Mehrajuddin Wadoo

Mehrajuddin Wadoo

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Personal information
Full name	Mehrajuddin Wadoo
Date of birth	(1984-02-12) 12 February 1984
Place of birth	Srinagar, India
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder/Defender
Team information
Current team	Chennaiyin
Number	26
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	Jammu & Kashmir Police
2002–2003	HAL
2003–2004	ITI Limited
2004–2007	Mohun Bagan
2007–2011	East Bengal
2011–2012	Salgaocar
2012–2013	Mohun Bagan	7	(0)
2013–2014	Mohammedan	13	(0)
2014	FC Pune City	10	(0)
2014–2015	→ Bharat FC (loan)	11	(1)
2015–	Chennaiyin	14	(0)
International career‡
2005–2011	India	32	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:16, 20 December 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:03, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Mehrajuddin Wadoo (Kashmiri: मेहराजुद्दीन वाडू (Devanagari), مہراج الدین واڈُو (Nastaleeq)) (born February 12, 1978 in Sarai Balla, Amira Kadal, Srinagar) is an, Indian football player from the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir who represents the Indian national team and Chennaiyin.

Career

Early career

He did his early schooling at GP Mission School, Rainawari up to class X and later joined Sri Pratap High School, Srinagar. He did his BA IInd year from Amar Singh College. He started playing football from a very early age and when he turned 8, he motivated by his father, Mohd Sultan Wadoo, who had represented J&K in Santosh Trophy to pursue football rather than cricket.

Mehraj joined Iqbal Sports Club in 1996. He was member of U21 team of J&K and was noticed at the National level as a result.

Senior career

Mehrajuddin started out as a striker but then was converted into a defender, and can easily play as a defensive midfielder position. He started out with Iqbal Sports and then moved to J&K Police and then professionally at a league-level with HAL, ITI, Sporting Goa, Mohun Bagan, East Bengal.

International

He scored the winning goal against Bangladesh in the SAFF Cup finals at Karachi in December 2005. He was also a member of the Indian squad that won Nehru Cup 2007, the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 and the Nehru Cup in 2009.

Statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of 16 December 2011.

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
India	2005	2	1
	2006	5	0
	2007	4	0
	2008	7	0
	2009	5	0
	2010	5	1
	2011	4	0
Total		32	2

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 December 2005	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	Bangladesh	1–0	2–0	2005 SAFF Cup
2	7 September 2010	Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, India	Namibia	1-0	2-0	Friendly

External links

• Mehrajuddin Wadoo at National-Football-Teams.com
• http://goal.com/en-india/people/india/21227/mehrajuddin-wadoo
• http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/team/legenddetails_AJAX.php?legend=31&page=
• http://www.indiansportsnews.com/top-10/6131-mumbai-fc-manage-to-hold-salgaocar-prayag-win.html
• http://www.navhindtimes.in/archive/2012/04
• http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/indian-football-transfers-%E2%80%93-live-updates-june-10th/