Indian footballer

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mehrajuddin Wadoo (born 12 February 1984) is a former Indian football player and current caretaker coach of Sudeva Delhi FC. 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.

Contents

• 1 Career
  • 1.1 Early career
  • 1.2 Senior career
• 2 International
• 3 Awards & Achievements
• 4 Statistics
  • 4.1 International
  • 4.2 International goals
• 5 Honors
  • 5.1 Club
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Career

Early career

He did his early schooling at Muyeen Public School, Sarai Balla, Iqra Masjid up to cl* 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

Mehrajuddin 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 *ociated with J&K Sports Council, training young football enthusiasts of Jammu & Kashmir.

International

He 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 2007, the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 and the Nehru Cup in 2009.

Awards & Achievements

4 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.

Statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of 16 December 2011.

International goals

Honors

Club

Chennaiyin

• Indian Super League: 2015

References

External links

• 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/