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Zakaria Pintoo (1943-2024) / Farewell to captain courageous

When Pintoo made a bold but heartfelt claim, saying that “I am luckier than Pele," he was not boasting about his skills on the pitch but about his unparalleled role in history. While the Brazilian icon dazzled with goals, Pintoo led a team that fought for a nation’s freedom.

‘My captain, our captain’

Zakaria Pintoo, who passed away in Dhaka yesterday at the age of 81, was not only the captain of Swadhin Bangla football team and the first captain of independent Bangladesh, but was also a reference point to many legends of Bangladesh football.

Another Swadhin Bangla Football Team member departs

Sheikh Abdul Hakim, member of the Swadhin Bangla Football Team, passed away at the early hours of Sunday at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Famed footballer Ainul Haque passes away

Former footballer, member of the Swadhin Bangla Football team Ainul Haque breathed his last on Monday night after battling lung cancer for the last four months.

November 19, 2024
November 19, 2024

Farewell to captain courageous

When Pintoo made a bold but heartfelt claim, saying that “I am luckier than Pele," he was not boasting about his skills on the pitch but about his unparalleled role in history. While the Brazilian icon dazzled with goals, Pintoo led a team that fought for a nation’s freedom.

November 18, 2024
November 18, 2024

‘My captain, our captain’

Zakaria Pintoo, who passed away in Dhaka yesterday at the age of 81, was not only the captain of Swadhin Bangla football team and the first captain of independent Bangladesh, but was also a reference point to many legends of Bangladesh football.

August 28, 2022
August 28, 2022

Another Swadhin Bangla Football Team member departs

Sheikh Abdul Hakim, member of the Swadhin Bangla Football Team, passed away at the early hours of Sunday at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

August 29, 2017
August 29, 2017

Famed footballer Ainul Haque passes away

Former footballer, member of the Swadhin Bangla Football team Ainul Haque breathed his last on Monday night after battling lung cancer for the last four months.