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Dhyan
Chand Award for former Indian football captain Shabbir Ali
Tuesday July 26, 2011 08:18:13 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
For former Indian captain Shabbir Ali it was better late than
never as on Tuesday he became the first footballer to get the
prestigious Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement.
A prolific scorer in both club and international football, Shabbir
has 35 goals from 100 international matches. He is the only
footballer after P.K. Banerjee and Syed Nayeemuddin, both Arjuna
Award winners, to have excelled as a player and coach.
While Banerjee is among the few footballers to be conferred with
the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, Nayeemuddin
is the only to get both the Arjuna and the Dronacharya awards.
Ali, however was never considered for either the Arjuna or the
Dronacharya Award.
Shabbir was elated after being selected for the Dhyan Chand Award.
"It is a great honour for me. I always had faith in the government
that my contributions to Indian football would be recognised one
day. I thank Allah for the award," Shabbir told IANS over phone
from Kolkata.
"There are regrets but I don't want to think about them. This is a
momentous occasion for me and I think this award will be an
inspiration for the next generation of Indian footballers," he
said.
Hailing from Hyederabad, once a power-house in Indian football,
Shabbir started his career with Abbas Union Football Club and then
went on to represent Hyderabad Arsenal Club and the famous Andhra
Pradesh Special Police, which produced many star footballers.
Shabbir then went to Mumbai, where he played for the Tata Sports
Club for a brief period before shifting to Kolkata, where he
achieved stardom with East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting.
"Today, football has gone down but I think the federation is
working hard to take the game to where it belongs. But the onus is
on former footballers like us, who have to play a major role in
contributing to the development programme," he said.
Shabbir's international career spanned from 1974-84, during which
he played in four Merdeka Cups, the 1982 Asian Games and the 1984
Asian Cup, for which India had qualified after 20 years.
The Hyderabadi led the junior Indian team to joint champions at
the Asia Youth Soccer in 1974, scoring five five goals, and also
captained the senior team in the 1981 Merdeka Cup.
As a coach, his credentials were equally enviable. Shabbir guided
Salgaocar to become the first Goan club to win the National
Football League, now christened at the I-League, in 1998-99.
During his tenure with Salgaocar, who are also the current
I-League champions, Shabbir led them to victories in the Rovers
Cup and the Durand Cup and twice in the Super Cup.
Shabbir also guided the Bengal team to win the Santosh Trophy in
2010 after a gap of 11 years.
He has also been a technical director of the national team and has
a B license from the German football association which is
equivalent to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) B coaching
certificate.
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