Manzur Hasan Mintu

Early life Mintu was born on 7 April 1940, in Bakshi Bazar neighbourhood of Dhaka, Bengal, British India. He was a student of Dhaka College from 1956.

Club career

Mintu began playing in the Third Division of Dhaka with Kamal Sporting Club in 1951, where he was trained by local coach Bazlur Rahman. He started playing in the Second Division in 1953 and remained at the club until 1955. He represented East Pakistan in the National Football Championship from 1957 to 1959 and later played for Dhaka Division from 1961 to 1963.

International career In 1959, Mintu represented East Pakistan Sports Federation XI in two exhibition matches against the Pakistan national team. The first game held on 18 April, ended in a 0–7 defeat, while the second match on 14 May, saw EPSF XI suffer a 1–2 defeat.

Mintu played for the Pakistan national team in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo. Notably, the team included six Bengali players, including captain, Nabi Chowdhury.

Post-retirement Mintu graduated from the University of Dhaka with a major in political science in 1961 and began working as an income tax commissioner in 1964. After the retirement, he served as the treasurer of the National Sports Council, and began his career as a sports commentator from 1973. Mintu also played cricket, badminton, and hockey at the domestic level. He served as the joint-secretary of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) from 1972 to 1975. He was also the general secretary of Dhaka Wanderers in 1986–88 and 1991–92, and the president in 2007–08.

Death Mintu died on 18 November 2014, after suffering a cardiac arrest in Jaipur, India.

Honours Dhaka Wanderers Club Dhaka First Division League: 1960

East Pakistan White National Championship runner-up: 1957

East Pakistan National Championship runner-up: 1959

Dhaka Division National Championship: 1961–62, 1962

Individual 1978 − National Sports Awards.