Akhi Khatun

Akhi Khatun (Bengali: আঁখি খাতুন) is a Bangladeshi women's football defender who plays as a centre-back for Bashundhara Kings Women and the Bangladesh women's national football team. She previously played for Bangladesh women's national under-15 football team.[1][2][3][4]

Akhi Khatun
Personal information
Full name Mossammat Akhi Khatun
Date of birth (2003-06-18) 18 June 2003
Place of birth Shahjadpur, Sirajganj
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Bashundhara Kings Women
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Bashundhara Kings 22 (4)
National team
2016–2018 Bangladesh U–14 (3)
2017–2020 Bangladesh U–16 (2)
2018– Bangladesh U–19 9 (1)
2018– Bangladesh 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Akhi was the member of 2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship winning Bangladesh squad. She scored two goals for a 3–0 win against Bhutan and showed doughty performance throughout the tournament on artificial turf was adjudged most valuable player of the tournament.[5][6][7]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 November 2018Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar   Nepal1–11–12020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

References
  1. "Meet our supergirls". Dhaka Tribune. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. "Akhi keeps her promise". BFF. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. "Akhi Khatun: Bangladesh's Maldini in the making". Dhaka Tribune. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. বার্সার পিকে, বাংলাদেশের আঁখি. MT News 24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. সিরাজগঞ্জের মেয়ে আঁখি এখন দক্ষিণ এশিয়ার সেরা. poriborton.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. তাঁতিপাড়া থেকে উঠে এসে দক্ষিণ এশিয়ার সেরা [Coming from Tantipara is the best in South Asia]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 24 December 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  7. স্বপ্ন বোনা দুটি পায়ে | মহিলা অঙ্গন. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2018.


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