Sohel Rana (footballer, born 1995)

Sohel Rana
	Sohel in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Sohel Rana
Date of birth	27 March 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth	Arambagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Centre Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Bashundhara Kings
Youth career
	Victoria Sporting Club
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–13	Dhaka Mohammedan
2013–16	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
2017–21	Abahani Limited Dhaka
2021–	Bashundhara Kings
National team‡
2012–2016	Bangladesh U23
2013–	Bangladesh
Honours
Representing Bangladesh
South Asian Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2021

Sohel Rana (born 27 March 1995) is a Bangladeshi footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for Bashundhara Kings and the Bangladesh national team.

Club career[]

Rana made top division debut with Dhaka Mohammedan back in 2011. After playing two seasons for the Blacks And Whites, he moved to Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in 2013–14 season.

International career[]

Youth team[]

Rana 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 for the home team in the 14th minute of the 2nd half^[1] by an angular ground shot from outside the danger zone in a rain soaked heavy ground (1–0).^[2]

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, as regular captain Raihan had the suspension order.

Senior team[]

Rana 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.

International goals[]

Youth team[]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 June 2012	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu	Yemen U-23	1–4	1–5	AFC U-22 Championship qualification
2.	25 August 2014	Bangladesh Army Stadium, Dhaka	Nepal U-23	1–0	1–0	International Friendly
3.	15 February 2016	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Sarusajai	Maldives U-23	1–0	2(5)-(4)2	2016 South Asian Games

Personal life[]

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.^[3]

"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^[3]

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.^[4] It made headlines as uncle and nephew both were going to play for the national team together.

Honours[]

Club[]

Abahani Limited

Bangladesh Premier League: 2017–18

Dhaka Mohammedan

Super Cup : 2013

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi

References[]

^ http://www.demotix.com/news/5613150/bangladesh-u-23-national-football-team-wins-against-nepal-dhaka
^ {[cite news |title=BD U-23 beat Nepal by 1-0 |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/sports/news/52586/BD-U-23-beat-Nepal-by-1-0 |work=Prothom Alo |agency=UNB |date=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123511/http://en.prothom-alo.com/sports/news/52586/BD-U-23-beat-Nepal-by-1-0 |archive-date=2 April 2015}}
^ ^a ^b 'ফেক আইডি'র মানুষটিই হলো বউ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-03-08.
^ জাতীয় দলে মামা-ভাগনে. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-04-04.

[1] ttp://www.demotix.com/news/5613150/bangladesh-u-23-national-football-team-wins-against-nepal-dhaka

[2] {[cite news |title=BD U-23 beat Nepal by 1-0 |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/sports/news/52586/BD-U-23-beat-Nepal-by-1-0 |work=Prothom Alo |agency=UNB |date=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123511/http://en.prothom-alo.com/sports/news/52586/BD-U-23-beat-Nepal-by-1-0 |archive-date=2 April 2015}}

[:0-3] 'ফেক আইডি'র মানুষটিই হলো বউ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-03-08.

[4] জাতীয় দলে মামা-ভাগনে. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-04-04.

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