Atiqur Rahman Atique


Mohammed Atiqur Rahman, known by his nickname Atique, is a Bangladeshi football coach and former football player, who serves as the goalkeeping coach of Bangladesh [Premier League (football)|Bangladesh Premier League] club Abahani Limited Dhaka.

Club career

In 1979, Atique began his playing career with BG Press in the Second Division Football League|Second Division]. In 1981, he joined Team BJMC in the First Division Football League|First Division]. He won the league title in both 1983 and 1984 with Abahani Limited Dhaka. In 1986, he joined Brothers Union and played for them until his retirement in 1995.

International career

Atique represented the football B team|Bangladesh B national team] in 1982, 1983, 1986, and 1989 editions of the Bangladesh President's Gold Cup, captaining the team in 1989 when they defeated the India national team 1–0 in the group stages before losing to the Bangladesh national team in the semi-finals.
He first represented the senior national team at the Pakistan President's Cup held in Karachi in 1986. He also served as the backup goalkeeper to Sayeed Hassan Kanan at the 1987 South Asian Games, 1988 [AFC Asian Cup qualification|1988 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers] and 1989 South Asian Games.

Coaching career

Atique served as the assistant and goalkeeping coach of Muktijoddha Sangsad KC for more than a decade starting from 1997. He also served as assistant coach of the Bangladesh national team during György Kottán's tenure as head coach in 2003. He also coached BG Press SRC in the Second Division in 2008. In the same year, he was the goalkeeping coach of the national team under head coach Shafiqul Islam Manik. Eventually, he began joined Abahani Limited Dhaka as a goalkeeping coach. In 2016, he again served as the national team's goalkeeping coach, following the appointment of Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno.
In December 2017, Atique was given interim head coach duty of Abahani, following the mid-season departure of out of contract Croatian coach Drago Mamić on 30 November 2017. Atique guided the club to the 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League title with the help of team manager Satyajit Das Rupu. The club dedicated the title to their lifelong coach and former player, Amalesh Sen, who died on 7 October 2017 and would have been the initial choice for interim head coach. Atique resumed his role as goalkeeping coach following the appointment of Saiful Bari Titu on 7 February 2018, for the club's 2018 AFC Cup campaign.
In 2021, he worked as the goalkeeper coach for both the Bangladesh U23 national team and the senior national team.

Honours

Player

Abahani Limited Dhaka
Brothers Union
Bangladesh

Manager

Abahani Limited Dhaka