Maruful Haque

Maruful Haque (Bengali: মারুফুল হক) is a Bangladeshi professional coach and current head coach of Chittagong Abahani.[1] He is the first-ever South Asian to get a UEFA A license in 2015.[2][3]

Maruful Haque
Personal information
Full name A.K.M. Maruful Haque
Date of birth (1969-09-19) 19 September 1969
Place of birth Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chittagong Abahani (Head Coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
2008–10 Dhaka Mohammedan
2010–11 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
2011–14 Sheikh Russel KC
2014–15 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
2015–16 Sheikh Russel KC
2015–16 Bangladesh
2017–19 Arambagh KS
2019– Chittagong Abahani

Early stage

Maruful's roots lie in Gafargaon of Mymensingh. He had interests in all kinds of sports in his youth. He played 1st division kabaddi with Zurine Janata Club. He had an offer from 1st division basketball club Dhaka Panthers. Sonali Bank wanted him on its hockey team and BJMC offered him in athletics and 400 meters javelin. However, he chose football for his professional career. Maruful played in Dhaka League for Bangladesh Boys’ Club in 1992-1994. He was called up for the preliminary squad of the Bangladesh U19 team. He regularly featured for his Zilla football team.

He completed his degree from Mymensingh Ananda Mohan College. He earned a BPED from Dhaka Physical Education College in 1993. A year later, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) hired him as its ihysical Instructor.[4]

He had his first experience with coaching when he lived the double role of being a footballer-cum-coach in Mymensingh Mohammedan. He took part in a five-day coaching course organized by FIFA. Impressed with Maruful's ability, German coach Walter Fizy asked former Bangladesh legend Rahim to motivate Maruful in gaining higher coaching licenses.

Coaching career

Maruful Haque started his coaching career as an assistant coach of Badda Jagarani Sangsad in 2001. In the meantime, he also used to coach different Bangladesh Army football teams. Although he started his professional career as a game & sports instructor in the Physical Education Department of BUET. Since August 1994, he has been coaching and organizing their sports & athletics. Currently, he is the Asst. Director of Physical Education Department of BUET. Under his assistance, Badda Jagarani Sangsad became champion in the First Division of the concurrent league system. In 2008, he made his professional coaching career debut as the head coach of Dhaka Mohammedan.

Dhaka Mohammedan

Maruful got a big break in 2008 when Dhaka Mohammedan team management appointed him as the head coach of the traditional giant. Maruful caught their attention in a tournament organized by them where Maruful's Badda reached the semis.
He led the club to win Federation Cup in both season. In 2009 his club won the title of Super Cup as Maruf consider this title as his biggest achievement till now. Dhaka Mohammedan become runners-up in both two season of Bangladesh Premier League under his guidance. Surprisingly in his next season, team was unbeaten in the whole league but still have to satisfied with the runners-up position.

Muktijoddha Sangsad

In 2010, he joined another giant of Bangladesh football, Muktijoddha Sangsad KS. He helped the club to become runners-up in the league as it was his only season in that club.

Sheikh Russel KC

In 2011, he joined the new local giant Sheikh Russel KC. 2011-12 season was not so good for his team as they finish at fifth place in the league and also stopped their run in semi-final of Federation Cup. But in very next season he made history in local football, his team win the treble in 2012-13 season.

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi

In 2014, he joined the most successful club in the country as a technical director. Later he became the head coach of the club and give them their third Federation Cup title in 2014-15 season. Before that he led the club to win an invitational pre-season tournament in Bhutan called Bhutan King's Cup. The team was unbeaten through the whole tournament. Remaining on the top of the league table after the first leg of the 2014–15 Bangladesh Premier League, unfortunately, the club parted company from his service.[5]

Sheikh Russel KC

Being sacked after the first leg of 2014–15 Bangladesh Premier League from Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, he was re-appointed by his previous club Sheikh Russel KC. The team finished in the second position in the league.

