Enamul Haque (footballer)

Enamul Haque (Bengali: এনামুল হক; born 1 November 1985) is a retired Bangladeshi professional footballer who played as a striker. He holds the record as the only Bangladeshi Golden Boot winner in the Bangladesh Premier League. He represented the Bangladesh national team from 2009 to 2016, scoring 7 goals in 16 games.[1]

Enamul Haque
Personal information
Full name Enamul Haque
Date of birth (1985-11-01) 1 November 1985
Place of birth Naogaon, Bangladesh
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Central forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Muktijoddha Sangsad
2007–2008 Mohammedan SC ? (0)
2008–2009 Farashganj SC 20 (13)
2009–2010 Abahani Limited Dhaka 24 (21)
2010–2011 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi ? (2)
2011–2013 Abahani Limited Dhaka ? (0)
2013–2015 Muktijoddha Sangsad ? (16)
2016–2019 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 27 (2)
2019 Brothers Union 5 (0)
International career‡
2010 Bangladesh U23 8 (3)
2009–2016 Bangladesh 16 (7)
Medal record
Representing Bangladesh U-23
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2016

Club career

Enamul began his top-flight career with Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in 2004. He made his career breakthrough with Farashganj SC during the 2008–09 B.League season by scoring 13 goals in 20 games. He also made headlines by scoring five goals against Khulna Abahani in a 7–0 win.[2] His best season came during the 2009–10 season with Abahani Limited Dhaka. He won the domestic double, and with his 21 goals in the 2009–10 Bangladesh League, he also became the first local player in Bangladesh Premier League history to finish the season as the highest goalscorer.[3] He was also the Man of the Match in the 2010 Federation Cup final.[1]

In 2010, Enamul moved to the high-spending Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club. However, after spending most of the season on the bench, he lost his spot in the national team.[4] In November 2011, Enamul returned to Abahani.[5] In January 2012, he ruptured his knee during a practice session and was kept out of action for almost a whole year.[6] He made a return to form during the 2014–15 Bangladesh Premier League season with 13 goals in about 20 matches for Muktijoddha.[7][8] Nonetheless, after suffering from continuous injuries the following few years, he retired while playing for Brothers Union in 2019.

International career

On 26 April 2009, Brazilian coach Dido handed Enamul his senior international debut against Cambodia in the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers. Enamul went on to score the lone goal in the match, handing Bangladesh their first victory in almost three years.[9]

Enamul scored 4 goals in the 2009 SAFF Championship and was the joint-top scorer in the tournament.[1] In 2015, Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif recalled Enamul to the national team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, after the striker was out of international football for half a decade due to a knee injury.[10]

Personal life

In 2014, Enamul, along with 14 other national footballers, joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[11]

Enamul became a full-time pharmacist following his retirement in 2019.[12]

Career statistics

International
As of 10 October 2016.
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bangladesh 200966
201031
201560
201610
Total167

Olympic Team
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 February 2010Bangabandhu National StadiumBhutan Bhutan U-231–04–02010 South Asian Games
2.8 February 2010Bangabandhu National StadiumAfghanistan Afghanistan U-232–04–02010 South Asian Games
3.11 November 2010Huadu StadiumHong Kong Hong Kong U-231–11–42010 Asian Games

Senior Team
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 April 2009Bangabandhu National StadiumCambodia Cambodia1–01–02010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
2.28 April 2009Bangabandhu National StadiumMyanmar Myanmar1–01–22010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
–26 November 2009Bangabandhu National StadiumSouth Korea Ulsan Hyundai FC1–11–3International Friendly
3.4 December 2009Bangabandhu National StadiumBhutan Bhutan2–04–12009 SAFF Championship
4.4 December 2009Bangabandhu National StadiumBhutan Bhutan3–14–12009 SAFF Championship
5.8 December 2009Bangabandhu National StadiumSri Lanka Sri Lanka1–02–12009 SAFF Championship
6.8 December 2009Bangabandhu National StadiumSri Lanka Sri Lanka2–12–12009 SAFF Championship
7.16 February 2010Sugathadasa StadiumTajikistan Tajikistan1–02–12010 AFC Challenge Cup

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 April 2005Balkanabat StadiumTurkmenistan Nebitçi Balkanabat1–01–02005 AFC Cup

Abahani Limited Dhaka
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 May 2010Bangabandhu National StadiumNepal New Road Team1–02–02010 AFC President's Cup
2.2–0

Honours

Mohammedan SC

Abahani Limited Dhaka

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club

Bangladesh U23

Individual

References
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  2. Reporter, Sports (January 16, 2009). "Enamul's high five". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023.
  3. "বিদেশিদের দাপট চলছেই". মানবজমিন. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023.
  4. "Enamul, Wali dropped". The Daily Star. 15 March 2011. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023.
  5. "Star-studded Abahani". The Daily Star. 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023.
  6. "Enamul's tough luck". The Daily Star. 5 January 2012. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023.
  7. "Enamul on a roll". The Daily Star. 13 April 2013. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023.
  8. প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব (13 April 2015). "উজ্জ্বল সেই এনামুল". Prothomalo.
  9. "Hosts ride on Enamul". The Daily Star. April 27, 2009. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023.
  10. "অনেক দিন পর আলোচনায় এনামুল". NTV Online. May 13, 2015. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023.
  11. "Former footballer Aminul Haque, 15 others join BNP". The New Nation. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023.
  12. "একটি সোনালি প্রজন্মের দিনকাল". www.kalerkantho.com. 1 January 2023. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023.
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