Rasel Mahmud Liton (Bengali: রাসেল মাহমুদ লিটন; born 30 November 1994) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bangladesh Premier League club Bangladesh Police and previously represented the Bangladesh national team.[1][2]

Russel Mahmud
Russel with Chittagong Abahani in 2019
Personal information
Full name Russel Mahmud Liton
Date of birth (1994-11-30) 30 November 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Rangamati, Bangladesh
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Bangladesh Police
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Brothers Union (0)
2012–2014 Muktijoddha Sangsad (0)
2014–2016 Sheikh Russel KC (0)
2017–2018 Mohammedan SC 8 (0)
2018–2019 Chittagong Abahani 2 (0)
2019–2021 Rahmatganj MFS 27 (0)
2021–2022 Sheikh Russel KC 1 (0)
2022–2023 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 5 (0)
2023– Bangladesh Police 0 (0)
International career
2011–2012 Bangladesh U19 (0)
2014–2015 Bangladesh U23 9 (0)
2014–2015 Bangladesh 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 December 2022

International career edit

Youth edit

In 2011, Liton debuted for Bangladesh U19. He represented Bangladesh in 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification. He played all the five matches and kept cleansheet against Maldives U19.

On 25 August 2014, Liton made his debut for Bangladesh U-23 against Nepal U-23 in an International Friendly[3] On 27 July 2014 he was selected by Lodewijk de Kruif for the 2014 Asian Games, held in Incheon, South Korea.[4][5]

Senior edit

After the Asian Games, Liton was called up by de Kruif for two friendly matches against Sri Lanka in October 2014, at Jessore and Rajshahi, Bangladesh.[6] He made his debut in the first match, on 24 October.[7][8] He kept his first clean sheet in second match, on 27 October.[9]

Career statistics edit

International edit

As of March 2015
Bangladesh U-23
Appearance Clean sheets Penalty Saves
8 3 0
As of 16 June 2015
Bangladesh National Team
Appearance Clean sheets Penalty Saves
6 1 0

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Rasel Mahmud Liton". Eurosport Asia. Archived from the original on November 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh - R. Liton - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh U-23s draw first blood against Nepal". Dhaka Mirror. 27 August 2014.
  4. ^ "BFF picks up 25 to form U-23 Nat'l team for Asian Games". 27 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014.
  5. ^ "MAHMUD Md Rasel". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
  6. ^ "BFF names prelim squad for Sri Lanka friendlies". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh drew with Sri Lanka". Just News BD. 24 October 2014. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014.
  8. ^ "FIFA friendly Bangladesh draw with Sri Lanka". Bangladesh Chronicle. 24 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Footballers ecstatic after win". New Age. 28 October 2014.