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Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim (c. 1952 – 5 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi footballer who played as a centre-back. He spent the majority of his career with Brothers Union and was also an integral member of the Bangladesh national team during the late 1970s and early 1980s.[1] Selim captained Bangladesh during the 1980 AFC Asian Cup, which was the country's first ever appearance in a major tournament and also the only time they qualified for the AFC Asian Cup to date.[2][3]

Shahid Uddin Selim

Personal information
Full name	Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim
Date of birth	c. 1952
Place of birth	Dhaka, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Date of death	5 January 2022 (aged 69)
Place of death	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1982	Brothers Union
National team
1975–1980	Bangladesh
Teams managed
1991–1994	Brothers Union
1991	Bangladesh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

During the Liberation war in 1971, Brothers Union shut down the club's activities, after the war ended, Selim started reorganizing the players in 1972, and also managed to attain the services of Pakistani coach Abdul Gafur Baloch. During the early years of the club's rebirth, the players used to train in Selim's older brother Manik's four-storey building in 48 Ramakrishna Mission Road, Gopibagh, due to the team's financial difficulties. This is why he is seen as one of the founding members of Brothers Union, even though the club was established in 1949. Selim spent ten years captaining "The Oranges" during which Brothers became the third best club in the country behind Abahani Krira Chakra and Mohammedan SC. In 1973, Brothers won the third division, and in 1974, Selim captianed Brothers to another promotion by winning the second-tier. In 1975 his Brothers Union team took part in the country's top-tier the Dhaka League for the first time, and surprised the whole country when they defeated giants Abahani Limited Dhaka during their first league encounter. Selim remained Borthers captain until 1978. In 1980, Selim was part of the team which won the Federation Cup alongside Mohammedan SC. The following year he won the Aga Khan Gold Cup with Brothers, alongside Thai club Bangkok Bank FC.[4][5]

International career

In 1975, Selim made his international debut, when Bangladesh decided to participate at the Merdeka Cup, in Malaysia. This was only the second time that Bangladesh took part in an international tournament, and the national team coach at the time Abdur Rahim included Selim in the team as the main center-back Monwar Hossain Nannu was injuried.

In 1978, when several players quit the national team after a captaincly dispute involving Mohammedan's Shaidhur Rahman Shantoo and Abahani's Nannu, the federation decided to refrain from selecting captains from the two Dhaka teams, Selim was named the national team captain, in 1980. He captained the Bangladesh team during the 1980 AFC Asian Cup, in Kuwait.[6]

Managerial career

Selim got his coaching license in 1990 in Bangalore, India. He managed the Bangladesh national football team during the 1991 South Asian Games and helped the country earn third place, by defeating Nepal 2–0.[7] During the same tournament, Selim became the first national team coach to defeat arch-rivals India, thanks to a brace from striker Rizvi Karim Rumi.[4] In 1991, Selim won the Federation Cup with Brothers Union. From 1994 to 2009 he was the joint secretary of the Brothers Union. Selim was the vice president of the Gopibagh-based club from 2010 until his death in 2022.[4]

Personal life and death

Bangladeshi communist politician, the late Saifuddin Ahmed Manik, was Selim's older brother and one of the founding members of Brothers Union.[6]

He died from oral cancer on 5 January 2022, at the age of 69.[3][8]

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