Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohammad Taj Uddin | ||
Date of birth | 18 July 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Sylhet, Bangladesh | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right wing-back, right-midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2017 | Brahmanbaria | ||
2017–2021 | Saif SC Jr. | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2021–2022 | Saif SC | 4 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Muktijoddha Sangsad | 18 | (1) |
2023– | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2024 |
Md Taj Uddin ( Bengali: মো: তাজ উদ্দিন; born 18 July 2002) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a right wing-back and sometimes as a midfielder for Bangladesh Premier League club Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club.
Taj began his career in the 2017 Pioneer Football League after which he was selected for the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers bound Bangladesh U16 team. [1] In October 2017, he attended a Under-16 traning camp arranged by the BFF. [2] In 2018, Taj was roped in by Saif Sporting Club and appeared for its junior team.
Taj participated in the 2017–18 Dhaka Third Division League with Saif's Under-16 team, and helped them earn promotion in his first season. He later appeared for the eventual runners-up team during the 2019 BFF U-18 Football Tournament, scoring his only goal of the tournament in the semi-final against Abahani Ltd. Dhaka. [3] In 2019, Taj also participated in the Dr. T O North-East International NEC Gold Cup (U-21) tournament in Guwahati, India. [4]
On 16 May 2022, Taj made his professional league debut for Saif Sporting Club during a 3–4 defeat to Bashundhara Kings in the 2021–22 Premier League. [1]
On 28 October 2022, Taj joined Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the Bangladesh Premier League. On 21 January 2023, he scored his first professional league goal during a 1–1 draw with Fortis FC. [5] He made 18 appearances scoring 1 goal during the league season, as Muktijoddha suffered relegation from the top-flight for the first time in the club's history.
Taj was included in the final squad for the 2022 Asian Games [6] before withdrawing due to injury. [7]
Taj is the younger brother of national footballer Md Saad Uddin. [8]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup [a] | Other [b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Saif SC | 2021–22 | Bangladesh Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
Muktijoddha Sangsad | 2022–23 | Bangladesh Premier League | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi | 2023–24 | Bangladesh Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
Career total | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 |