Kazi Salahuddin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kazi Md. Salahuddin | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Dhaka, East Bengal now Bangladesh | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968 | Dilkusha Club | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969 | Wari Club | ||
| 1970 | Mohammedan Sporting Club | ||
| 1972–1975 | Dhaka Abahani | ||
| 1975–1976 | Caroline Hill FC | ||
| 1976–1984 | Dhaka Abahani | ||
| National team | |||
| 1971 | Shadhin Bangla Football Team | ||
| 1975–1983 | Bangladesh | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1985–1987 | Dhaka Abahani (Manager) | ||
| 1985–1988 | Bangladesh (Manager) | ||
| 1992–1994 | Dhaka Abahani (Manager) | ||
| 1994 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC (Manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kazi Md. Salahuddin (Bengali: কাজী সালাউদ্দিন) (born 23 September 1953) is a Bangladeshi former football player. He was a member of the Shadhin Bangla Football Team, the team which played across India to raise funds during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. Salahuddin is the first Professional Football Player from the country to play abroad in the professional league in Hong Kong and considered to be one of Bangladesh's most famous football players. He was also the member of Bangladesh national team, retiring in 1983.
Salahuddin was born in an elite family on 23 September 1954 in Dhaka, East Bengal. Salahuddin enrolled in BAF Shaheen College and became involved in athletics there. While Salahuddin was in seventh grade he was selected for his school football team and was the youngest member of his team. In 1968, Salahuddin started playing cricket for Azad Boys in the Premier division cricket league. Later that year, he joined the second division football club, Dilkusha Club, at the request of his sports teacher. Following a troublesome period, Dilkusha Club won the championship that season and were promoted to the premiership. The next year, Salahuddin left the Dilkusha Club to join Wari Club, which was a renowned club during that period. In 1970, he joined Mohammedan Sporting Club, the leading club of East Pakistan. Mohamedan was the main rival of Abahani, the club that he spent most of his career.
At the start of 1971, Salahuddin went to West Pakistan to play in the regional championship for Dhaka. After the tournament he was called to join the camp for the Pakistan national football team. He came back to Dhaka on 20 March but was only in the country for five days when a planned military pacification carried out by the Pakistan Army to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in erstwhile East Pakistan called Operation Searchlight started. His family wanted him to go to London as Salahuddin wanted to take part in the Bangladesh Liberation War. His father agreed and he crossed the border to reach Agartala where he joined the training camp for the guerilla soldiers. In 1971, he heard about Shadhin Bangla Football Team, a team of Bangladeshi football players who played in India to raise money and awareness about the war, from a photo journalist. The journalist, from Kolkata, convinced him to play for the team and explained to him the importance about growing public support for the war. Salahuddin decided to play and went to Kolkata on a Cargo Plane of the Indian Air Force. In Kolkata, he met with many of his teammates from Dhaka and played his first match for the team against Mohun Bagan, a team from Kolkata. He carried on to play in different parts of India with his team to raise money and create public support for Bangladesh.
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