Bangladesh national football team

On 24 November 2015 Bangladesh Football Federation announced the name of Maruful Haque as the new head coach of Bangladesh national football team. He has been appointed till 2015 SAFF Suzuki Cup as he promised to give his best in his first national side job.

Arambagh KS

In April 2017, Maruful Haque joins Bangladesh Premier League side Arambagh KS. Arambagh played their first game under him in the 2017 Federation Cup against Dhaka Mohammedan where they lost the match by 2-1. During his first season with the club, Maruful was fined by BFF for breaching disciplinary issues as he locked into an altercation with the supporters and found guilty over the issue.[6]

Maruful led the team to their first-ever domestic silverware in the club's history of about 60 years by defeating defending champion Chittagong Abahani in the final of 2017–18 Independence Cup by 2-0.[7] He developed many talented players at this club like Robiul Hasan, Arifur Rahman, etc.[8] Arambagh finished at 5th in 2018-19 BPL, their best result in the league after 2010 & gained 33 points, the highest in their club history.

He left the club in 2019 after spending two seasons as the club faced some casino scandals.

Chittagong Abahani

In October 2019, Maruful joined Chittagong Abahani as their head coach for the 2019 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup. He had a very short time for preparation before the tournament. However, he led the team to the final of the tournament with a newly formed squad though they defeated by Terengganu F.C. in the final.[9]

In November 2019, Maruful signed a one year contract with the port city side for the upcoming season. He became the highest-paid local coach of that season with a record salary of 65 lakh taka.[10][11]

Honours

Head coach

Dhaka Mohammedan SC

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC

Sheikh Russel KC

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club

Arambagh KS

Individual
  • Best Coach: Protiti Pharma Victory Day Football Tournament 2007 Organized by Dhaka Mohammedan
  • Best Coach: Bangladesh Sports Writers Association, Dhaka 2009
  • Coach of the Year: Bangladesh Sports Award 2011
  • Best Coach: Bangladesh Sports Writers Association, Dhaka 2013

Statistics
As of 2 March 2020[12]
Team From To P W D L GS GA %W
Dhaka Mohammedan May 2008 May 2010 61 48 11 2 150 33 078.69
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC August 2010 14 July 2011 33 22 7 4 80 23 066.67
Sheikh Russel KC September 2011 15 April 2014 73 45 12 16 130 61 061.64
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 14 June 2014 27 May 2015 30 23 4 3 81 31 076.67
Sheikh Russel KC[13] 3 June 2015 26 August 2016 28 12 5 11 46 40 042.86
Bangladesh 24 November 2015 18 January 2016 6 3 1 2 9 9 050.00
Arambagh KS[14] 8 April 2017 2 August 2019 59 22 11 26 82 83 037.29
Chittagong Abahani[15] 19 October 2019 Present 12 7 1 4 23 13 058.33

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

References
  1. "ভাড়াটে থেকে চট্টগ্রামে স্থায়ী হচ্ছেন মারুফুল". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. https://int.soccerway.com/coaches/maruful-haque/431108/
  3. http://archive.newagebd.net/170534/maruf-earns-uefa-a-licence-certificate/
  4. http://www.goalbangladesh.com/2015/10/30/from-physical-instructor-in-buet-to-completing-uefa-a-in-england-an-inspiring-journey/
  5. http://archive.newagebd.net/122865/jamal-sack-maruf-as-players-lack-fitness/
  6. http://old.unb.com.bd/sports-news/Arambagh-coach-Maruful-Haque-fined-Tk-50000%C2%A0/48139
  7. https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=121657
  8. https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/youth-policy-brings-success-arambagh-1533148?amp
  9. https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/news/champions-mentality-marufuls-philosophy-1820602
  10. http://www.dailynayadiganta.com/football/457764/
  11. https://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/2019/11/21/ctg-abahani-confident-with-maruful-as-coach
  12. https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/article/1625292/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2
  13. http://www.somoynews.tv/pages/details/22330/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2
  14. http://m.theindependentbd.com/home/printnews/89096
  15. https://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/2019/10/30/maruful-the-tactical-mastermind

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