Mamun Joarder

Mamun Joarder (মামুন জোয়ার্দার; born 1 April 1973), is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who played as a right winger.

Mamun played for a total of 7 clubs during his 15 year long career, and he won the Dhaka League title with both Abahani Limited Dhaka and Muktijoddha Sangsad KC.

His brother Abdul Qadir Joardar played in Aga Khan Gold Cup in 1976.

Growing up Mamun was a Mohammedan SC supporter.

Both his father and brothers had encouraged Mamun to go to Dhaka, in order to become a professional footballer.

In 1985, Azad Sporting Club coach Anjam, gave Mamun the opportunity to play the last two matches of the season.

Mamun then went on to play for Mirpur Chalantika and Wari Club over the next couple of years.

In 1988 Mamun joined mid-table side Victoria SC after doing well in his second season at the club, he earned a move to domestic giants Mohammedan SC, in 1990.

Abdus Salam Murshedy, who was the director of Mohammedan at the time, signed Mamun, after being impressed with his performance with Victoria SC during his second season at the club.

He went on to represent his country from 1990 to 1997, scoring a total of 6 recorded goals.

Mamun's father Alfaz Uddin Joardar was a British footballer.

Mamun, played for Mohammedan in the Ma-Moni Gold Cup, BTC Cup, Independence Cup, 1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, in Saudi Arabia.

He was a vital player for Mohammedan during the 1990–91 Asian Club Championship which took place in Dhaka.

Mamun scored goals against Club Lagoons from Maldives and Salgaocar SC of India, in the group stages, helping Mohammedan reach the quarter-final round, becoming the first Bangladeshi club to do so.

For that, he was awarded the best player of tournament, with the verdict of Sports Writers Association.

However, Mamun did not get a chance to play the Dhaka League with Mohammedan, Iranian coach Nasser Hejazi who was the manager of Mohammedan at the time, preferred to play the country's poster boy at the time, Sabbir, at the left wing position instead of Mamun, and after developing an uncertainty over his game time at the club, Mamun decided to leave Mohammedan.

Although the club's director Salam Murshedy offered Mamun a salary of 12 lakh taka per season, Mamun decided to join arch-rivals Abahani Limited Dhaka for a lower salary of 11 lakh, in 1992.

Mamun was heavily criticized by both the media and Mohammedan fans due to his sudden transfer to fellow title contenders.

Abahani manager Kazi Salahuddin signed Mamun in order to replace legendary winger Kazi Anwar, and upon sigining he was guaranteed a starting spot in the team.

During the 1992 league season, when the two clubs met in the Dhaka Derby, Abahani only needed a draw to claim the league title.

However, Mohammedan took the lead early on into the game, Abahani manager Salahuddin had named Mamun on the bench due to allegations of match fixing.

Mamun came on to the field with 35 minutes left in the second half and within a few minutes after coming on, he scored the equalizer after a deflected header from teammate Sheikh Aslam fell to his feet.

Mamun scored again after 5 minutes, this time he dribbled past 2 Mohammedan defenders to slot the ball into the net by beating goalkeeper Sayeed Hassan Kanan.

The game ended 2–1 and Mamun won his first league trophy with Abahani.

In 1994, Mamun also scored against Kolkata Mohammedan, as Abahani won India's Charms Cup trophy, defeating the Kolkata side 2–0 in the final.

During his time at the club Mamun developed a great partnership with Russian midfielder Sergey Zhukov.

Along with Zhukov, Abahani had local star players such as Monem Munna, Rezaul Karim Rehan, Alamgir Hasan and Rizvi Karim Rumi, who helped them dominate the league that year.

However, at the end of 1994 all four of them (except Monem Munna) including Mamun left Abahani to join Muktijoddha Sangsad KC, after the country's top three clubs Mohammedan, Abahani and Brothers Union made a gentleman's agreement to lower the salaries of lower the salaries of their star players.

Manjur Kader who was in charge of Muktijoddha Sangsad signed 11 national team players alongside Mamun, in order to beat the country's top three teams to the league title.

However, even after the heavy spending Mamun was not able to help his team win the league as, his former club Abahani clinched the title.

Although the club failed to win the league, Mamun created a lethal partnership with Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib, both at club and national team, his assists helped Nakib become Mukitojoddha's all-time top scorer.

Mamun's only trophy for the "freedom fighters" during his first stint at the club was the 1994 Federation Cup, which he won by defeating Abahani 3–2 in the final.

Mamun was also a member of the Bangladesh national football team that won its first international trophy, the Burma Cup in 1995, under coach Otto Pfister.

And after 4 years at the club, he returned to Abahani Limited, in 1997.

In 1997, Mamun made his return to Abahani Limited, however, he was not able to win the league title on his return as Muktijoddha tasted their first Dhaka league triumph only a few months after Mamun's departure from the club.

After retiring from football in 2000 with Muktijoddha Sangsad KC, Mamun moved to Canada with his wife and 3 children.

Mamun Joarder started his youth career in Chuadanga, after passing various stages of selection of U-16 footballers he came to Dhaka to take part in the divisional league final match for Khulna Division.

After impressing the national team scouts present during the final, Mamun got called up for the Bangladesh U-16 national team training camp.

However, he was not picked for the final squad.

Mamun later went on to play for the U-19 national team.