Mehtab Hossain


Mehtab Hossain is a retired Indian professional footballer and current manager of Southern Samity who played as a defensive midfielder
During his career, Hossain has played for both of the Kolkata football giants, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. He played with East Bengal for ten seasons, winning the Federation Cup three times. He also managed to gain 31 caps for the India national football team between 2005 and 2014, scoring twice for the country.2019 started his coaching career as manager at Southern Samity in 2019-20 Calcutta Premier Division. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 21st July 2020 by taking party flag from BJP president of West Bengal Dilip Ghosh but within 24 hour he changed his decision and resigned from Bharatiya Janata Party.

Career

Mehtab is a product of IFA's Baby League, which was the brain child of Legendary Football Secretary Shri Prodyut Dutta, which promoted football amongst the children and youth of Bengal.
He has signed a contract extension which will see him play for East Bengal till the end of 2012–13 season.
It was reported in June 2012 that he was on trial with Falkirk and Airdrie, on recommendation of former teammate Alan Gow.
He scored his first goal in the 2012–13 I-League in their penultimate match in the 6–0 win against United Sikkim F.C. on 8 May at Kolkata. Then he scored in the 5–1 win in Round of 16 match in 2013 AFC Cup match against Yangon United F.C. on 15 May at Kolkata.
In 2014 he was picked by Kerala Blasters F.C of Indian Super League for a Three Years Contact.
In 2015 Mehtab retired from international duty after being omitted from the 26-man squad for world cup qualifiers.

Jamshedpur

On 23 July 2017, Hossain was selected in the third round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by Jamshedpur for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season. He made his debut for the club during the first ever match on 18 November 2017 against NorthEast United. He started the match and played 69 minutes as Jamshedpur drew 0–0.

Mohun Bagan

After ending the season with Jamshedpur, Hossain reportedly decided not to renew his contract with the club since he wanted to return to Kolkata and be near his family. Despite stating previously that he would like to return to East Bengal, it was reported that he was in talks with Mohun Bagan. Then, on 22 May 2018, it was officially announced that Hossain had signed with Mohun Bagan, after last playing for them 12 years prior.

Honours

Club

;Mohun Bagan

Club statistics

International stats