Pappu Hossain (Bengali: পাপ্পু হোসাইন; born 7 April 1999),[1] is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saif Sporting Club in Bangladesh Premier League.[2] He is the nephew of Bangladesh national team player Sohel Rana.[3]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Radwan Hossain Pappu | ||
Date of birth | (1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Bangladesh | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Saif Sporting Club | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
Arambagh KS | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Arambagh KS | (0) | ||
2017– | Saif Sporting Club | 41 | (0) |
2019 | → Mohammedan (loan) | 11 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019- | Bangladesh U23 | ||
2019- | Bangladesh | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 May 2020 |
In October 2019, Pappu gets his first-ever senior national team call up for a FIFA friendly against Bhutan.[3][4]
In November 2019, Pappu gets a U-23 call up for 2019 South Asian Games.[5][6][7]
Pappu Hossain started his senior career with Arambagh KS.[2][8] He joined Saif Sporting Club in 2017,[9][10] where he won the award for best goalkeeper in the Bangladesh Premier League from the Bangladesh Football Supporters Forum.[11][12] He was also part of Saif's 2018 AFC Cup qualification squad.[13] During 2019 he was loaned to Dhaka Mohammedan.[4][14]
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