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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hussain Ahmed
| image =
| caption =
| full_name =
| birth_date = 1932
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], British India
| death_date = 16 April 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/football/fifa-president-condoles-ex-olympian-ahmed-hussains-demise20210422171951?amp=1|access-date=23 August 2021|website=ANI News|title=FIFA President condoles ex-Olympian Ahmed Hussain's demise}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
| nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]
}}

'''Hussain Ahmed''' (1932 – 16 April 2021) was an Indian [[association football|footballer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25807 |title=Hussain Ahmed |work=Olympedia |access-date=29 November 2020}}</ref> He competed in the [[Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|men's tournament]] at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/hussain-ahmed-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090740/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/hussain-ahmed-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Hussain Ahmed |access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref> He played for the Hyderabad City Police team in the 1950s, as well as taking part at the [[1958 Asian Games]] and the Merdeka Tournament in 1959.<ref>[https://www.thehansindia.com/amp/posts/index/Hans/2018-07-14/Old-timers-recollect-past-glory-of-city-football/398165 Old-timers recollect past glory of city football] ''The Hans India''. Retrieved 5 September 2021</ref>

Hussain began his journey with [[Osmania University]] football team that won all India inter-varsity title in 1954.<ref>[https://telanganatoday.com/olympian-footballer-ahmed-hussain-no-more Olympian footballer Ahmed Hussain no more] ''Telengana Today''. Retrieved 23 August 2021</ref> He represented Hyderabad in [[Santosh Trophy]] for three consecutive years. He died from [[COVID-19]] on 16 April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hussain|first=Shaik Zakeer|date=16 April 2021|title=Footballer Ahmed Hussain Who Participated In The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics Passes Away|url=https://thecognate.com/footballer-ahmed-hussain-who-participated-in-the-1956-melbourne-summer-olympics-passes-away/|access-date=16 April 2021|website=The Cognate|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Club career==
Hussain was part of Hyderabad's golden generation of players which turned the spotlight on itself by winning the 1956 [[Santosh Trophy]] in [[Trivandrum]].<ref>[https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/football/top-stories/football-icon-hussain-succumbs-to-covid/amp_articleshow/82112995.cms Football icon Hussain succumbs to Covid] ''The Times of India''. Retrieved 23 August 2021</ref> He played as a central defender.

He later moved to Kolkata and captained [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] for over a decade and created history when his side became the first Indian team to win the [[Aga Khan Gold Cup]] in [[Dhaka]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sengupta |first1=Somnath |title=The Glorious History Of IFA Shield |url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/the-glorious-history-of-ifa-shield/ |website=Thehardtackle.com |date=8 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/agakhan.html|title=Aga Khan Gold Cup (Dhaka, Bangladesh)|website=www.rsssf.com|access-date=4 February 2021|archive-date=26 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726210207/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/agakhan.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hussain also won the [[Rovers Cup]] with Mohammedan in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/685162/how-mohammedan-sportings-glorious-past-is-linked-to-its-uncertain-future|title=Mohammedan Sporting's glorious past is linked to its uncertain future|first=Novy Kapadia|last=qz.com|access-date=6 September 2015|archive-date=25 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225205416/http://scroll.in/article/685162/how-mohammedan-sportings-glorious-past-is-linked-to-its-uncertain-future|url-status=live}}</ref>

Born in 1932, he started his career with Hyderabad Police under the legendary coach [[Syed Abdul Rahim]]. He later moved to Kolkata in 1957 where he played for Mohammedan Sporting Club for over a decade.

==International career==
Hussain was a part of the golden era of [[India national football team]] in the 1950's. India won the Gold Medal in the [[1951 Asian Games]] and finished fourth in the 1956 Olympics Games. A product of [[Nizam College]], Hyderabad, Hussain was a tenacious defender known for tight marking and hard tackling.<ref name="KF">[https://www.kolkatafootball.com/indian_football_news_2021/april_news.html INDIAN FOOTBALL NEWS (APRIL 2021): Ahmed Hussein, former Olympian footballer passed away] ''Kolkata Football''. Retrieved 23 August 2021</ref>

He was a member of the [[1956 Melbourne Olympics]] Indian football team, that reached the semi-finals. He also took part in the [[1958 Asian Games]] in [[Tokyo, Japan]]. Ahmed Hussain made his debut against [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] on December 7, 1956 and went on to make 11 appearances for India.<ref name="KF"/>

His team mates under coach S.S. Rahim in Melboune Olympic 1956 and Bhaga Some 1958 Tokyo asian Games were like: [[Peter Thangaraj]], Nikhil Nandy, [[Samar Banerjee]], [[P. K. Banerjee]], [[Kesto Pal]], Neville Stephen D'Souza, [[Tulsidas Balaram]], Abdul Latif, Mariappa Kempiah, [[Chuni Goswami]], Kannan, [[Mohammed Rahmatullah]].<ref name="KF"/>

==Coaching career==
Apart from his display in the 1956 Olympics when India finished fourth, Hussein Saab has contributed immensely as a coach with [[Sports Authority of India]] in [[Bangalore]]. In 2009, Hussaen along with fellow compatriots of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, were felicitated by the sports minister MS Gill in honour of their achievements.

==Honours==
===University===
;Osmania University
*All-India Inter-University championship: 1954
===Club===
;Mohammedan Sporting (Kolkata)
* [[Calcutta Football League]]: 1957
* [[IFA Shield]]: 1957<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sengupta |first1=Somnath |title=The Glorious History Of IFA Shield |url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/the-glorious-history-of-ifa-shield/ |website=Thehardtackle.com |date=8 March 2011}}</ref>
* [[Aga Khan Gold Cup]]: 1960
* [[Rovers Cup]]: 1955, 1957, 1958
* [[Durand Cup]]: runner-up 1959

===International===
;India
* [[1956 Melbourne Olympics]]: Fourth place
* [[Pestabola Merdeka]]: runner-up 1959<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/malaysia/tab/matches/season/1960/|title=Malaysia national football team 'A' international record: [1959-60 season]|publisher=11v11|access-date=28 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/merdeka.html|title=Merdeka Tournament (Malaysia)|author=Neil Morrison|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|date=10 September 2015|access-date=28 February 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Footballers from Hyderabad, India]]
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[[Category:Olympic footballers of India]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Association footballers not categorized by position]]
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]]
[[Category:Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players]]

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