Mehrajuddin Wadoo (born 12 February 1984) is an Indian professional manager and former footballer.[1] [2] 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.
 Wadoo lining up with India in 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 February 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India | |||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Sreenidi Deccan FC | |||||||||||||
| 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 Sporting | 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) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2011 | India | 32 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Pune City (Academy coach) | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Hyderabad (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Sudeva Delhi | |||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Real Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Mohammedan Sporting | |||||||||||||
| 2024– | Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Wadoo also served as president of Football Players' Welfare Association (FPAI) of India.[3]
Club career
editEarly career
editHe 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, Wazir Bagh. 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
editMehrajuddin 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 career
editHe 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 in 2007, the AFC Challenge Cup in 2008 and the Nehru Cup again in 2009.
Awards & achievements
edit4 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.[4]
Managerial career
editIn 2021–22 season, Wadoo managed Sudeva Delhi and worked as coach of the J&K Sports Council.[5] In September 2022, he was appointed head coach of I-League side Real Kashmir after departure of David Robertson.[5] In midway of the 2022–23 season, he was succeeded by English manager Gifton Noel-Williams in the post, in February 2023.[6][7]
On 21 February 2023, Wadoo replaced Kibu Vicuña in the post of head coach of Mohammedan Sporting.[8][9] The club struggled to avoided relegation, and managed to finish in eighth position.[10]
Statistics
editInternational
editStatistics accurate as of 16 December 2011.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 2 | |
International goals
edit| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 December 2005 | Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan |  Bangladesh |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2005 SAFF Cup |
| 2 | 7 September 2010 | Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India |  Namibia |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 12 March 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Sudeva Delhi | 13 November 2021 | 31 August 2022 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 23.53 | |
| Real Kashmir | 7 November 2022 | 1 February 2023 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 35.71 | |
| Mohammedan | 21 February 2023 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 50.00 | ||
| Total | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 31.43 | |||
Honours
editIndia
- AFC Challenge Cup: 2008
- SAFF Championship: 2005; runner-up: 2008
- Nehru Cup: 2007, 2009
Chennaiyin
References
edit- ^ Maitra, Sayantan (7 January 2017). "Jammu and Kashmir: How the CRPF helped two Indian footballers play in Spain!". ibtimes.co.in. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Wadoo to take Charge". khelnow.com.
- ^ Noronha, Anselm (3 July 2011). "India: FPWA President Mehrajuddin Wadoo Holds a Football Awareness Camp in Srinagar". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Mehrajuddin Wadoo profile - Goals, Passes and more". Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ a b Khan, Abid (17 September 2022). "Mehraj ud Din Wadoo appointed as coach of RKFC". greaterkashmir.com. Srinagar: Greater Kashmir. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "I-League: Former Premier League footballer Gifton Noel replaces Wadoo as Real Kashmir FC coach". ksportswatch.com. Srinagar: Kashmir Sports Watch. 7 February 2023. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ "I-League | Our approach will be different now, says new Real Kashmir FC coach". greaterkashmir.com. Srinagar: Greater Kashmir Network. 8 February 2023. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ Sudharshan, M (21 February 2023). "Wadoo was serving as the manager of Real Kashmir until a few days back". KhelNow.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ Tarafdar, Veronica (30 March 2023). "In the last matchday of the I-League season, teams compete for improved Super Cup qualifying ranking". footballexpress.in. Football Express India. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Media, AIFF (5 March 2023). "NEROCA FC beat Mohammedan Sporting to climb eight in I-League 2022–23". the-kickoff.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
External links
edit- Mehrajuddin Wadoo at National-Football-Teams.com
- https://web.archive.org/web/20091218120305/http://goal.com/en-india/people/india/21227/mehrajuddin-wadoo
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110718104018/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/team/legenddetails_AJAX.php?legend=31&page=
- https://archive.today/20130126113427/http://www.indiansportsnews.com/top-10/6131-mumbai-fc-manage-to-hold-salgaocar-prayag-win.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120801041451/http://www.navhindtimes.in/archive/2012/04
- http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/indian-football-transfers-%E2%80%93-live-updates-june-10th/
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