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Rezaul Karim Rehan (Bengali: রেজাউল করিম রেহান; born 6 September 1968) is a retired Bangladeshi professional footballer who played as a defender for the Bangladesh national football team during the late 80s and early 90s.[1] He started his footballing career with Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the Dhaka League, which was the top-tier league in Bangladesh back then.[2][3][4]

Rezaul Karim Rehan

Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Rezaul Karim Rehan
Date of birth	(1968-09-06) 6 September 1968 (age 54)
Place of birth	Sylhet, Bangladesh
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre Back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1987	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
1988–1992	Mohammedan Dhaka
1993–1994	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
1995	Mohammedan Dhaka
1996	Abahani Limited Dhaka
National team
1988–1993	Bangladesh
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Rehan started his career in the Sylhet District League and before going onto play for both the Dhaka giants. He was part of the Bangladesh national football team during the 1989 SA Games, 1988 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and also during the 1990 Asian Games.[5]

Contorversies

During the 1989 SA Games, Bangladesh took on India in the second match of the group-stages, they managed to take the lead early into the game thanks to Nurul Haque Manik. However, after a challenge from Rehan in the penalty box, Bangladesh conceded a late penalty and captain Elias Hossain pushed the referee in anger. This led to his ban from national football and ended up to be his last match for the Bangladesh national football team.[6]

The year 1993 saw Bangladesh take part in the qualifying tournament for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. During the return game against Japan, Bangladesh displayed a decent performance, alhthough the Japanese took the lead within 2 minutes, Bangladesh equalized soon. Nonetheless, after two blunders from substitute keeper Sayeed Hassan Kanan and a red card handed out to Rehan, the game finished as a 4-1 defeat.[7] Rehan's national career soon ended the same year.

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