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Candid Hemanta

The teenage sensation talks football, family and ... girls
Hemanta Vincent Biswas could be dubbed as the saving grace of Bangladesh football. The 19-year-old midfielder's decisive goal against Sri Lanka not only put an under-fire Bangladesh team into the semifinals of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup on Monday, but it also 'saved' the career of some of the senior players. The Daily Star's Ansiur Rahman caught up with the starlet during breakfast at the team hotel the morning after the match to talk about his beginnings in football and career so far.
DS: Who inspired you to become a footballer?
HVB: I used to play football by bunking classes before my father Michael Biswas gave me complete freedom to play football and, at one stage, I was admitted to the BKSP. DS: What was the turning point of your career?
HVB: The first turning point was getting the chance to play in the AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers and the second one was getting a call to the national side in the friendly match against India last year.
DS: Who are the main architects behind your improvement? HVB: I will give all the credit to Lodewijk de Kruif and Rene Koster, who gave me a lot of tips to become a good footballer since my debut in the U-19 national team.
DS: Which is the best game you played in your career so far? HVB: I had performed well in the friendly against India and then played well in the Asian Games. But I will keep the match against Sri Lanka ahead of all because we kept our promise to qualify for the semifinals and, most importantly, saved the international careers of Mamunul Islam and Zahid Hasan Emily, who declared to call time if we lost. I think Bangladesh still needs both of them.
DS: You got a trial with Dutch club FC Twente. What did you learn from the two-week trial?
HVB: The most important thing I learnt there is how to keep possession of the ball and distribute it and how to keep fitness in individual practice. Those things are still helping me a lot.
DS: Which things do you always keep in your mind when you take the field?
HVB: Keeping possession as much as I can before distributing it at the right time, as well as trying to score. DS: Did you talk to your parents after the match?
HVB: After I reached the hotel last night, I found there were 14 missed calls on my mobile from my mother, who told me that that she cried Babu (nickname of Hemanta) after my goal. Then my father said that we have the ability to make it to the final and his blessing is with us. My younger sister is also very happy as her friends greeted her after watching the match on television. DS: Did your girlfriend call you? HVB: I had a girlfriend at school level but at present there is no one like that. However, I have a good friend, who is studying in India. She often calls me and I believe she will call me when she learns that I scored in an international match. DS: Where do you want to see yourself in the future?
HVB: I want to represent my country as long as I can and end my career at the point when everyone can remember me.