Nasirul Islam Nasir

Nasirul Islam Nasir (Bengali: নাসিরুল ইসলাম নাসির) born 10 August 1988, is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who currently plays as a right back for Saif Sporting Club in the Bangladesh Premier League.[1] He played for Bangladesh national team.[2] He is regarded as the best offensive fullback of his generation and one of the bests the country ever produced.

Nasirul Islam Nasir
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Nasirul Islam Nasir
Date of birth (1988-08-10) 10 August 1988
Place of birth Chapai Nawabganj, Bangladesh
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Saif Sporting Club
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Dhaka Mohammedan
2010–2011 Sheikh Jamal DC
2011–2013 Dhaka Mohammedan
2013–2015 Abahani Limited Dhaka 20 (0)
2016 Sheikh Russel KC 0 (0)
2017–2018 Dhaka Mohammedan 19 (1)
2018–2019 Saif SC 20 (0)
2019–2021 Chittagong Abahani Limited 25 (1)
2021– Saif SC 7 (0)
National team
2010 Bangladesh U23 3 (0)
2009–2016 Bangladesh 34 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 March 2022

International career

Nasir has represented Bangladesh by playing for the Bangladesh U-23 team. On November 8, 2010, he made his international debut for the Bangladesh U-23 team in the match against Uzbekistan U-23 team at the 2010 Asian Games. He has participated in 3 matches for the age group of Bangladesh.

On 26 April 2009, a 20 year old Nasir made his international debut for Bangladesh, during the group stages of the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers, against Cambodia. He was included in the starting XI of that match. Bangladesh won the match 1–0.[3] In his debut year for Bangladesh, Nasir played a total of 5 matches.

After a 5 year absence from the national team, Nasir was recalled by interim Óscar Bruzón, in 2021, for the 2021 SAFF Championship.[4] However, Nasir failed to make the final squad for the tournament.[5]

References
  1. "Bangladesh -Nasirul Islam Nasir - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  2. Profile
  3. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2011.
  4. প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া. "৫ বছর পর নাসির, আছেন ১৮ বছরের মারাজও". Prothomalo.
  5. "দল ঘোষণার ৬ ঘণ্টা পর ডাক পেলেন আবাহনীর হৃদয়". dhakapost.com.
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