Farouk Janeman

Mohammed Farouk Bhamji (Janeman) (17 February^[1] 1953 – 27 September 2013)^[2] was a Fijian football player and coach.^[3]

A forward,^[2] Janeman was a star soccer player representing the premier Fiji Football Association team of Ba in the 1970s. After his retirement as a player, he took up coaching, and led a number of district and national sides. In the 2006 elections Janeman contested the Ba West Indian Communal Constituency as a National Federation Party candidate and obtained only 10.51% of the votes.

Achievement as a soccer player

• He was the captain of the Ba team that defeated Rewa in the 1976 Interdistrict Competition.
• He scored the lone goal when Ba defeated Suva in the 1977 Interdistrict Competition.
• He scored the decisive goal when Ba defeated Labasa in the 1978 Interdistrict Competition.^[4]
• Member of Ba soccer team's 1977 tour of New Zealand.^[5] played for Fiji national team for 11 years.

Soccer teams coached by Janeman

• Coach of national under fifteen team that took part in the Northern Ireland Milk Cup from 18 to 24 July 2004 in Belfast.^[6]
• Coach of the Fiji Nation U-12 Team that took part in the Danone Cup in France in 2008 and placed 24th out of 40 countries. The team's name was Flying Arrow S.C. U-12 team as a big part of the support for the team came from the Flying Arrow Sports Club in Surrey, B.C., Canada.
• Coach of Fiji team to Oceania Football Confederation Under 17 Championship in Tahiti from 20 to 24 March 2007.^[7]
• Assistant coach of Fiji national teams tour of the United States from 1 to 19 April 2007.^[8]
• He is the FIJI Football Association development manager.^[9] he is ba teams head coach

References

1. "Akhtar Bhamji – In yalalevu cemetery ba fiji". Facebook. 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
2. . Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
3. "OFC mourns the loss of Farouk Janeman". Boxscorenews.com. 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
4. Tournament Record (1971–1980) Fiji Football^{[permanent dead link]}
5. Ba's visit to New Zealand 1977
6. Fiji names team for Northern Ireland Milk Cup 2006-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
7. OFC – OFC U17 CHAMPIONSHIP – TAHITI 2007 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
8. Cal Plays Fiji National Team Archived 2012-07-08 at archive.today
9. . Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-05-16.