Sohel Rana (born 27 March 1995) is a Bangladeshi footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for Bashundhara Kings and the Bangladesh national team.

Sohel Rana

Sohel in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Sohel Rana
Date of birth	(1995-03-27) 27 March 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth	Arambagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre midfielder
Club information
Current team	Bashundhara Kings
Youth career
	Victoria SC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–13	Dhaka Mohammedan
2013–15	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
2015–2017	Sheikh Russel KC
2017–2021	Abahani Limited Dhaka	59	(2)
2021–	Bashundhara Kings	19	(1)
National team‡
2012–2016	Bangladesh U23	16	(3)
2013–	Bangladesh	51	(0)
Honours Representing  Bangladesh South Asian Games 2016 2019
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022

Club career

Rana made top division debut with Dhaka Mohammedan back in 2011. After playing two seasons for the Blacks And Whites, he moved to Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in 2013–14 season.

International career

Youth team

Rana made his debut for Bangladesh U-23 in a friendly with Nepal U-23, played at Bangladesh Army Stadium, Bangladesh on 25 August 2014. On his debut, he scored the match-winning goal for the home team in the 14th minute of the 2nd half[2] by an angular ground shot from outside the danger zone in a rain soaked heavy ground (1–0).[3]

He first wore the U23 arm band against Syria in 2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifier at home, but he was the makeshift captain as Raihan Hasan received red card that night. He fully captained the Olympic side in the very next match against India which end goalless, as regular captain Raihan had the suspension order.

Senior team

Rana made his senior debut for Bangladesh in a 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification match against Palestine, played at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Nepal on 2 March 2013.

International goals

Youth team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 June 2012	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu	Yemen U-23	1–4	1–5	AFC U-22 Championship qualification
2.	25 August 2014	Bangladesh Army Stadium, Dhaka	Nepal U-23	1–0	1–0	International Friendly
3.	15 February 2016	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Sarusajai	Maldives U-23	1–0	2(5)-(4)2	2016 South Asian Games

Personal life

On 7 March 2021, Sohel Rana married Syed Tamila Sirajee, an MBA student, after their six years long relationship. On 8 February 2015, Tamila came to Bangabandhu Stadium to watch 2015 Bangabandhu Gold Cup final match where she saw and fall in love with Sohel. After that, she reached out Sohel through social media site Facebook. At first, they became friends and then lovers.[4]

Sohel Rana is the uncle of Pappu Hossain, a goalkeeper of Saif SC and Bangladesh U-23 team. On 17 September 2019, Pappu got his call-up in Bangladesh senior national team along with regular national team member Sohel.[5] It made headlines as uncle and nephew both were going to play for the national team together.

Honours

Club

Abahani Limited

• Bangladesh Premier League: 2017–18

Dhaka Mohammedan

• Super Cup : 2013

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi

• Bangladesh Premier League: 2013–14, 2015
• Federation Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15
• King's Cup (Bhutan): 2014

References