Kowsar Ali

Kowsar Ali (Bengali: কাওসার আলী; born 20 November 1958) is a former Bangladeshi national football and hockey player and coach.

[1] After representing Bangladesh U19 in the 1977 and 1978 editions of the AFC Youth Championship, he was included in the senior national squad for the 1978 Asian Games, in Bangkok.

During the season, his midfield partnership with Milon Karmakar Basu was heavily applauded as one of the main factors in the club's success.

In 1977 he played for the Bangladesh national field hockey team during three test matches against visiting Sri Lanka.

In addition to this, Ali has served as a member of the development and education committee and as part of the governance panel of the Asian Hockey Federation.