Golam Robbani Choton

Golam Robbani Choton (Bengali: গোলাম রব্বানী ছোটন) (born 2 July 1968) is a Bangladeshi professional football coach and former player, who is the current head coach of Bangladesh women's under-14, Bangladesh women's under-17,[1][2] Bangladesh women's under-20[3] and Bangladesh women's national football team.[4][5][6] He is considered as the pioneer of Bangladesh women's football. Golam Robbani had played for Fakirerpool Young Men's Club and Arambagh KS for most of his playing career as a defender.

Golam Robbani

Personal information
Full name	Golam Robbani Choton
Date of birth	(1968-07-02) 2 July 1968
Place of birth	Bogra, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Bangladesh Women (Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1986	Bashabo Tarun Sangha
1987–1990	Fakirerpool
1991–1993	Wari Club Dhaka
1994	Fakirerpool
1995–2001	Arambagh KS
2002	BRTC FC
Teams managed
1993–1994	T&T Club
1996–2005	T&T Club
2005	Dipali Jubo Sangha
2008	Bangladesh (Assistant Coach)
2013–	Bangladesh women's under-14
2013–	Bangladesh women's under-17
2009–	Bangladesh women's under-20
2009–	Bangladesh Women
Honours Representing  Bangladesh (Manager) Women's football SAFF Women's Championship Runner-up 2016 Bangladesh South Asian Games 2016 Bangladesh 2010 Bangladesh SAFF U-18 Women's Championship Winner 2018 Bangladesh U19 Winner 2021 Bangladesh U19 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship Winner 2017 Bangladesh U15 Runner-up 2018 Bangladesh U15 Runner-up 2019 Bangladesh U15 Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup Winner 2019 Bangladesh U19
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In the 1983–84 season, he began his senior playing career by playing for Bashabo Tarun Shangho, where he spent three seasons. Then, he joined Fakirerpool Young Men's Club in the 1987–88 season. After spending 3 seasons at Fakirerpool Young Men's Club, he signed a contract with Wari Club Dhaka. Subsequently, he played for Fakirerpool Young Men's Club and Arambagh KS. Most recently in the 2001–02 season, he joined BRTC FC from Arambagh KS; He retired after playing only one season for BRTC FC.

In 1993, Golam Robbani made his debut as a manager of T&T Club. After stepping down as T&T's manager for just one season, he took over as T&T's manager again in the 1996–97 season, the second time he spent about 10 seasons as T&T's manager. He then joined Dipali Jubo Sangha as a manager. In 2009, he became the manager of the Bangladesh national women's team as well as the manager of the Bangladesh women's under-20 team. Later, he also became the manager of Bangladesh Women's Under-14 and Bangladesh women's under-17 teams. As a manager, he has won 5 titles so far, including the 2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship[7] title.