# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/azhar-hossain
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:29:49.191Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/azhar-hossain"
name: "Azhar Hossain"
slug: "azhar-hossain"
description: "Azhar Hossain is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in seven One Day Internationals from 1988 to 1990. Though, in and out of the national squad, Azhar was still a very dominant figure in domestic cricket arena throughout the 80's. The highlight of his international career was his 54 against NZ at Sharjah in 1990. That is the first 50 scored by a Bangladeshi in ODI. Later on, in 1999, his nephew Mehrab Hossain became the first Bangladeshi to score a century in ODI. An opening batsman, He also picked up 4 wickets in ODIs bowling gentle off-breaks."
tagline: "Cricketer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1964-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           33.71
  momentum:             3.478260869565217
  historical:           4.867782666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azhar_Hossain"
    title: "Azhar Hossain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ازهار هوساين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "আজহার হোসেন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B8%DB%81%D8%B1_%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%B9_%DA%A9%DA%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%91%DB%8C)"
    title: "اظہر حسین (کرکٹ کھلاڑی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "अझहर होसेन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B9%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "அஸ்கர் ஹொசைன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3528932"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump