Ashraful Islam Rana

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

Ashraful Rana
Personal information
Full name Mohamed 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
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–14 Army Football Team 0 (0)
2015–16 Dhaka Mohammedan 16 (0)
2016–17 Chittagong Abahani 21 (0)
2018 → Saif SC (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2023 Sheikh Russel KC 86 (0)
International career‡
2018 Bangladesh U23 (wildcard) 4 (0)
2015–2022 Bangladesh 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2023
‡ 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 teams within a year. In 2016 he moved to Chittagong Abahani where he also spent only a single season.[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]

In 2023, Rana returned to the Army Football Team as a guest player to participate in the 2023 Durand Cup.[10]

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 which Bangladesh lost 1–6, on 18 March 2016. He played full 90 minutes when Bangladesh got trashed 0–8 by Jordan during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round. On 4 September 2016, Bangladesh Football Federation announced his name as the new captain of the national team. On 6 September 2016, he played his first and only match as Bangladesh captain in a goalless draw against Bhutan in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round.[11][12] His penalty save in the second leg could not prevent Bangladesh from crashing out of the play-offs with an aggregate scoreline of 1–3 in the favour of Bhutan.[13]

Career statistics

International
As of 13 October 2021
Bangladesh National Team
YearAppsClean Sheet
2015 1 1
2016 7 2
2017 0 0
2018 4 1
2019 8 3
2020 4 2
2021 1 0
Total 25 9

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. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. 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.
  10. Report, Star Sports (July 29, 2023). "Bangladesh Army team in Kolkata for Durand Cup". The Daily Star.
  11. Report, Star Online (September 6, 2016). "Profligate booters held by Bhutan". The Daily Star.
  12. Reporter, Sports (September 7, 2016). "Bhutan hold wasteful booters". The Daily Star.
  13. Anam, Atique (October 11, 2016). "Humiliation in Bhutan". The Daily Star.


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