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player Syed Abdur Rashid Chunna who coached EPG Press (now BG Press) let Nannu train with the EPG Press football team, when there were not enough players present. In 1965, Nannu got an opportunity to play for the second string team of
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861:"āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ° ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻŦāĻāĻ° : āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° ā§§ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻā§ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ?"
1361:Recipients of the Bangladesh National Sports Award
946:"āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ"
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1200:Dulal, Mahmud (2020).
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282:International career
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115:Attacking midfielder
37:Personal information
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1076:"The twin dreams"
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