Sajid Dar

Born in Jammu and Kashmir, Dar played for YMCA in the Federation Cup. He also represented Jammu and Kashmir in the Santosh Trophy from 2000 to 2002 and was considered as one of the best defender (stopper) in North India.

Currently Dar is considered among top talented coach of a country with high potential.He began his coaching career in 2012, being selected as the assistant coach of the India U19 side. In 2014, Dar was selected to be the head coach of the India U16 side bound for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup when they were part of the AIFF Elite Academy.

In March 2015, Dar was selected to become the head coach of the India women's football team before their 2016 Summer Olympics qualifiers. His first match in charge of the side came on 13 March 2015 against Sri Lanka. His India side came out as 4–0 winners but a 7–0 defeat to Myanmar in the next match ended India's hope of Olympic qualification.

He was selected to attend the AFC instructors course in Malaysia.

He attended DFB course in Hennef, Germany conducted by the German Football Association in September 2015.

A year later, Dar won his first trophy as India head coach as he led the country to gold during the 2016 South Asian Games. He got remarkable victory over Nepal 4–0 in the final.

On 4th January Dar again emerged champion with india womens national team to clinch the 4th consecutive SAFF title.

Managerial statistics

As of 4th January 2017.

Team	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
India women	1 March 2015	Present	7001100000000000000♠10	7000600000000000000♠06	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	07001600000000000000♠60.00
Total			7001100000000000000♠10	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	07001600000000000000♠60.00