Sohel Rana (footballer, born 1995)
![]() Sohel with Bangladesh in 2021 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Sohel Rana | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 27 March 1995 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Arambagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Bashundhara Kings | |||||||||||||
Number | 17 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
2007–08 |
Mohammedan SC | |||||||||||||
–2010 |
Victoria SC | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2010–13 |
Mohammedan SC | |||||||||||||
2013–15 |
Sheikh Jamal DC | |||||||||||||
2015–17 | Sheikh Russel KC | |||||||||||||
2017–21 |
Dhaka Abahani | 59 | (2) | |||||||||||
2021– | Bashundhara Kings | 48 | (1) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Bangladesh U16 | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||
2011 | Bangladesh U19 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
2012–16 | Bangladesh U23 | 16 | (3) | |||||||||||
2013– | Bangladesh | 67 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 |
Sohel Rana (Bengali: সোহেল রানা; born 27 March 1995) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bangladesh Premier League club Bashundhara Kings and the Bangladesh national team.
Club career
Sohel made his professional league debut with
In August 2019, Sohel's goal for Abahani Limited Dhaka against North Korea's April 25 during the 2019 AFC Cup was voted as the "AFC Cup 2019 Goal of the Week".[4][5]
International career
Youth team
Sohel made his youth international debut during the
Sohel made his debut for Bangladesh U-23 in a friendly with Nepal U-23, played at Bangladesh Army Stadium, Bangladesh on 25 August 2014. On his debut, he scored the match-winning goal in the 14th minute of the 2nd half by an angular ground shot from outside the danger zone in a rain soaked heavy ground (1–0).[9]
He first wore the
Senior team
Sohel made his senior debut for
Career statistics
International
- As of 11 June 2024.
Bangladesh | |||||||||||
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Year | Apps | Goals | |||||||||
2013 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
2014 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
2015 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
2016 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
2018 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
2019 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
2020 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
2021 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
2022 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
2023 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
2024 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 67 | 0 |
International goals
Youth team
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 October 2009 | Panaad Stadium, Bacolod | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2010 AFC U-16 Championship qualification |
2. | 24 June 2012 | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu |
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1–4 | 1–5 | 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification |
3. | 25 August 2014 | Bangladesh Army Stadium, Dhaka | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | International Friendly |
4. | 15 February 2016 | Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Sarusajai | ![]() |
1–0 | 2(5)–(4)2 | 2016 South Asian Games |
Personal life
"She used to send me a lot of messages. But it seemed like a 'fake account' to me! But I got to know her in the end after a lot of messages came. I first met her at a restaurant in Dhanmondi. I liked her at the first day."
–Sohel Rana talking about how he met Tamila[10]
On 7 March 2021, Sohel Rana married Syed Tamila Sirajee, an MBA student, after their six years long relationship. On 8 February 2015, Tamila came to
Sohel Rana is the uncle of Pappu Hossain and Sujon Hossain, both goalkeepers in the Bangladesh Premier League. On 17 September 2019, Pappu got his call-up to the Bangladesh national team along with regular member Sohel.[11] It made headlines as uncle and nephew both were going to play for the national team together.
Honours
Mohammedan SC
- Super Cup: 2013
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
- 2015
- 2014–15
- King's Cup: 2014
Abahani Limited Dhaka
Bashundhara Kings
References
- ^ "Sohel Rana - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ Rahman, Anisur (August 23, 2019). "'Bangladesh are on the way up'". The Daily Star. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "Mohammedan's shameful exit". The Daily Star. October 24, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "Dhaka Abahani's Sohel Rana wins AFC Cup 2019 Goal of the Week". The Business Standard. August 23, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "Sohel Rana's goal voted best". The Daily Star. August 24, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "U-16 booters leave for Philippines". The Daily Star. September 30, 2009. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "U-16 booters end qualifiers with defeat". The Daily Star. October 11, 2009. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "U-19 squad announced". The Daily Star. August 20, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "BD U-23 beat Nepal by 1-0". April 2, 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ a b 'ফেক আইডি'র মানুষটিই হলো বউ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 7 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ জাতীয় দলে মামা-ভাগনে. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali). 17 September 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
External links
- Sohel Rana at National-Football-Teams.com