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 Bangladesh national team & Sheikh Russel KC in Bangladesh Premier League.[1][2] He also captains Sheikh Russel KC.[3][4][5]

Ashraful Rana
Ashraful in 2020
Personal information
Full name Ashraful Islam Rana
Date of birth (1988-05-01) 1 May 1988
Place of birth Manikganj, Bangladesh
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Sheikh Russel KC
Number 01
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003—2014 Bangladesh Army FC
2015—2016 Dhaka Mohammedan
2016-2017 Chittagong Abahani
2018 Saif Sporting Club 0 (0)
2016-2017 Chittagong Abahani 21 (0)
2018- Sheikh Russel KC 28 (0)
National team
2015– Bangladesh 24 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2020

Club career

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.[6]

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.

He continued at Sheikh Russel as captain in 2019–20 season.

International career

Ashraful 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. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ashraful Islam Rana". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. "Bangladesh - A. Rana - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  3. "Goalkeeper Ashraful Islam Rana Football Statistics - Banglatribune.com". www.banglatribune.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  4. "Ashraful Rana Asian Games 2018 Score". Archived from the original on 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  5. "Ashraful Islam Rana Football Statistics - WhoScored.com". www.whoscored.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  6. ঢাকার ফুটবলে ৬৫ লাখ টাকায় ক্লাব বদল!. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-07-26.


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