Syed Nayeemuddin

Syed Nayeemuddin (born 1944), known as Nayeem[1][2] is an Indian football coach and former player. He played for and was captain of the Indian national team[3] and has coached Mahindra United,[4] Brothers Union, India and Bangladesh. He is the only sports-person to win both the Arjuna and Dronacharya Awards for football.

Syed Nayeemuddin

Personal information
Date of birth	1944 (age 76–77)
Place of birth	Hyderabad, Nizam Rule
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1966	Hyderabad City Police
1966–1968	East Bengal
1968–1970	Mohun Bagan
1970	East Bengal
1971–1973	Mohammedan
1973–?	Mohun Bagan
197?–?	Mohammedan
National team
1964–1971	India
Teams managed
1982–1985	Mohammedan
1986	India
1990–1992	East Bengal
1992–1994	Mohun Bagan
1994–1996	East Bengal
1997–1998	India
2004–2005	Mahindra United
2005–2006	India
2007–2016	Brothers Union
2016	Brothers Union
2017	Mohammedan SC
2018–2019	Brothers Union
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

As a player, he captained the Indian national team that won a bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games.[5]

Nayeemuddin was appointed coach of India in 1997. He won the South Asian Football Federation Cup by beating the Maldives 5–1 and reached the semi-finals of the Nehru Cup for the first time.[6] His time in charge of the national team was blighted with no practice matches between September 1997 and November 1998 before the 1998 Asian Games. His role with India ended after the games in December 1998. His second role with India began when he succeeded Sukhwinder Singh as India coach in 2005[7] but left in 2006 after poor performances against Japan and Yemen when qualifying for the 2007 Asian Cup.[3] Since 2007 to 2017, he was the head coach of Brothers Union, Dhaka.