Mohammad Asrar Rehbar

Mohammad Asrar Rehbar (born 8 April 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder while captaining Bengaluru United, which plays in the Bangalore Super Division and I-League 2nd Division. Asrar has captained FC Bengaluru United for Bangalore Super Division and played a vital role for their season with 8 goals in 11 games. Asrar has played for clubs for Real Kashmir FC, SD Lenense & Lonestar Kashmir F.C. He has won many awards in his state team and many individual trophies as well.

Mohammad Asrar Rehbar
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-08) 8 April 1998
Place of birth Jammu and Kashmir, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bengaluru United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2016 Lonestar Kashmir
2016 Real Kashmir
2017 SD Lenense
2017–2019 Lonestar Kashmir
2019– Bengaluru United 11 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 December 2019

Early life

Asrar started playing football at the age of 12. During his primary school time he was playing locally at Sanat Nagar ground. After this he gave trials for school team (Burn Hall) and was selected. In following year he won inter school and state tournaments. Asrar was selected for nationals level tournaments following his performances. He since then took part in 7 national level tournaments. He also had also played Durand Cup twice[1] and also put his mark there while scoring in that competition too. He has also Played 2 Santosh trophies for his state.

Career

In early 2017, Rehbar was one among to footballers from Jammu and Kashmir selected to play for SD Lenense, a third-division club in the Spanish football system. He had previously represented his home State of Jammu and Kashmir in the Santosh Trophy tournament.[2] Playing for SD Lenense, Rehbar scored two goals on debut. Following his return from Spain, he was signed by Lonestar Kashmir, with who he played in the I-League 2nd Division. Rehbar previously had a stint with the club before moving to Real Kashmir. He re-signed with Lonestar Kashmir following the insistence of his "hero" Ishfaq Ahmed.[3]

In 2019, Rehbar signed a three-year contract with Bengaluru United, which played in the Bangalore Super Division, the third division of India's football league system.[3] He scored his first and second goals for the club in the 29th and 34th minutes during their 4–1 victory against ASC in the opening match of the league on 2 November 2019.[4] On 21 December, he scored his first hat-trick for the club in the 4–0 win against Bangalore Independents.[5] The third goal came as a solo effort as Rehbar took the ball at the halfway line and dribbled past two defenders before converting past goalkeeper Anandu N. K.[6]

References
  1. PTI (7 January 2017). "Football in Spain: Two Kashmiri Boys Set to Play in La Liga". www.thequint.com. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. "Kashmir boys to play in Spanish football club". India Today. Press Trust of India. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. Khan, Abid (26 July 2019). "Kashmir footballer Asrar Rehbar signs contract with Bangalore United". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  4. "Bengaluru United hit four". Deccan Herald. 3 November 2019. p. 16.
  5. "Super Rheber does the trick for FC Bengaluru United". The Times of India (Bangalore ed.). 22 December 2019. p. 18.
  6. "Asrar's treble spurs United". Deccan Herald (Bangalore ed.). 22 December 2019. p. 16.
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