Personal Life

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• Born in 1953, 23rd September
• Educated at Shaheen School, Dhaka College and Dhaka University

Playing Career

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• Started career in first division fur Wari in 1969
• Moved to Mohammedan in 1970
• In 1971, joined War of Liberation by playing for the Swadhin Bangla Football Dal
• From 1972. he played for Abahani till 1984
• From the Swadhin Bangla Dal, he played for the national team till 1983. He was captain in 1975 and 1979.
• Spent 1975-76 in Hong Kong as a professional for Caroline Hill FC.
• Retired in 1984

Coaching Career

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• Became the coach of Abahani in 1985, and won all the tournaments participated in that year
• In 1985 and 1988. coached the national team
• Coaching career was on and off
• Left coaching in 1988. but returned with Abahani in 1992 winning the league title unbeaten with the highest number of points
• Took over Muktijoddha in 1994, won the Federations Cup, beating old team Abahani in the final
• Gave up coaching after the tragic loss of his father that same year

Organizational Career

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• He become vice-president of the Bangladesh Football Federation in 2003 and subsequently became chairman of the National Team Management Committee
• On April 28. 2008 Kazi Md. Salahuddin was elected as the president of Bangladesh Football Federation
• On 3rd October, 2009 in the SAFF Congress at Dhaka, Kazi Salahuddin was elected uncontested as the President of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
• Kazi Salahuddin was also selected as the member of FIFA Technical & Development Committee (one of the standing committee of FIFA) from 3 December 2009