Foysal Ahmed Fahim

Mohammed Foysal Ahmed Fahim (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ ফয়সাল আহমেদ ফাহিম; born 24 February 2002), known as Fahim, is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Saif Sporting Club and the Bangladesh national team.[2]

Foysal Ahmed Fahim
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Foysal Ahmed Fahim
Date of birth (2002-02-24) 24 February 2002
Place of birth Sirajganj, Bangladesh
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Saif Sporting Club
Number 17
Youth career
2014–2015 Masumpur Krira Chakra Club
2015 Sylhet Sporting Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Saif Sporting Club 45 (8)
National team‡
2016–2017 Bangladesh U15 6 (7)
2019–2020 Bangladesh U18 9 (2)
2021– Bangladesh U23 3 (0)
2021– Bangladesh 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2021

Club career

Saif SC

On 11 April 2019, Fahim made his BPL debut for Saif SC during a 3-2 loss against Bashundhara Kings.

On 23 July 2019, Fahim scored his first goal for the club against NoFeL SC in the league.[3] He ended his first professional season at the club with 2 goals from 7 league games.

International career

Bangladesh U-15

Fahim won the golden boot in the 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship as he finished top scorer with 6 goals out of 4 matches.[4] His goals included a hat-trick against Sri Lanka[5] and he also managed to score in both games against Bhutan one of which came in an 8-0 trashing.[6][7] He was in the scoresheet again in the semi-finals against Nepal as Bangldesh lost 4-2 and were knocked out of the competition.[8]

On 24 September 2017, Fahim scored a long-range winner against the Qatar U16 team and sealed a stunning 2-0 win for Bangladesh during the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers.[9] In the end even though Bangladesh failed to reach the main tournament, the victory was seen as a huge achievement.[10][11]

Bangladesh U-18

Fahim was the joint top scorer of the 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship alongside Bangladesh U18 teammate Tanbir Hossain and Gurkirat Singh from India. His goals came against Sri lanka in the group stages and against Bhutan during the semi-finals of the tournament.[12][13]

He was also in the Bangladesh U20 squad during their disappointing 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification campaign.[14][15]

Bangladesh U-23

Fahim was named on the Bangladesh U23 team by coach Maruful Haque for the AFC U-23 Championship 2022 Qualifiers.[16] He managed to play in all of the 3 games, the qualifiers ended with Bangladesh failing to score a single time. Although the poor performances shown by the team, Fahim was impressive during the games, with his quick feet and dribbling, which earned him a Bangladesh national football team call up.[2]

Bangladesh national team

In 2020, Fahim was called up to the national team for the first time during the Bangabandhu Gold Cup. Although he was named on the final squad list, he did not participate in any of the games. He was called up once again, this time for 3 World Cup qualifiers in June in 2021.But failed to join the team in the end due to passport complications. He was also named in Jamie Day's 35-man preliminary squad for the 2021 SAFF Championship. But his name was cut off when Oscar Bruzon named his final squad as the interim coach.[17][18]

On 13 November 2021, Fahim finally made his debut for the Bangladesh national team coming on as a substitute for Mohammad Ibrahim during the start of the second half against Maldives in the 2021 Four Nations Football Tournament.[19] Bangladesh won the game 2-1 which was their first victory against Maldives in 18 years.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of 6 March 2022[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Federation Cup Independence Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saif SC 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League 7200000072
2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League 5120000071
2020–21 Bangladesh Premier League 243510000294
2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League 71105200123
Career total 4378152005610

    International goals

    U-15/16 team
    Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.
    No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.18 August 2017ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal Sri Lanka1–04–02017 SAFF U-15 Championship
    2.2–0
    3.4–0
    4.22 August 2017ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal Bhutan1–03–02017 SAFF U-15 Championship
    5.25 August 2017ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal   Nepal1–32–42017 SAFF U-15 Championship
    6.27 August 2017ANFA Complex, Lalitpur, Nepal Bhutan1–08–02017 SAFF U-15 Championship
    7.24 September 2017Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Qatar2–02–02018 AFC U-16 Championship

    U-18 team
    Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.
    No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.21 September 2019APF Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal Sri Lanka3–03–02019 SAFF U-19 Championship
    2.27 September 2019APF Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal Bhutan2–04–02019 SAFF U-19 Championship

    References
    1. "Md Foysal Ahmed Fahim Stats, Info and Next Game".
    2. "Bangladesh Football team leaves Dhaka for Sri Lanka".
    3. "Saif SC defeat NoFeL SC 3-1". The Business Standard. July 23, 2019.
    4. "সর্বোচ্চ গোলদাতা বাংলাদেশের ফয়সাল ফাহিম".
    5. "SAFF U15 C'ship: Bangladesh outplay Sri Lanka 4-0 | Daily Sun |".
    6. "Bangladesh U15s outclass Bhutan to top Group A". 22 August 2017.
    7. "Bangladesh thrash Bhutan 8-0 to finish third in Saff U-15 C'ship". 28 August 2017.
    8. "Nepal reach final of SAFF U-15 Championship 2017". 25 August 2017.
    9. প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. "তোমাকে হারাতে চাই না ফাহিম". Prothomalo.
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    11. "U16 boys triumph hosts Qatar 2-0 in AFC Championship |".
    12. sun, daily. "SAFF U-18: Bangladesh makes flying start beating Sri Lanka 3-0 | Daily Sun |". daily sun.
    13. "Bangladesh thrash Bhutan 4-0 to reach SAFF U-18 Championship final". bdnews24.com.
    14. "Last-gasp winner denies U19s". 11 November 2019.
    15. "AFC U-19 Qualifiers: Bangladesh to play hosts Bahrain on Wednesday". 5 November 2019.
    16. "England-based Yusuf named in Bangladesh U-23 side". Dhaka Tribune. 24 September 2021.
    17. প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া. "ফয়সালে চোখ মারিও লেমোসের". Prothomalo.
    18. "সেই সোনার বুট জয়ী ফাহিম এখন জাতীয় দলে". Daily Manobkantha.
    19. "Bangladesh beat Maldives for the first time in 18 years". 13 November 2021.
    20. "Four Nations Football: Bangladesh earn long-awaited win upsetting Maldives 2-1".
    21. Foysal Ahmed Fahim at Soccerway
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