Golam Rabbani Choton (Bengali: গোলাম রব্বানী ছোটন) (born 2 July 1968) is a Bangladeshi professional football coach and former player, who is the current head coach of Bangladesh women's under-14, Bangladesh women's under-17,[1][2] Bangladesh women's under-20[3] and Bangladesh women's national football team.[4][5][6] He is considered as the pioneer of Bangladesh women's football. Golam Rabbani had played for Fakirerpool Young Men's Club and Arambagh KS for most of his playing career as a defender.[7]

Golam Rabbani Choton

Personal information
Full name	Golam Rabbani Choton
Date of birth	(1968-07-02) 2 July 1968 (age 54)
Place of birth	Bogra, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Bangladesh Women (Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1986	Bashabo Tarun Sangha
1987–1990	Fakirerpool
1991–1993	Wari Club Dhaka
1994	Fakirerpool
1995–2001	Arambagh KS
2002	BRTC FC
Teams managed
1993–1994	T&T Club
1996–2005	T&T Club
2005	Dipali Jubo Sangha
2008	Bangladesh (Assistant Coach)
2013–	Bangladesh women's under-14
2013–	Bangladesh women's under-17
2009–	Bangladesh women's under-20
2009–	Bangladesh Women
Honours Representing  Bangladesh (Manager) Women's football SAFF Women's Championship Winner 2022 Nepal Runner-up 2016 India South Asian Games 2010 Bangladesh 2016 India SAFF U-18 Women's Championship Winner 2018 Bhutan Winner 2021 Bangladesh SAFF U-15 Women's Championship Winner 2017 Bangladesh Runner-up 2018 Bhutan Runner-up 2019 Bhutan Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup Winner 2019 Bangladesh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early years

Golam Rabbani Choton was born on July 2, 1968 in Bogra, Bangladesh and spent his childhood there. But, he and his family originally from Tangail.[7]

Career

In the 1983–84 season, he began his senior playing career by playing for Bashabo Tarun Shangho, where he spent three seasons. Then, he joined Fakirerpool Young Men's Club in the 1987–88 season. After spending 3 seasons at Fakirerpool Young Men's Club, he signed a contract with Wari Club Dhaka. Subsequently, he played for Fakirerpool Young Men's Club and Arambagh KS. Most recently in the 2001–02 season, he joined BRTC FC from Arambagh KS; He retired after playing only one season for BRTC FC.[7]

In 1993, Golam Rabbani made his debut as a manager of T&T Club. After stepping down as T&T's manager for just one season, he took over as T&T's manager again in the 1996–97 season, the second time he spent about 10 seasons as T&T's manager. He then joined Dipali Jubo Sangha as a manager. In 2009, he became the manager of the Bangladesh national women's team as well as the manager of the Bangladesh women's under-20 team. Later, he also became the manager of Bangladesh Women's Under-14 and Bangladesh women's under-17 teams. As a manager, he has won 7 titles so far, including the 2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship[8]

Under his coaching, Bangladesh clinched their maiden SAFF Women's Championship title with a 3-1 victory over Nepal in an entertaining final at the Dasharath Rangasala in Kathmandu on 19 September 2022,[9][10][11][12] and they became runner-up at the SAFF Women's Championship 2016..[13]

Honours

Manager

• SAFF Women's Championship

Champion : 2022

Runner-up (1) : 2016

• South Asian Games

Bronze (2) : 2010, 2016

• SAFF U-18 Women's Championship

Champion (2) : 2018, 2021

• Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup

Champion (1) : 2019

• SAFF U-15 Women's Championship

Champion (1) : 2017

Runner-up (2) : 2018, 2019

• AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central

Champion (2) : 2015, 2016

See also

• Bangladesh women's national football team
• Bangladesh women's national under-20 football team
• Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team
• Bangladesh national football team

References

External links

• Global Sports Archive profile
• Soccerway.com profile
• Linkedin profile
• Twitter profile