Sohel Rana (footballer, born 1995)

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.

For the player born in 1991, see Mohamed Sohel Rana (footballer, born 1991). For the player born in 1996, see Mohamed Sohel Rana (footballer, born 1996).
Sohel Rana
Sohel with Bangladesh in 2021
Personal information
Full name Sohel Rana
Date of birth (1995-03-27) 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
Youth career
–2010 Victoria SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–13 Mohammedan SC
2013–15 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
2015–17 Sheikh Russel KC
2017–21 Abahani Limited Dhaka 59 (2)
2021– Bashundhara Kings 37 (1)
International career‡
2009 Bangladesh U16 4 (1)
2011 Bangladesh U19 (0)
2012–16 Bangladesh U23 16 (3)
2013– Bangladesh 62 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Bangladesh
South Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Club career

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 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 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

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

International
As of 17 October 2023.
Bangladesh
YearAppsGoals
201340
201430
2015100
201650
201830
201970
202060
202170
202260
2023110
Total620

Youth team
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
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

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 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, a goalkeeper of Saif SC and Bangladesh U-23 team. On 17 September 2019, Pappu got his call-up in Bangladesh senior national team along with regular national team member Sohel.[11] It made headlines as uncle and nephew both were going to play for the national team together.

Honours

Mohammedan SC

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club

Abahani Limited Dhaka

Bashundhara Kings

References
  1. "Sohel Rana - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK.
  2. Rahman, Anisur (August 23, 2019). "'Bangladesh are on the way up'". The Daily Star.
  3. Reporter, Sports (October 24, 2010). "Mohammedan's shameful exit". The Daily Star.
  4. "Dhaka Abahani's Sohel Rana wins AFC Cup 2019 Goal of the Week". The Business Standard. August 23, 2019.
  5. Reporter, Sports (August 24, 2019). "Sohel Rana's goal voted best". The Daily Star.
  6. Reporter, Sports (September 30, 2009). "U-16 booters leave for Philippines". The Daily Star.
  7. Reporter, Sports (October 11, 2009). "U-16 booters end qualifiers with defeat". The Daily Star.
  8. Reporter, Sports (August 20, 2011). "U-19 squad announced". The Daily Star.
  9. "BD U-23 beat Nepal by 1-0". April 2, 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  10. 'ফেক আইডি'র মানুষটিই হলো বউ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  11. জাতীয় দলে মামা-ভাগনে. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-04-04.
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