Alfaz Ahmed

Alfaz Ahmed (আলফাজ আহমদ; born: 6 June 1973) is a Bangladeshi football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Mohammedan SC.

Alfaz started his football career in 1985 in the Youth Football League.

In 1987, He wore the Orient Sporting jersey in the Pioneer League.

He played for Lalbagh Sporting in the Second Division during the 1988–89 season.

Alfaz first played in the Dhaka League, with Rahmatganj MFS during the 1991–92 season.

His performances for Rahmatganj, gave him a chance to represent Dhanmondi giants, Abahani Limited Dhaka, as a guest player during the 1994 Charms Cup in India.

At the time, however, there was no shortage of star players at Abahani and so, Alfaz spent most games on the bench.

After being on the fringes at Abahani during his short stay, he moved to mid-table side Arambagh KS in 1994.

He played for the Bangladesh national team from 1995 to 2008.

He is seen as one of the best strikers to ever play for Bangladesh.

He won three international trophies while playing for his country.

He played for Bangladesh from 1995 to 2008, scoring 11 goals along the way.

Alfaz also has 109 domestic league goals, including numerous goals in AFC club competitions.

Although he played as a striker for the national team, Alfaz was often used as a playmaking forward in domestic level.

It was at Arambagh where Alfaz regained his old form and after an impressive season at the club, in 1995, he was called up to the Bangladesh national team for the first time.

The following season, he joined Abahani's arch-rivals Mohammedan SC, and thus became one of the most lethal forwards in Bangladesh.

In 1995, after joining Mohammedan, Alfaz became one of the best players in the country during the late 90s.

He also helped Mohammedan SC win the 1995 Federation Cup by defeating his former club Abahani Limited Dhaka in the final.

However, during his first season at the club, he failed to win the prestigious Dhaka League title.

Although, he started his career as an attacking midfielder, in 1996 Mohammedan coach at the time Kang Man-young used him as a striker.

Alfaz went on to score in the first two matches in his new position, against Bangladesh Boys and Victoria SC, and thus he started playing regularly in that position.

Nonetheless, the next season saw Alfaz guide Mohammedan to the league title and also help the club reach the second round of the 1996 Asian Cup Winners Cup.

In August 1996, Alfaz was named "AFC player of the month" for scoring four goals including a hat-trick in an 8–1 victory over Laotian club Electricity of Lao.

During first his spell at the club, Alfaz became the league's second highest scorer twice, with 11 goals in both 1997 and 1999, in addition to that, in 1996, he became the third highest scorer in the league with 10 goals.

Alfaz also scored the winning goal of the 1999 South Asian Games final against Nepal.

Alfaz joined Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan, in 2000.

He went onto appear 6 times for the club during India's 2000–01 National Football League, playing as striker behind the Brazilian José Barreto.

In 2004, Brothers Union, once recognized as the country's third-biggest club in the 80s, signed a plethora of local stars, including Alfaz, Arman Mia, Monwar Hossain, Rajani Kanta Barman and Biplob Bhattacharjee.

The star-studded team went on to lift the club's first Dhaka League and National League titles.

After returning to Mohammedan in 2005, Alfaz scored against rivals Abahani and also assisted the first goal for Divine Chibiuka, during the final of the 2005–06 National League, as club captain.

Mohammedan went on to secure the league title winning the game 2–0.

This was Alfaz's fourth consecutive National League triumph.

He then once again departed, joining Muktijoddha Sangsad KC for the start of the country's first ever professional league, the B.League in 2007.

On 27 March 2007, Alfaz netted the first hat-trick in B.League history as Muktijoddha beat Rahmatganj MFS by 4–1.

He scored a total of 8 goals in his inaugural professional league season.

In 2008, Alfaz joined minnows Sheikh Russel KC and scored 18 league goals, helping the club finish third in the league, his most memorable performance that season was the hat-trick he scored against Khulna Abahani, as Sheikh Russel won the game 5–0.

The following year he returned to his boyhood club Arambagh KS, although he got a better offer from newcomers Beanibazar SC of Sylhet.

He scored twice in his return game against Chittagong Mohammedan.

He helped Arambagh finish fifth that year, and scored 12 league goals, which was the fourth most in the league for a single player during that season.

In 2010, Alfaz signed for Abahani Limited Dhaka.