Sabina Khatun

Sabina Khatun (Bengali: সাবিনা খাতুন; born 25 October 1993) is a Bangladeshi international footballer who plays as a forward for FAM Women's Football Championship club Maldives Army FC^[2] and Bangladesh women's national football team. Currently, she is the captain of Bashundhara Kings Women^[3] and Bangladesh women's national football team. She holds the record of most international goals for Bangladesh (31), male or female. She is also the all-time top goalscorer (male or female) in Bangladeshi club football, with 314 goals.

Sabina Khatun

Personal information
Full name	Sabina Khatun
Date of birth	(1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 29)
Place of birth	Satkhira, Khulna, Bangladesh
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Bashundhara Kings ^[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–12	Satkhira District	21	(70)
2009	Bangladesh VDP	5	(6)
2011	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi	5	(25)
2013	Dhaka Mohammedan	4	(28)
2014–16	Team BJMC	12	(74)
2015	Maldives Defense Force	7	(22)
2018	Sethu FC	7	(6)
2020–	Bashundhara Kings	33	(81)
2021-2022	→ Maldives Army FC (loan)	5	(21)
International career^‡
2009–12	Bangladesh U19	5	(1)
2009–	Bangladesh	46	(31)
Honours Women's football Representing  Bangladesh SAFF Women's Championship Winner 2022 Nepal Runner-up 2016 India South Asian Games 2010 Bangladesh 2016 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 September 2022

Early years

Khatun was born on 25 October 1993 in Satkhira. She is the fourth child of Md. Syed Ghazi and Mumtaz Begum. Khatun's relationship with football started back in 2007 when she was in class eight. She was introduced to football by the Satkhira district football coach Akbar. She was called up to the Bangladesh women's national football team after finding success at the school, inter-school and inter-district levels.

International career

In 2009, Khatun received her first call-up to the Bangladesh national team, which she has captained since 2015.^[4]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 19 September 2022

Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition

Team	Year	Competitive		Friendly		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bangladesh U19	2010	3	1	—		3	1
	2012	2	0	—		2	0
	Total	5	1	0	0	5	1
Bangladesh	2010	8	4	—		8	4
	2011	2	0	—		2	0
	2012	3	0	—		3	0
	2013	3	0	—		3	0
	2014	4	4	—		4	4
	2016	6	7	—		6	7
	2017	2	2	—		2	2
	2018	3	0	—		3	0
	2019	3	1	—		3	1
	2021	2	0	3	4	5	4
	2022	5	8	2	1	7	9
	Total	41	26	5	5	46	31
Career total		46	27	5	5	51	32

International goals

As of match played 19 September 2022

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sabina Khatun goal.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 February 2010	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Pakistan	1–0	1–0	2010 South Asian Games
2	13 December 2010	Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	2–0	2–0	2010 SAFF Championship
3	15 December 2010	Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Bhutan	5–0	9–0
4				8–0
5	13 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	Afghanistan	4–1	6–1	2014 SAFF Championship
6	15 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	India	1–2	1–5
7	17 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	Maldives	2–0	3–1
8				3–1
9	9 February 2016	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India	Maldives	2–0	2–0	2016 South Asian Games
10	13 February 2016	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India	India	1–3	1–5
11	29 December 2016	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India	Afghanistan	1–0	6–0	2016 SAFF Championship
12				2–0
13				3–0
14				4–0
15				5–0
16	2 January 2017	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India	Maldives	3–0	6–0
17				6–0
18	14 March 2019	Sahid Rangasala, Biratnagar, Nepal	Bhutan	2–0	2–0	2019 SAFF Championship
19	26 September 2021	JAR Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hong Kong	2–0	5–0	Friendly
20				3–0
21				4–0
22				5–0
23	23 June 2022	BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Malaysia	2–0	6–0	Friendly
24	7 September 2022	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Maldives	1–0	3–0	2022 SAFF Championship
25				3–0
26	10 September 2022	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Pakistan	3–0	6–0
27				4–0
28				5–0
29	16 September 2022	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Bhutan	2–0	8–0
30				5–0
31				8–0

U19

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 September 2010	BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Malaysia	1–0	1–6	2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification

Honours

Personal

• Anannya Top Ten Awards : 2016^[5][6]

Club

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Women

• Bangladesh Women's Football League
  • Winners (1): 2011^[7]

Bashundhara Kings Women

• Bangladesh Women's Football League
  •   Winners (2): 2019–20,^[8] 2020–21^[9]

International

• SAFF Women's Championship

Champion : 2022

Runner-up : 2016

• South Asian Games

Bronze : 2010

Bronze : 2016

References

1. "Sabina in kings". Dhaka Tribune. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
2. "চতুর্থবার মালদ্বীপের ঘরোয়া ফুটবলে খেলবেন বাংলাদেশের সাবিনা". Jagonews24 (in Bengali). 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
3. "Sabina the top paid signing". Dhaka Tribune. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
4. "বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাসে প্রথম প্রমীলা ফুটবল খেলোয়াড় হিসেবে বিদেশে খেলতে যাচ্ছেন সাবিনা". www.kheladhula.com (in Bengali).
5. "Anannya honours 10 women". The Daily Star. May 6, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
6. "Anannya honours 10 successful women". New Age. May 7, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
7. "Jamal clinch women's title". archive.bff.com.bd. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
8. "Unstoppable Kings clinch Women's Football League". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
9. "Bashundhara Kings retain title". The Daily Star. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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