DHAKA, May 10, 2020 (BSS)- Celebrated footballer and former national
football team captain Monem Munna’s historic national team jersey number 2
sold at Taka three lakh in an auction set up by Auction 4 Actiont held on
Saturday night.
Bangladesh won the maiden international football trophy (home soil) in 1989
in President Gold Cup held in Dhaka. Bangladesh (red team) emerged champions
in that tournament and Munna was the proud member of the champions team.
The jersey number 2, which Munna wore in that match, was put up for the
auction conducted by Action 4 Auction, a charitable organization. The
collected fund from the auction will be donated among the COVID-19 affected
people.
Carnival Internet was the winner of the bidder of Munna’s historic national
team jersey.
Earlier, the base price of legendary national footballer Munna’s historic
jersey was fixed at Taka two lakh.
At the same time, another jersey of Munna, which he donated for Abahani,
was sold at Taka 2.1 lakh with HSBC deputy CEO Mahbub Ur Rahman bought the
jersey outside of the auction.
On the other hand, former FIFA referee Tayeb Hasan’s jersey sold for Tk
5.55 lakh, with Satkhira Chamber of Commerce president Nasim Faruk Khan was
the winning of the bidder. Auction 4 Action conducted the auction in a
facebook page.
Tayeb was wearing the jersey he auctioned while officiating the 2013 SAFF
Championship final between India and Afghanistan. The base price of the
jersey was also set at Tk 2 lakh.