Mehrajuddin Wadoo

Mehrajuddin Wadoo

Personal information
Full name	Mehrajuddin Wadoo
Date of birth	February 12, 1984 (1984-02-12) (age 27)
Place of birth	Srinagar, India
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Salgaocar
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007-2011	East Bengal	53	(5)
2011-present	Salgaocar	8	(0)
National team‡
2005-present	India	30	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 September 2011

Mehrajuddin Wadoo (Kashmiri: मेहराजुद्दीन वाडू (Devanagari), مہراج الدین واڈُو (Nastaleeq)) (born February 12, 1984 in Pulwama) is a Kashmiri Indian football player from the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, who also represents the Indian national team. At club level he plays for Salgaocar S.C..

Mehrajuddin started out as a striker but then shifted to the defence; now he plays in midfield position. He started out with J&K Police and with the passage of time moved to HAL, ITI, Sporting Club de Goa, Mohun Bagan and now East Bengal.

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 in very early age. When he was 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 U 21 team of J & K and was noticed at the National level. He started his career as striker but played as defender for long time. Now he plays as a midfielder in the East Bengal and the Indian National team. He represented HAL in National Football League in 2002-2003 season.

He scored the winning goal against Bangladesh in the SAFF Cup Finals at Karachi in Dec 2005. He was 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 November 2011.

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
India	2005	2	1
	2006	5	0
	2007	4	0
	2008	7	0
	2009	5	0
	2010	3	1
	2011	4	0
Total		30	2

International Goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 December 2005	Karachi, Pakistan	Bangladesh	1–0	2–0	2005 SAFF Cup
2	7 September 2010	Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi	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=

Persondata
Name	Wadoo, Mehrajuddin
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Date of birth	February 12, 1984
Place of birth	Srinagar, India
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