English Premier League footballer Hamza Dewan Chowdhury arrived in Bangladesh on the morning of March 17. He returned home yesterday after playing his debut match for Bangladesh in Shillong, India, on March 25.
This morning, he left the country on a Bangladesh Biman flight to join English club Sheffield United. It is learned that he left Dhaka for Sylhet at 9:45 am and then left Sylhet for Manchester on the same flight at 11:45 pm.
The sports arena of Bangladesh has been in a state of turmoil for the past 10 days. He received a huge welcome and love in his home district Habiganj on March 17 and 18. He joined the Bangladesh national team camp on the night of March 18. He practiced in Dhaka the next day. He was in Shillong, India to play matches from March 20-25.
After Hamza arrived in Bangladesh, the craze for football increased manifold. Everyone was interested in the Bangladesh-India match. After a long time, there was a lot of interest in the match of the Bangladesh football team. Hamza won everyone’s hearts with his excellent performance against India. Not only in playing, Hamza is unique in his conduct and behavior. Although he is a very big player himself, he has made a place in everyone’s hearts in a very short time with the respect and humble attitude of his teammates.
Bangladesh’s next match in the Asian Cup qualifiers is against Singapore in Dhaka on June 10. Hamzar is scheduled to return to Bangladesh to play in that match. The arrival of Hamzar, who plays in the English Premier Football League, has created a ray of hope in Bangladeshi football.
