Narayanganj, East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh)
Date of death
12 February 2005(2005-02-12) (aged 38)
Place of death
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)
Central defender
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1982–1983
Shantinagar Club
1983–1985
Muktijoddha Sangsad
1986
Brothers Union
1987–1998
Abahani Limited Dhaka
1991
East Bengal
1993
East Bengal
1995
East Bengal
International career
1986–1997
Bangladesh
Medal record
Representing Bangladesh
South Asian Games
1989 Islamabad
1995 Madras
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Mohammad Monem Munna (Bengali: মোনেম মুন্না; 9 June 1966 – 12 February 2005)[1][2] was a Bangladeshi footballer who mainly played as a center back.[3][4][5] He is often regarded as the best defender that ever played for Bangladesh.[3][6] He is well known by his nickname "The King-Back".[7][8][9]
^ফুটবলের সোনালি যুগের মহানায়ক মোনেম মুন্নাকে ভুলে গেছি আমরা. Jugantor (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^‘কিংব্যাক’ খ্যাত বাংলার ফুটবল জাদুকর. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ abস্বাধীনতার ৫০ বছর: মুন্না কি জন্মাবে আবার! | মতামত. bdnews24.com (Opinion) (in Bengali). 6 April 2021. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^"Footballer Munna dies at 39". bdnews24.com. 11 February 2005. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^"THROWBACK: When East Bengal FC became the Champions of Central Asia!". BADGEB. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^"The Best Bangladeshi Footballers of All Time". UNB. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^কিং ব্যাক মোনেম মুন্না : হি ওয়াজ মিস্টেকেনলি বর্ন ইন বাংলাদেশ. Onnoekdiganta.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^মোনেম মুন্না ‘দ্য কিং ব্যাক’ – অলি গলি. Oli-goli.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^Shams, Sayeed Ibna (9 June 2020). স্মরনে কিং ব্যাক (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
Mohammad MonemMunna (Bengali: মোনেম মুন্না; 9 June 1966 – 12 February 2005) was a Bangladeshi footballer who mainly played as a center back. He is often...
the club paid MonemMunna a record fee, 20 lakh taka, which was also a unique record for the whole of South Asia at that time. MonemMunna holds the record...
coach. On 4 November 1995, with Pfister handing the team's captaincy to MonemMunna, Bangladesh won the 4-nation Tiger Trophy in Myanmar, which was the nation's...
midfielder Sayed Rumman Sabbir was the best local talent that season, while MonemMunna and Sheikh Mohammad Aslam, were already being seen as two of the best...
football club when he wore the armband for Mohammedan. The first being MonemMunna who captained East Bengal in the 1990s. In August 2023, Jamal joined...
champions, earning promotion to the Dhaka League. In 1984, central defender MonemMunna was exceptional during the clubs first year at the top-flight, earning...
internationals including the captain of the Bangladesh national team MonemMunna, along with Sheikh Mohammad Aslam, Rizvi Karim Rumi and Golam Mohammad...
was impressed by his football skills. Seeing his playing style, late MonemMunna, ex captain of both the Bangladesh National football team and Abahani...
Sporting Club (2020–2021) Rizvi Karim Rumi – East Bengal F.C. (1991–1992) MonemMunna – East Bengal F.C. (1990–1991) (1998) Sheikh Mohammad Aslam – East Bengal...
players from Bangladesh that signed for the "Red and Gold Brigade", with MonemMunna and Sheikh Mohammad Aslam joining him in Kolkata in 1991. He won the...
as Brothers Union coach. At Muktijoddha, Baloch nurtured the likes of MonemMunna and Shahinur Kabir Shimul, as the Freedom Fighters finished seventh and...
held in 1991, East Bengal Club signed Aslam along with his teammates MonemMunna and Rizvi Karim Rumi for the 1991 Calcutta Football League. After a few...
Farashganj SC and was eventually persuaded by former national team captain MonemMunna to join Abahani Limited Dhaka in 2001. In his debut season at the club...
Bengal eventually won the league title with a team consisting of Gauss, MonemMunna and Sheikh Mohammad Aslam. He returned to Dhaka the same year, joining...
Ashraf along with former Bangladesh national team captain, the late MonemMunna, were given residential flats by PM Sheikh Hasina. Mohammedan SC Dhaka...
Sergey Zhukov. Along with Zhukov, Abahani had local star players such as MonemMunna, Rezaul Karim Rehan, Alamgir Hasan and Rizvi Karim Rumi, who helped them...
heavily criticised by both media and fans. He collided with defender MonemMunna, while trying to clear the ball and missed, leaving an empty post as...
দিলাম চিতাবাঘ'". Kalerkantho. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2024. "MonemMunna remembered". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021...
national team captain, even with the presence of experienced players MonemMunna and Rizvi Karim Rumi. The decision made by Swiss coach Oldrich Svab was...
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