Syed Moinuddin
{{short description|Indian footballer (1924–1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
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|fullname = Syed Khwaja Moinuddin
|birth_date = 1924
|birth_place =
|death_date = 1 October 1978
|death_place = Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India
|position = Forward
|clubs1 = Hyderabad City Police
|nationalteam1 = India
}}
Syed Khwaja Moinuddin (1924 – 1 October 1978), usually called Moin, was an Indian footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25818 |title=Sayed Moinuddin |work=Olympedia |access-date=25 December 2020}} He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/sayed-moinuddin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123624/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/sayed-moinuddin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Sayed Moinuddin Olympic Results |access-date=12 October 2018}}
Playing career
"Moin" was coached in the youth by Syed Abdul Rahim. He represented Hyderabad Eleven Hunters and Student Athletic Club, and Hyderabad Police. He served in the Police for 36 years, retiring as Inspector in 1977 and having played until 1963. He could not take part in the 1948 Olympics due to the absence of a sponsor but played in the 1952 Olympics under Sailen Manna and in the 1954 Asian Games. He captained India at home against Sweden in 1954 and Russia in 1955.Moinudden RIP, Sportsweek, October 15, 1978 He scored a hat-trick for Hyderabad in the third place match of the 1953–54 Santosh Trophy[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MgJFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZbcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6486%2C4284747 Hyderabad trounce Bombay 4-0], Indian Express, 2 September 1953
Death
He died of a heart-attack in Hyderabad.{{cite book|title = Indian and Foreign Review|volume = 16|year = 1978|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EEvMsG1z4sUC&q=%22Syed+Khwaja+Moinuddin%22}} His obituaries give his age at the time of death as 56.
Honours
References
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External links
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- {{WorldFootball.net|syed-moinuddin}}
{{India men's football squad 1952 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Indian men's footballers
Category:India men's international footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for India
Category:Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Footballers from Hyderabad, India
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games competitors for India
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