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Yeasin Arafat (Bengali: ইয়াসিন আরাফাত; born 5 January 2003) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a left back.[1][2] He currently plays for Bashundhara Kings and the Bangladesh national team.[3] He also plays for the Bangladesh national under-23 team and captains the Bangladesh national under-19 team.[4] He is known in his country for offensive playing style & skills.[5]

Yeasin Arafat

Yeasin with Bangladesh in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Yeasin Arafat
Date of birth	(2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 19)
Place of birth	Narayanganj, Bangladesh
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left Back
Club information
Current team	Bashundhara Kings
Number	2
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Kadamtola Sangsad
2018–2021	Saif SC	52	(4)
2021–	Bashundhara Kings	18	(1)
National team‡
2017–2018	Bangladesh U16	6	(1)
2018–	Bangladesh U19	9	(3)
2019–	Bangladesh U23	4	(0)
2019–	Bangladesh	18	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022

Club career

Kadamtola Sangsad

In 2017, Yeasin started his senior club career with Kadamtola Sangsad in Dhaka Third Division Football League (overall 5th tier). His outstanding performance and potential earned him a contract from top-tier side Saif SC.

Saif SC

Yeasin started his journey in top tier from 2018-19 season with Saif SC. On 19 January 2019, He made his Bangladesh Premier League debut against Rahmatganj. The debutant registered an assist in this match, resulting in a 2-1 win. In the debut season, He made 4 assists in 23 league appearances without conceding a single card. In 2019-20 BPL, he scored 2 goals with 1 assist in 6 appearances.

In 2019, it was revealed that Saif SC tagged Yeasin Arafat with a release clause of 1 crore taka (0.12 million USD), making him the Bangladeshi player with the highest release clause.[6]

Bashundhara Kings

On 25 November 2021, Yeasin joined Bashundhara Kings.[7]

International career

Youth teams

Yeasin represented Bangladesh U-16, Bangladesh U-19 and Bangladesh U-23 in international levels. He scored total 4 international goals for Bangladesh U-16 and Bangladesh U-23. He was captain of Bangladesh in 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship and 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.

Senior team

Yeasin made his debut for Bangladesh national team on October 3, 2019, against Bhutan in a FIFA friendly match. Bangladesh won the match by 2-0.[8] He scored a goal against India in 2021 SAFF Championship.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 May 2022.[10]

Club	Season	League			Domestic Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Other		Continental[lower-alpha 2]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Saif Sporting Club	2018–19	Bangladesh Premier League	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2019–20	Bangladesh Premier League	6	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	3
	2020–21	Bangladesh Premier League	23	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	29	5
Bashundhara Kings	2021–22	Bangladesh Premier League	12	1	0	0	6[lower-alpha 3]	1	3	0	21	2
Career total			64	6	9	3	6	1	3	0	64	10

Notes

International

As of 22 February 2020

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bangladesh	2019	1	0
	2020	0	0
Total		1	0

International goals

U-16 team

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 August 2017	ANFA Complex, Nepal	Bhutan U15	7–0	8–0	2017 SAFF U-15 Championship

U-19 team

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	29 September 2019	Halchowk Stadium, Nepal	India U18	1–1	1–2	2019 SAFF U-18 Championship
2.	8 November 2019	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Qatar	Jordan U19	1–1	1–1	2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
3.	10 November 2019		Bhutan U19	1–0	1–2

Senior team

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 October 2021	National Football Stadium, Male	India	1–1	1–1	2021 SAFF Championship

References

External links

• Yeasin Arafat at Soccerway

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