Kaiser Hamid

Early career

In 1981, Kaiser debuted in the Second Division with Kamal Sporting Club. In the same year, he represented Dhaka in the U-18 National Junior Football Tournament, after which he was named the tournament's Best Emerging Defender. In 1982, he joined Rahmatganj MFS in the First Division, playing as a right-back under coach, Abdur Rahim. He spent the following season at Team BJMC before returning to Rahmatganj in 1984 after BJMC's relegation from the First Division. His performance with Rahmatganj in the 1984 season earned him his first call-up to the Bangladesh national team.

Mohammedan

Following his international debut, Kaiser joined Dhaka Mohammedan in 1985. He went on to spend the rest of his career with the Black and Whites, winning the First Division title in 1986, 1987, 1988–89, 1993, 1996, playing as a center-back. He played an ever-present role as Mohammedan were unbeaten in the First Division from 8 September 1985 to 15 March 1990, during which the club won 63 games from the 76 played, and also completed hat-trick league triumphs from 1986 to 1988–89. In 1986, he marshalled Mohammedan's defense alongside Ranjit Saha, and finished the season with his first league title, playing a crucial role in victories over rivals, Dhaka Abahani and Dhaka Wanderers, in the final two games of the Super League round. He began the 1987 season by lifting the Federation Cup, and in the Super League round of the First Division, Kaiser starred as Mohammedan…

Kaiser's performances for Rahmatganj MFS saw him earn a call-up to the Bangladesh national team for the 1984 South Asian Games held in Kathmandu, Nepal. His international debut came on 18 September 1984, in a 2–0 victory over Bhutan. Under coach Ali Imam, he played four games during the tournament as Bangladesh finished runners-up. Following his debut, Kaiser represented the national team from 1984 to 1993, making over 50 appearances throughout the decade. He scored his first international goal on 2 April 1985, during a 2–1 victory against Indonesia in the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers held at the Dhaka Stadium. Notably, this was Bangladesh's first victory in the World Cup qualifiers. In the same year, he featured for the national team which finished runners-up to North Korea in the 1985 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament in Peshawar, Pakistan. He was also part of the team which again finished runners-up in the 1985 South Asian Games and during the tournament he scored in a 8–0 victory over Maldives. In 1986, he represented Bangladesh at the Pakistan President's Gold Cup in Karachi, scoring in an embarrassing 1–4 defeat to President XI of Pakistan. Nevertheless, the team responded with a 1–0 victory over Pakistan, and finished the tournament in third-place. Kaiser also appeared in the 1986 and 1990 editions of the Asian Games. He also represented the national team in the six editions of the South Asian Games from 1984 to 1993. Kaiser served vice-captain to Sayeed Hassan…

International

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.

Kaiser Hamid was born on 1 December 1964, in Sylhet, Bangladesh. He comes from a sporting background, with his mother, Rani Hamid, being the first FIDE Woman International Master from Bangladesh, while his father, M. A. Hamid, was a Bangladesh Army lieutenant colonel and the founder of the Bangladesh Handball Federation. Kaiser grew up as the second oldest among three brothers. His older brother, Sohel Hamid, was a national squash champion, while his youngest brother, Bobby Hamid, played football for Wari Club in the First Division. Kaiser represented Sylhet District in the Sher-e-Bangla Cup from 1981 to 1983 and later began representing Dhaka University as an alumnus from 1984.