Early life Kowsar Ali is a graduate from Jashore Zilla School. He later joined Bangladesh's biggest club at the time, Mohammedan SC in 1977.

After representing Bangladesh U19 in the 1977 and 1978 editions of the AFC Youth Championship, he was included in the senior national squad for the 1978 Asian Games, in Bangkok. In the following year, he was part of the team which finished group runners-up in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers on home soil to qualify for the 1980 AFC Asian Cup in Kuwait. In the main tournament he made his only appearance as a substitute against Iran during a 7–0 defeat.

Ali enjoyed his most successful year in 1979, as he helped Team BJMC lift the First Division title. During the season, his midfield partnership with Milon Karmakar Basu was heavily applauded as one of the main factors in the club's success. He eventually served as the football and hockey coach of Wari Club from 1985 to 1987 following his retirement. In the domestic league, he represented three runner-up Wari Club teams in the First Division Hockey League.

Ali was also a member of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation in 2013. He served as a member of the federation's development committee, a coaches course coordinator, and the president of the coaching committee. In addition to this, Ali has served as a member of the development and education committee and as part of the governance panel of the Asian Hockey Federation. On 19 November 2017, he concluded his 31-year-long career as the chief hockey coach of BKSP.

Honours Football player Jessore District Sher-e-Bangla Cup: 1976

Team BJMC Dhaka First Division Football League: 1979

Hockey coach Bangladesh Navy Inter-Service Hockey Tournament: 1995

Mohammedan SC Hockey Club Cup: 2003

Abahani Limited Dhaka Dhaka Premier Division Hockey League : 2010