KARNATAKA :
Karnataka’s Mohiuddeen Mohammed Hisham emerged as a ‘champion’ by winning the ‘Best Goalkeeper of the League’, three times at AIFF – Nationals 7s Futsal League Finals 2021 in Bengaluru.
Hisham representing Karnataka won the man of the match title in three matches against three different states including the finals against West Bengal. He belonged to the Group D which consisted of four states Karnataka, Manipur Meghalaya and Andhra Pradesh.
All India Football Federation’s Nationals 7s Futsal League Finals 2021 began from September 20th to 25th with the participation of 28 states from India. The final match was held in Bengaluru district of Karnataka.
Hisham’s first Match 7 as a goalkeeper was against Meghalaya with a score of 2:0. Manikantha was the ‘Man Of The Match’.
The next match 15 was Manipur Vs Karnataka with a goal score of 0:0, where Mohiuddeen M Hisham won the ‘Man Of The Match’.
With a goal score 3:3, M Hisham bagged the ‘Man of the Match’ title in the Quater Finals Match 3, that was Kerala Vs Karnataka and Karnataka won the tie breakers (1:4).
AIFF Nationals 7s Futsal League
Finals, held in Bengaluru was between West Bengal Vs Karnataka, with a score of 0:1. Mohiuddin M Hisham was finally given the ‘Best Goalkeeper of the League’ title.
Talking to The Hindustan Gazette, M Hisham said, “I kinda expected to be the man of match because I knew I gave my best. I was happy that I gave a good performance. And everyone were so proud, my family, friends, including my principal. Even though it’s a dental college and we need to focus on our own studies and career, my principal has supported me a lot,” he said.
22-year-old Hisham is pursuing 3rd year BDS in AJ Institute of Dental Sciences in Mangalore disctrict. He has played football for national level, five times and won 3 matches among them.
“I started playing football when I was 13 years old in school. I was fat that’s why they asked me to be the goalkeeper and eventually I started liking it,” he told THG.
The dental student first played football for national level when he was only 15 and then 17 years old. At the age of 20, 21 and 22 years, he won all national matches, respectively.
He further said, “When I was young, I used to be nervous during the matches, but now I’m used to it. I keep playing football in many places. Now I’m not nervous, I try giving my best in each and every match.”
On asked upon if he’s going to pursue his career in dental or football he said, “Dental will be a back-up plan, because you never know. I’ll be going to Bangalore for my internship, as well as play for ‘Bangalore C division’ and ‘I League’. I want to shift to Bangalore and focus on football and train myself. Later I have plans of doing master’s in oral and maxillofacial surgery, and alongside I’ll be playing football,” Hisham added.
He said, “Football is my favourite sport. Football is my life, it’s everything. However, you always need to have a backup in life because you never know and that’s why I’m pursuing dental.”
“I want to thank my father MA Khaleel Basha and mother Shamshad Banu. I want to thank my coach Qasim sir, my club team Mangalore United FC Members – Touseef Ahmed , Shihaz Theruvath and Taswar Ahmed and my Principal Dr.Nillan K shetty for always supporting me,” Mohiuddin M Hisham said.
source: http://www.thehindustangazette.com / The Hindustan Gazette / Home> National> Karnataka / by Rabia Shireen / September 30th, 2021