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Bangladeshi footballer

Sohel Rana
Sohel with Bangladesh in 2021
Personal information
Full name Sohel Rana
Date of birth (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995 (age 31)
Place of birth Arambagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position 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 66 (1)
International career‡
2009 Bangladesh U16 4 (1)
2011 Bangladesh U19 4 (0)
2012–16 Bangladesh U23 16 (3)
2013– Bangladesh 80 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Bangladesh
South Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2016
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 September 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026

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

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Sohel made his professional league debut with Mohammedan SC in 2010.[2] He made his mark for the team during the Federation Cup by scoring in a 1–1 draw with Feni SC, as Mohammedan failed to reach the semi-finals for the first time in the 30-year history of the tournament.[3]

In August 2019, Sohel's goal for Abahani Limited Dhaka against North Korea's 25 April during the 2019 AFC Cup was voted as the "AFC Cup 2019 Goal of the Week".[4][5]

International career

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Youth team

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Sohel made his youth international debut during the 2010 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers.[6][7] He represented Bangladesh U19 during the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers held in Dhaka.[8]

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 U23 arm band against Syria in 2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifier at home, but he was the makeshift captain as Raihan Hasan received red card that night. He fully captained the Olympic side in the very next match against India which end goalless.

Senior team

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Sohel made his senior debut for Bangladesh in a 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification match against Palestine, played at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Nepal on 2 March 2013.

Career statistics

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International

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As of 31 March 2026.
Bangladesh
YearAppsGoals
201340
201430
2015100
201650
201830
201970
202060
202170
202260
2023130
202470
202571
202620
Total801
Scores and results list Bangladesh goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sohel Rana goal
List of youth international goals scored by Sohel Rana
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1.11 October 2009Panaad Stadium, Bacolod Chinese Taipei1–11–22010 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
2.24 June 2012Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Yemen1–41–52013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification
3.25 August 2014Bangladesh Army Stadium, Dhaka   Nepal1–01–0International Friendly
4.15 February 2016Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Sarusajai Maldives1–02 (5)–(4) 22016 South Asian Games
Scores and results list Bangladesh goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sohel Rana goal
List of international goals scored by Sohel Rana
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
14 June 2025National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Bhutan2–02–0Friendly

Personal life

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"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 Bangabandhu Stadium to watch 2015 Bangabandhu Gold Cup final match where she saw and fall in love with Sohel. After that, she reached out Sohel through social media site Facebook. At first, they became friends and then lovers.[10]

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

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Mohammedan SC

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club

Abahani Limited Dhaka

Bashundhara Kings

References

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  1. ↑ "Sohel Rana - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Rahman, Anisur (23 August 2019). "'Bangladesh are on the way up'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mohammedan's shameful exit". The Daily Star. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Dhaka Abahani's Sohel Rana wins AFC Cup 2019 Goal of the Week". The Business Standard. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Sohel Rana's goal voted best". The Daily Star. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "U-16 booters leave for Philippines". The Daily Star. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "U-16 booters end qualifiers with defeat". The Daily Star. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "U-19 squad announced". The Daily Star. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "BD U-23 beat Nepal by 1-0". Prothom Alo. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  10. 1 2 'ফেক আইডি'র মানুষটিই হলো বউ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 7 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  11. ↑ জাতীয় দলে মামা-ভাগনে. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali). 17 September 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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