Chinghla Mong Chowdhury Mari

Mari Chowdhury
Mari after reitirement
Personal information
Full name Chinghla Mong Chowdhury Mari
Date of birth (1938-09-29)29 September 1938
Place of birth Rangamati, Bengal, British India (present-day Bangladesh)
Date of death 9 May 2012(2012-05-09) (aged 73)
Place of death Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956 Azad SC
1957–1958 Mohammedan SC
1959–1960 Dhaka Wanderers
1961–1962 Mohammedan SC
1963–1965 Azad SC
1966–1967 EPIDC
International career
1959 East Pakistan
1956–1958 Pakistan
Managerial career
1982–1986 BRTC SC
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chinghla Mong Chowdhury Mari (Bengali: চিং হ্লা মং চৌধুরী মারী; 29 September 1938 – 10 May 2012), commonly known as Mari Chowdhury, was a Bangladeshi football player who played as a left-winger. He is considered to be the best East Pakistani footballer of all time, and one of the few East Pakistanis to play for the Pakistan national team.

Despite the fact that most of his goals are unregistered, Mari is the unrecognised all-time top scorer in both Dhaka First Division League and Bangladesh top-tier football history with 234 goals.