Mehrajuddin Wadoo Profile   Name Mehrajuddin Wadoo Position Midfielder

Mehrajuddin Wadoo (born February 12, 1984 in Pulwama,Jammu & Kashmir) is currently playing for the Indian national team. In the club level he plays for East Bengal. Mehrajuddin started out as a striker but then shifted to the defence now he has leapt to the midfield position, where his stature came to help him settle in. He started out with J&K Police and with the passage of time boarded HAL, ITI, Sporting Club de Goa, Mohun Bagan and now East Bengal. He got his nickname "The Tank" for his immense physical strength and abilities. He did his early schooling at GP Mission School Rainawari up to class X and later joined Sir 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 from his father Mohd Sultan Wadoo who had represented J & K in Santosh Trophy and always motivated Mehraj 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. The most memorable moment of his career in the National team has been the winning goal against Bangladesh in SAFF Cup Finals at Karachi in Dec 2005. He was a member of the Indian squad that won Nehru Cup 2007 and AFC Challenge Cup 2008 and the Nehru Cup 2009.

Compiled By: Rajarshi Ghosh