Fakrul Islam Kamal

Fakrul Islam Kamal

Personal information
Full name	Fakrul Islam Kamal
Date of birth	(1965-07-01) 1 July 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Chittagong, East Pakistan (now in Bangladesh)
Position(s)	Right-winger, striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1982	Dhanmondi Club
1983	Brothers Union
1984	Dhanmondi Club
1985–1990	Dhaka Abahani
International career
1982–1987	Bangladesh B
1986–1989	Bangladesh
Medal record Representing  Bangladesh South Asian Games 1989
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fakrul Islam Kamal (Bengali: ফকরুল ইসলাম কামাল; born 1 July 1965) is a retired Bangladeshi professional footballer played as a winger.

Kamal was born in Chandraghona of Chittagong Division, Bangladesh on 1 July 1965.^[1]

Kamal caught the eye of Dhanmondi Club officials while representing Rangamati District in the Sher-e-Bangla Cup, and joined the Dhaka First Division League club in 1981. After two years with Dhanmondi-based club, Kamal joined Brothers Union in 1983, despite being a bindings player of Dhanmondi Club, leading him to be banned for the entire season. In 1984, he returned to Dhanmondi Club, and remained participating in the First Division of Chittagong with Chittagong Abahani. While playing for the Chittagong-based club, he caught the eye of Dhaka Abahani coach Kazi Salahuddin and was signed by the Dhaka-based club in 1985. His most notable moments while playing for Abahani, came during the 1988 Federation Cup, scoring the winner in the Dhaka derby against Mohammedan.^[2] He also scored an important goal against Brothers Union in a 3–2 victory in the 1985 league title deciding match. Kamal also represented Abahani at the 1985–86 Asian Club Championship held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, scoring against both Sri Lanka's Saunders SC and Pakistan's PIA. He ended his short career playing in both Dhaka and Chittagong in 1990.^[3][4]

Kamal began his international career playing for Bangladesh Green (national B team) at the Bangladesh President's Gold Cup in 1982. He also represented the B team, known as Bangladesh Blue at the 1987 tournament, scoring against both Kolkata Mohammedan and Syria.^[5] He first represented the Bangladesh national team at the 1986 Pakistan President's Cup, during which he scored in a 1–1 draw with Pakistan Customs. He was also present in the team during the 1988 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, 1989 South Asian Games and 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.^[6]

Abahani Limited Dhaka

• Dhaka First Division League: 1985, 1989–90
• Federation Cup: 1985, 1986, 1988
• Independence Cup: 1990

Bangladesh

• South Asian Games Silver medal: 1989

• Fakrul Islam Kamal at National-Football-Teams.com

• Alam, Masud (2017). ফুটবলের গল্প ফুটবলারদের গল্প (transl. The story of football the story of footballers) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 9789849134688.
• Dulal, Mahmud (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war in the playground) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.