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Manik's dream come true

Sports Reporter
The national team management committee (NTMC) of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has confirmed Shafiqul Islam Manik as the new national football team coach yesterday.
BFF's national team management committee led by Badal Roy took the decision in its meeting at theBFFBhaban.
"We proposed Manik's name to the federation and they will now finalise everything. Initially he will get a six-month term and then everything will depend on his performance," said Roy after the meeting.
"We will also form a selection panel soon," he added.
The contract of Manik, the former Muktijoddha and Mohammedan coach, will come to effect from this month so that he can select players by watching the performance in the Citycell Federation Cup.
The post was vacant after another local coach Abu Yousuf
had expressed his unwillingness to continue as the national coach after the debacle in the SAFF Championship in Sri Lanka.
Manik will prepare die team for the Mardeka Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia held annually in Kuala Lumpur since 1957, in Octoberand an invitational tournament in neighbouring Indonesia.
It was like a dream came true for Manik under whom Mohammedan Sporting Club finished runners-up in the inaugural B. League and
emerged champions in the 2005 Nitol-Tata National Football League. He also had a long stint with Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra and guided the club to the premier league twice, the national league, the federation cup twice and the 1998 McDowell Cup in Kolkata.
"I dreamt of this day for a long time. It was my ultimate goal to become coach of the national team since I started my coaching career in 1995 and my dream has finally cometrue.
"I think it is the outcome of my successful stint as a coach in the club level," said an excited Manik, who also coached the national under-14 team in 2002 and Under-23 side in 2003.
The former national defender said that his main target would be to prolong his stint with the BFF although it would not be an easy task for him considering the history of the previous coaches.
"It's an opportunity for me to prove a point as a coach. I can only prolong my career as well as getting an extension through my performance.
"I think the working atmosphere in the federation is now
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