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Football Anwar may consider a Bangladesh call Sports Reporter British footballer of Bangladeshi descent Anwar Uddin said he would consider playing for Bangladesh national team if he gets an offer. Anwar, who had represented England's Under- 16 and 19 sides, arrived in Dhaka yesterday morning to visit the youth football camp under the auspices of Canary Wharf, UK. It is his second trip to Bangladesh following the 1989 outing with his father to his hometown in Sylhet. The 27-year-old, highly regarded as a traditional English defender in his youth, went to BKSP shortly after his arrival and spent time with the players in the camp. The Dagenham & Redbridge player in the English League Two was a youth product of East London club West Ham United, but injury forced him to miss the train of Premiership. Anwar's visit inspired the Bangladesh U-14 team also camping at the Savar sport institute and the London-born told the boys that as a Bangladeshi descendant, he wished their prosperity. "If you have the courage and will, you can develop your game," told Anwar to the U-14 players. Fazlur Rahman Babul, a member of Bangladesh Football Federation and co-ordinator of the youth project, who invited Anwar for the weeklong trip, said that the footballer responded to his call to play for the Bangladesh team. "He (Anwar) said if the football federation offers him to play, he will consider it and ask the English FA for permission," Babul said adding that it would take some time if all things fall into places. "I tried to convince him to play for Bangladesh during Mohammedan's tour of UK in 2000 but he was eager about playing for England then. We don't not know how long it will take to clear him to play for Bangladesh but if everyone agrees, we will try to include him in next month's SAFF Championship," added Babul. Anwar will spend the entire day today with the members of the youth project at BKSP along with his tour party involving British coach Anthony Ferguson and Canary Wharf's head of public affairs Zakir Khan. He is scheduled to meet the newly elected officials of the BFF on Friday.