Naushad Moosa is an Indian footballer who is presently the head coach of Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy. Bengaluru FC is the club’s senior youth team, which also serves as a reserve team and competes in the Bangalore Super Division. Bengaluru FC Academy is the club’s youth programme. The youth team competes in events such as the Youth Elite League, Junior League, and Sub Junior League. He is an AFC Pro-Licensed coach. He was born on February 10, 1971 in Maharashtra, India.
In the National Football League and the Indian Premier League, Moosa played for East Bengal, Mahindra United, and Mohammedan. From 1994 to 1998, he also served as India’s ambassador.
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Career of Naushad Moosa
Naushad Moosa began his professional football career with East Bengal F.C., a team in the National Football League. On November 9, 1997, Moosa was a part of East Bengal’s historic victory over Verdy Kawasaki in the Asian Cup Winners Cup, in which a Samuel Omollo goal in the 61st minute gave East Bengal a 1–0 victory at the Salt Lake Stadium. However, East Bengal was still eliminated from the tournament after Verdy won the first leg of the two-legged event 5–2. Mossa made history again with East Bengal thirteen days later, when he assisted the Kolkata team in winning the IFA Shield against KBL-FC Kochi, which East Bengal won 3–2 at the Salt Lake Stadium.
However, Moosa’s tenure with East Bengal came to an end in 1998 when he joined with Mahindra & Mahindra, a Mumbai-based team.
Naushad Moosa did not achieve the same level of success at Mahindra & Mahindra as he did at East Bengal. His best chance at silverware with Mahindra & Mahindra occurred on November 12, 2000, when Mahindra & Mahindra faced Mohun Bagan in the final of the 2000 Durand Cup, but Bagan won 2–1 thanks to an extra-time golden goal from R.C. Prakash.
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Air India(2013)
In February 2013, Naushad Moosa was hired to take over as head coach of Air India of the I-League after Godfrey Pereira left. His first match in charge was against ONGC on March 3, 2013. ONGC fought back to win 2–1 after Air India grabbed the lead in the 41st minute. [6] During his three-month time with the club, he failed to win a single game, and Air India ended 13th, just above the relegation zone, at the end of the season.
Pune City FC
Pune FC’s youth team is managed by Naushad Moosa . Pune F.C. Academy won two I-League U20 titles under his guidance in 2012 and 2013. In 2016, he also led the squad to the Pune Football League title.
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