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'''Asif Saheer''' ({{lang-ml|ആസിഫ് സഹീര്}}) is an [[India]]n soccer player born in [[Mampad]], [[Malappuram]], [[Kerala]].<ref name="sant2000">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/20000425/isp25015.html|title= Khalid Jamil -- A medio who hates to lose|date=25 April 2000|publisher=Indian Express|accessdate=26 January 2010}}</ref> He plays as a striker for [[State Bank of Travancore]], Kerala. He is a former captain of the Kerala State [[Football team|soccer team]]<ref name="sant2002">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2547/25470710.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030120012148/http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2547/25470710.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=20 January 2003|title=Manipur is the new champion|date=23–29 November 2002 |publisher=Sportsstar|accessdate=26 January 2010}}</ref> and is India's all-time leading [[Forward (association football)|goal scorer]] in the Santhosh Trophy tournament.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} An impressive performance in [[Sevens football in Kerala |sevens football]] in Kerala, confirmed his place in the state team for the Santosh Trophy tournament. Saheer scored eight goals in his first Santhosh Trophy tournament and became the second highest goal scorer.<br />
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Saheer was born in a [[middle class]] Muslim family to Mohamed (Valiya Manukoya), a soccer player, and Fatima, a housewife. Along with his siblings, he grew up in Mampad. He attended pre-degree at M.E.S Mampad College, Mampad. His brother Habeeb, Shafeek and Shabir Ali have represented the Kerala state team on several occasions. His uncle Mampad Rahman was a well-known international soccer player who represented Indian team for many years.<br />
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Saheer participated in the Santosh Trophy for the first time in 1999. He scored eight goals in the 2000 tournament.<ref name="sant2000"/> With 6 goals, Saheer was the second highest goal scorer of Santosh trophy 2001 which Kerala won.<ref name="sant2001">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/11/18/stories/07180447.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107191901/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/11/18/stories/07180447.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2012|title=Hakim's 'golden goal' helps Kerala lift Santosh Trophy |accessdate=26 January 2010|location=Chennai, India|first=Nandakumar|last=Marar|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 November 2001}}</ref> He captained the Kerala team which was runner-up in the Santosh Trophy in 2002.<ref name="sant2002"/><br />
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==External links==<br />
*http://www.e-pao.net/santoshtrophy/Pritam_Bahadur_fails_to_score.html<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071205145652/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/03/stories/2007120356872000.htm ]<br />
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