Anwar Uddin

Anwar Uddin
MBE
Anwar in 2007
Personal information
Full name Anwar Uddin[1]
Date of birth (1981-11-01) 1 November 1981 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth Stepney, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
000?–2001 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 West Ham United 0 (0)
2002 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2002–2004 Bristol Rovers 19 (1)
2003–2004Hereford United (loan) 9 (2)
2004Telford United (loan) 6 (0)
2004–2010 Dagenham & Redbridge 188 (6)
2009Grays Athletic (loan) 11 (1)
2010–2012 Barnet 39 (1)
2012 Sutton United 10 (0)
2012–2013 Eastbourne Borough 29 (0)
Total 314 (11)
Managerial career
2011 Barnet (assistant manager)
2014–2015 Maldon & Tiptree (assistant manager)
2015–2016 Sporting Bengal United
2017 Ware
2017–2019 Glebe
2019–2021 Aldershot Town (assistant manager)
2024 Ebbsfleet United (assistant manager)
Medal record
West Ham United
Winner FA Youth Cup 1999
Dagenham & Redbridge
Winner Football Conference 2007
Football League Two 2010
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anwar Uddin MBE (Bengali: আনোয়ার উদ্দিন; born 1 November 1981) is an English football manager and former player. During a career which began at West Ham United in 2001 and concluded with a season at Eastbourne Borough from 2012 to 2013, Anwar notably represented several Football League clubs including Dagenham & Redbridge and Barnet. He was the first person of Bangladeshi origin to play professional football in England, and, while at Dagenham & Redbridge, became the first British Asian to captain a football club in the top four divisions of English football.

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.