Wali Faisal

Wali Faisal (Bengali: ওয়ালী ফয়সাল; born 1 March 1985)[2] is a retired Bangladeshi international footballer who played as a defender. He played for the Bangladesh national football team from 2006 to 2018.

Wali Faisal
Personal information
Full name Md. Wali Faisal
Date of birth (1985-03-01) 1 March 1985
Place of birth Narayanganj, Bangladesh
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2009 Abahani Limited Dhaka
2009–2010 Mohammedan SC
2010–2011 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
2011–2015 Abahani Limited Dhaka
2015–2016 Sheikh Russel KC
2016–2021 Abahani Limited Dhaka 53 (0)
2021–2022 Rahmatganj MFS 12 (0)
2022–2023 Mohammedan SC 0 (0)
International career‡
2006–2018 Bangladesh 45 (0)
Medal record
Representing Bangladesh U-23
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2018

Early life

Wali was born at Narayanganj, one of the oldest cities in Bangladesh, in 1985. While he was in 3rd and 4th grade in school, he produced great performance for his district team and attracted interest from both Abahani-Mohammedan. He traveled to Dhaka to watch league games of his maternal uncle Abdullah Parbez, who was a player of Team BJMC. Faisal was introduced to and participated in sports in the supervision of Abdullah.[3]

Club career

Despite the family reluctance, Wali was very attracted to his football career. Wali's academy coach Azmal Khandakar was impressed by his football skills.[4] Seeing his playing style, late Monem Munna, ex captain of both the Bangladesh National football team and Abahani Limited, was impressed and invited him to play in the junior team of Abahani Limited Dhaka.

References
  1. "Wali Faisal". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. "Bangladesh Squad Announced For Nepal". www.plaantik.com. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. আবাহনীর নেতৃত্বে ওয়ালী ফয়সাল. bdnews24.com. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  4. ‘বিদ্যুৎ চাচা’র ফুটবল পাঠশালা, Prothom Alo (in Bengali), retrieved 3 December 2014
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