Ashraful Islam Rana

Ashraful Islam Rana (Bengali: আশরাফুল ইসলাম রানা; born on 1 May 1988) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Sheikh Russel KC in Bangladesh Premier League and the Bangladesh national team.[2][3] He also captains Sheikh Russel KC.[4][5][6]

Ashraful Rana
Personal information
Full name Ashraful Islam Rana
Date of birth (1988-05-01) 1 May 1988
Place of birth Manikganj, Bangladesh
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sheikh Russel KC
Number 01
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003—2014 Bangladesh Army 0 (0)
2015—2016 Mohammedan SC 16 (0)
2016—2017 Chittagong Abahani 21 (0)
2018 Saif Sporting Club 0 (0)
2018— Sheikh Russel KC 70 (0)
International career‡
2018 Bangladesh U23 (Wildcard) 4 (0)
2015– Bangladesh 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2021

Club career

Rana joined the Bangladesh Army in 2003 and played local tournaments for their football team over the next decade and more. He started his professional league career with Mohammedan SC in 2015, after leaving his job in the Army. Having made his league debut at the age of 27, Rana became a regular face in both the domestic league and national team within a year.[7]

Sheikh Russel KC

In September 2018, Ashraful Rana joined Sheikh Russel KC for 2018–19 season. As of unofficial sources, his salary of the season was 5.5 million taka. He also named captain of the team.[8]

Under his captaincy, Sheikh Russel became runners-up in 2018-19 Independence Cup. It was Russel's first final after five years. Rana kept 4 cleansheets in 5 matches of the tournament. He kept 18 cleansheets in 2018–19 season.

Rana remained the club's captain during the 2021–22 season.[9]

International career

Rana made his debut for national side in an International Friendly against Nepal on 19 December 2015 at Bangabandhu National Stadium.
He made ten saves against UAE during an International friendly match in 2016.
On 4 September 2016 Bangladesh Football Federation announced his name as the new captain of national team.

Career statistics

International
As of 22 March 2020
Bangladesh National Team
YearAppsClean Sheet
201511
201672
2017 0 0
2018 4 1
2019 8 3
2020 3 1
Total 23 8

References
  1. প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. "জিকো নামের এক গোলকিপার". Prothomalo.
  2. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ashraful Islam Rana". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. "Bangladesh - A. Rana - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  4. "Goalkeeper Ashraful Islam Rana Football Statistics - Banglatribune.com". www.banglatribune.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. "Ashraful Rana Asian Games 2018 Score". Archived from the original on 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  6. "Ashraful Islam Rana Football Statistics - WhoScored.com". www.whoscored.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  7. "সেনাবাহিনী থেকে ফুটবলার হওয়া আশরাফুল ইসলাম রানা". August 2, 2020.
  8. ঢাকার ফুটবলে ৬৫ লাখ টাকায় ক্লাব বদল!. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  9. sun, daily. "Rana to continue as Sheikh Russel captain | Daily Sun |". daily sun.
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