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Golam Rabbani Helal

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Golam Rabbani Helal
Personal information
Full name Golam Rabbani Helal
Date of birth c. 1953
Place of birth Barisal, East Bengal, Pakistan
(present-day Bangladesh)
Date of death (aged 67)
Place of death Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position(s) Right-winger, right wing-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1980 Dhaka Abahani
1981 Team BJMC
1982–1988 Dhaka Abahani
International career
1978 Bangladesh U19
1979–1982 Bangladesh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Golam Rabbani Helal (Bengali: গোলাম রব্বানী হেলাল; c. 1953 – 30 May 2020) was a Bangladeshi football player and organizer.

Playing Career

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Helal played for the Bangladesh national football team from 1979 to 1982.[1] He also played for Dhaka Abahani from 1975 to 1988. He briefly played for the Team BJMC. [2]

Helal was arrested in 1982 after both attacking the referee and engaging in a brawl with players of Mohammedan Sporting Club, arch rivals of Abahani, during a league match. This incident, which took place on 21 September, is seen as one of the most notorious moments in the rivalry between Abahani and Mohammedan.[2] Alongside Helal, three other players, Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu, Kazi Anwar Hossain, and Kazi Salahuddin were also arrested.[3]

Administrative career

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After retiring from playing he became a director of Abahani.[2] In April 2008, his candidacy for the Bangladesh Football Federation was challenged in court by Shamsul Haque Chowdhury. The court dismissed the charges and cleared the way for him to contest the election.[4] On 10 July 2008, he was made a member of Dhaka Metropolis League Committee.[5] From 2008 to 2012, he was an executive member of Bangladesh Football Federation.[6] On 11 December 2011, he resigned from the National Team Management Committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation after describing them as inefficient and ineffective.[7]

Helal was to contest the Bangladesh Football Federation for the post of President in 2012. He withdrew his candidacy and threw his support behind the incumbent, Kazi Salahuddin.[8]

Death

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Helal died on 30 May 2020 at Square Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2] He was being treated for brain haemorrhage.[9] He was buried in Azimpur Graveyard.[10]

Honours

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Dhaka Abahani

References

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  1. ^ Alam, Masud (31 May 2020). "তাঁকে হারিয়ে কাঁদছে আবাহনী, শোকার্ত সতীর্থরা". Prothom-alo. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "Former national footballer Golam Rabbani dies at the age of 67". The Daily Star. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Former national footballer Helal passes away". Dhaka Tribune. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Salahuddin cleared". The Daily Star. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. ^ "BFF names seven sub-committees". The Daily Star. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Adieu Golam Rabbani Helal". Daily Sun. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Helal quits NTMC". The Daily Star. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Who will take control of football's downward spiral?". The Daily Star. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. ^ Ashraf, Galib. "Ex-national footballer Golam Rabbani no more". Prothomalo. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Former footballer Golam Rabbani Helal dies". en.somoynews.tv. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.