Rahbar Khan

Md Rahbar Wahed Khan, also known as Sharan Khan (born 6 March 1996), is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Bangladesh national team.

Rahbar Khan
Personal information
Full name Md Rahbar Wahed Khan[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996
Place of birth Dhaka, Bangladesh
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Siena Heights Saints 56 (14)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 North Toronto Nitros 2 (0)
2021–2022 Sheikh Jamal DC 0 (0)
International career‡
2021 Bangladesh 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2021

Early life

Khan attended school at Bangladesh International Tutorial, where he was named captain of the U14 football team.[2] He began playing underground football at the age of eleven[3] and played for teams such as DOHS United and Seven Nations Army.[4]

College career

In 2014, Khan began attending Siena Heights University, playing for the soccer team, on a 25% scholarship.[2] He scored his first goal in his second season, against Grace Christian University on 15 September 2015.[5] He became the captain of the team, was named the Player of the Year award in 2016 and 2017.[6] In his senior season, he scored a career-high seven goals,[7] including a hat trick against the Cornerstone Golden Eagles on 14 October 2017.[8] In 2017, he earned All-WHAC honours, was the WHAC men's soccer offensive player of the week twice, earned WHAC All-Academic honours (which he also earned in 2016) and was named an NAIA Scholar-Athlete.[9] The university also offered him a job as an assistant coach.[2]

Club career

Khan was contacted by two clubs in the Bangladesh Premier League, but he turned them down as his dream was to play in Europe.[10]

In 2021, he played with the North Toronto Nitros in the Canadian League1 Ontario.[11] He made his debut on 31 July, against Master's FA.[12]

On 30 October 2021, he signed for Bangladesh Premier League club Sheikh Jamal DC.[13][14] He made his official debut on 27 November in an Independence Cup match against the Bangladesh Air Force, recording an assist in a 3-0 victory.[15][16] After suffering lateral meniscus and ACL injuries earlier in the season, he requested and was granted his release from the club in April 2022, choosing to return to Canada to rehab the injury that would keep him out for the season.[17]

International career

In August 2021, Khan was called up to the Bangladesh national team for the 2021 Three Nations Cup in Kyrgyzstan.[18] His father said Rhabar resigned from his job in Canada, in order to accept the call-up.[10] On 5 September, he made his debut, against Palestine.[19][20] He made his first start two days later against Kyrgyzstan.[21]

Career statistics
As of 12 December 2021[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup Other Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
North Toronto Nitros 2021[12] League1 Ontario 20–––20
Sheikh Jamal DC 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League 002[lower-alpha 1]04[lower-alpha 2]0–60
Career total 2020400080
  1. Appearance(s) in Bangladesh Federation Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in Independence Cup

References
  1. "Bangladeshi expatriates Tahmid, Rahbar named for Kyrgyz tour". Daily Sun. 24 August 2021.
  2. Chowdhury, Rafeed Elahi (9 February 2018). "The Football Pundit". The Daily Star.
  3. Aziz, Irfan (15 January 2023). "The Underground King turned Professional: The Rahbar Khan Story". Zest Magazine.
  4. "Two expatriate footballers excited with national team call-up". The Business Standard. 26 August 2021.
  5. "Rahbar Khan profile". Siena Heights University.
  6. Saleh, Rabita (18 June 2021). "Unlocking The Potential Of Bangladeshi Student Athletes". The News Times.
  7. "Siena Heights Men's Soccer 2018 Media Guide" (PDF). Siena Heights University.
  8. "Khan Efforts Help Men's Soccer to Convincing Homecoming Victory Over Cornerstone". Siena Heights University. 14 October 2017.
  9. "Siena Heights All-Decade Series: Men's Soccer". Siena Heights University. 9 October 2020.
  10. "Football:Toronto-boy in Dreamland as Day looks to Diaspora". United News of Bangladesh. 26 August 2021.
  11. Abreu, Vance (1 September 2021). "Rahbar Wahed Khan Receives Dream-Call-Up". North Toronto Nitros. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021.
  12. "Rahbar Wahed Khan 2021 L1O profile". League1 Ontario.
  13. @sharan_10 (30 October 2021). "2021-2022 Season" – via Instagram.
  14. "Sheikh Jamal complete transfers". The Daily Star. 20 November 2021.
  15. "Rahbar Khan on his Sheikh Jamal DC debut". Bangladesh Football Live. Facebook. 27 November 2021.
  16. "Sk Jamal, Russel begin with wins". New Age (Bangladesh). 27 November 2021.
  17. @sharan_10 (21 April 2022). "Release from Sheikh Jamal DC" – via Instagram.
  18. "Two NRBs in 23-man squad for Kyrgyzstan series". The Daily Star. 24 August 2021.
  19. "Sharan Khan made his debut for Bangladesh". Bangladesh Football Live. Facebook. 5 September 2021.
  20. "Bangladesh lose 2-0 to Palestine". Dhaka Tribune. 6 September 2021.
  21. "Sufil's goal only consolation in heavy defeat". The Daily Star. 8 September 2021.
  22. Rahbar Khan at Soccerway
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