Mehrajuddin Wadoo

Mehrajuddin Wadoo
Personal information
Full name Mehrajuddin Wadoo
Date of birth (1984-02-12) 12 February 1984
Place of birth Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Pune City (Academy coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Jammu and Kashmir Police
2002–2003 HAL
2003–2004 ITI Limited
2004–2007 Mohun Bagan
2007–2011 East Bengal
2011–2012 Salgaocar
2012–2013 Mohun Bagan 7 (0)
2013–2014 Mohammedan 13 (0)
2014–2015 Pune City 10 (0)
2015 → Bharat (loan) 11 (1)
2015–2016 Chennaiyin 27 (1)
2016 → Sporting Goa (loan) 6 (1)
2017 Mumbai 11 (0)
2017–2018 Mumbai City 14 (0)
National team
2005–2011 India 32 (2)
Teams managed
2018– Pune City (Academy coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mehrajuddin Wadoo (born 12 February 1984) is a former Indian football player and is the current head coach of the Pune City Academy U18 side. During his playing days, Wadoo played for clubs such as Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Salgaocar, Pune City, Chennaiyin, and Mumbai City. He also represented the India national team from 2005 to 2011.

Career

Early career

He did his early schooling at Muyeen Public School, Sarai Balla, Iqra Masjid up to class X and later joined Sri Pratap High School, Srinagar. He did his BA IInd year from Amar Singh College. He started playing football from a very early age and when he turned 8, he was motivated by his father, Mohd Sultan Wadoo, who had represented J&K in Santosh Trophy to pursue football rather than cricket.

Mehraj joined Iqbal Sports Club in 1996. He was member of U21 team of J&K and was noticed at the National level as a result.

Senior career

Mehrajuddin started out as a striker but then was converted into a defender, and can easily play as a defensive midfielder position. He started out with Iqbal Sports and then moved to J&K Police and then professionally at a league-level with HAL, ITI, Sporting Goa, Mohun Bagan, East Bengal. Currently he is associated with J&K Sports Council, training young football enthusiasts of Jammu & Kashmir.

International

He scored the winning goal against Bangladesh in the SAFF Cup finals at Karachi in December 2005. He was also a member of the Indian squad that won Nehru Cup 2007, the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 and the Nehru Cup in 2009.

Awards & Achievements

4 times Winner, Federation Cup & IFA Shield. 2 times Winner, Nehru Cup (2007 & 2009). Wadoo was the best right-back in the Hero ISL during Season 2 as he helped Chennaiyin FC to the coveted Hero ISL trophy, appearing 14 times for the Super Machans.[1]

Statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of 16 December 2011.

National teamYearAppsGoals
India 200521
200650
200740
200870
200950
201051
201140
Total322

International goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 December 2005Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan Bangladesh1–02–02005 SAFF Cup
27 September 2010Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India Namibia1-02-0Friendly

Honors

Club

Chennaiyin FC

References

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