Mehtab Hossain
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Mahtab (bottom right) in 2013 with East Bengal | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mahtab Hossain | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Kolkata, West Bengal | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sundarban Bengal Auto (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Food Corporation of India | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Tollygunge Agragami | 17 | (1) |
| 2003–2006 | Mohun Bagan | 39 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | ONGC | ||
| 2007–2017 | East Bengal | 244 | (10) |
| 2014–2016 | → Kerala Blasters (loan) | 38 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Jamshedpur | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Mohun Bagan | 11 | (0) |
| 2021 | Madan Maharaj | 5 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2015 | India | 33 | (2) |
| 2019 | India (Football 7) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2020 | Southern Samity | ||
| 2025– | Sundarban Bengal Auto | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mehtab Hossain (born 5 September 1985) is an Indian football manager and former footballer who serves as the head coach of the Bengal Super League club Sundarban Bengal Auto. He played as a defensive midfielder.
During his career, Hossain has played for both of the Kolkata football giants, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. He played with East Bengal for ten seasons, winning the Federation Cup three times. He also managed to gain 31 caps for the India national football team between 2005 and 2014, scoring twice for the country. On 2019, Mehtab started his coaching career as manager at Southern Samity in 2019–20 Calcutta Premier Division. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 21 July 2020 by taking party flag from BJP president of West Bengal Dilip Ghosh, but within 24 hours he changed his decision and resigned.