Wali Faisal (Bengali: ওয়ালী ফয়সাল; born 1 March 1985)[2] is a Bangladeshi international footballer who plays as a defender for Bangladesh national football team and Mohammedan SC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Md. Wali Faisal | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-03-01) 1 March 1985 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Narayanganj, Bangladesh | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Mohammedan SC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2011 | Abahani Limited | ||
| 2011–2016 | Mohammedan SC | ||
| 2017–2021 | Abahani Limited | 53 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Rahmatganj MFS | 12 | (0) |
| 2022– | Mohammedan SC | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2018 | Bangladesh | 45 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2018 | |||
Wali was born at Narayanganj, one of the oldest cities in Bangladesh, in 1985. While he was in 3rd and 4th grade in school, he produced great performance for his district team and attracted interest from both Abahani-Mohammedan. He traveled to Dhaka to watch league games of his maternal uncle Abdullah Parbez, who was a player of Team BJMC. Faisal was introduced to and participated in sports in the supervision of Abdullah.[3]
Despite the family reluctance, Wali was very attracted to his football career. Wali's academy coach Azmal Khandakar was impressed by his football skills.[4] Seeing his playing style, late Monem Munna, ex captain of both the Bangladesh National football team and Abahani Limited, was impressed and invited him to play in the junior team of Abahani Limited.