Mamun Joarder

Mamun Joarder (; born 17 February 1968) is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who played as either a right-winger or right wing-back. Mamun played for a total of 7 clubs during his 15-year-long career, and won the Dhaka Premier Division League title with both Abahani Limited Dhaka and Muktijoddha Sangsad KC.

Mamun was also a member of the Bangladesh national team that won its first international trophy, the Burma Cup in 1995, under coach Otto Pfister. He went on to represent his country from 1990 to 1997, scoring a total of 6 recorded goals.

Early life Mamun Jaorder was born in Chuadanga District of Khulna Division, Bangladesh on 17 February 1968. His father, Alfaz Uddin Joardar, was a footballer during the British regime. His brother, Abdul Qadir Joardar, played in the 1978 edition of the Aga Khan Gold Cup. Growing up Mamun was a Mohammedan SC supporter. Both his father and brothers had encouraged Mamun to go to Dhaka, in order to become a professional footballer.

Club career Early career Mamun Joarder started his youth career in Chuadanga, after passing various stages of selection of U-16 footballers he came to Dhaka to take part in the divisional league final match for Khulna Division. After impressing the national team scouts present during the final, Mamun got called up for the Bangladesh U-16 national team training camp. However, he was not picked for the final squad. Mamun later went on to play for the U-19 national team. In 1985, Azad Sporting Club coach Anjam gave Mamun the opportunity to play the last two matches of the Dhaka First Division League season. Mamun then went on to play for Mirpur Chalantika and Wari Club over the next couple of years. In 1988 Mamun joined mid-table side Victoria SC after doing well in his second season at the club, he earned a move to domestic giants Mohammedan SC in 1990.

In 1994, Mamun also scored against Kolkata Mohammedan, as Abahani won India's Charms Cup trophy, defeating the Kolkata side 2–0 in the final. During his time at the club Mamun developed a great partnership with Russian midfielder Sergey Zhukov. Along with Zhukov, Abahani had local star players such as Monem Munna, Rezaul Karim Rehan, Alamgir Hasan and Rizvi Karim Rumi, who helped them dominate the league that year. However, at the end of 1994 all four of them (except Monem Munna) including Mamun left Abahani to join Muktijoddha Sangsad KC, after the country's top three clubs Mohammedan, Abahani and Brothers Union made a gentleman's agreement to lower the salaries of lower the salaries of their star players.

Final years & Retirement In 1997, Mamun made his return to Abahani Limited, however, he was not able to win the league title on his return as Muktijoddha tasted their first Premier Division triumph only a few months after Mamun's departure from the club. Mamun also sustained a massive injury during a Dhaka derby match, after his return to Abahani. During the game Mohammedan captain Kaiser Hamid and Mamun both went in for a header, and at the same time goalkeeper Kanan went in to clear the ball only to fall over Mamun and break his arm. The injury Mamun sustained along with a knee meniscus surgery turned out to be detrimental to his career and lead to him soon losing his place in the Bangladesh national team. Although Kanan had said that the fall on Mamun was accidental, Mamun later stated during an interview that he felt it was done intentionally out of revenge for the 1992 double he scored past Kanan to win Abahani the league, and in terms ending Kanan's international career. However, with 3 wins from 9 matches, Bangladesh finished fifth in the group and failed to qualify for the main tournament.

Mamun made his senior national team debut for Bangladesh during the 1990 Asian Games against Saudi Arabia, on 24 September 1990. He was later selected for the 1991 South Asian Games, after impressing for the Olympic side at the 1992 Summer Olympics qualifiers, earlier during the year. On 28 December 1991, Mamun scored his first senior goal for his country as Bangladesh secured bronze in the South Asian Games, defeating Nepal 2–0. The 1995 Burma Cup held in October of that year in Myanmar saw one of Mamun's best performances for the national team. Although Bangladesh started the tournament with a 4–0 defeat to hosts Myanmar, they managed to win the following two games to reach the final where they faced Myanmar once again. In the final, on 4 November 1995, Mamun opened the scoring for Bangladesh, and Nakib scored the game-deciding goal as Bangladesh won their first-ever international trophy.

Mamun's last recorded goal for Bangladesh came against Nepal in the 1995 South Asian Games held in India. He scored a long-range strike to win Bangladesh the game 2–1, however, he was unable to help the country win gold as they lost the final of the tournament to hosts India 1–0.

Career statistics International + Appearances and goals by national team and year Olympic Football Qualification 5. 7–0

Senior Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 28 December 1991 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 2–0 2–0 1991 SA Games 2. 18 April 1993 Yokohama, Tokyo 1–3 1–4 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 3. 7 May 1993 1–0 3–0 4. 3–0 5. 13 December 1993 Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka 2–1 3–1 Friendly 6. 4 November 1995 Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon 1–1 2–1 Burma Cup 7. 23 December 1995 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Madras 2–0 2–1 1995 SA Games

International goals for club Mohammedan SC Scores and results list Dhaka Mohammedan goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 19 July 1990 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Club Lagoons 1–1 5–0 AFC Champions League 2. 21 July 1990 Salgaocar SC 1–1 2–1 3. 1 June 1991 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Brothers Union 3–1 4–1 1991 BTC Club Cup 4. 4–1

Abahani Limited Dhaka Scores and results list Abahani Limited Dhaka goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 1994 Kolkata, India Dhaka Mohammedan 1–0 1–0 Charms Cup Semi-Final 2. Kolkata Mohammedan 1–0 2–0 Charms Cup Final

Honours Mohammedan SC Ma-O-Moni Gold Cup: 1990

Abahani Limited Dhaka Premier Division League: 1994 Federation Cup: 1997, 1999 Charms Cup (India): 1991

Muktijoddha Sangsad Dhaka Premier Division League: 2000 Federation Cup: 1994

Bangladesh South Asian Games Silver medal: 1995; Bronze medal: 1991 Four-nation Invitational Football Tournament: 1995