Mannaf Rabby (Bengali: মান্নাফ রাবি; born 6 June 1997) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bangladesh Premier League club Bangladesh Police FC.

Mannaf Rabby
Personal information
Full name Mannaf Rabby
Date of birth (1997-06-06) 6 June 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Jessore, Bangladesh[1]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Bangladesh Police
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2012 Shams Ul Huda FA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Fakirerpool YMC
2014–2015 Agrani Bank SC (6)
2015–2016 Rahmatganj MFS (5)
2016–2017 Brothers Union (4)
2017–2018 Chittagong Abahani 5 (0)
2018–2019 Brothers Union 20 (8)
2019–2021 Chittagong Abahani 24 (3)
2021–2022 Sheikh Russel KC 21 (3)
2022–2023 Sheikh Jamal DC 14 (2)
2023–2024 Chittagong Abahani 16 (3)
2024– Bangladesh Police 0 (0)
International career
2015 Bangladesh U20 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 October 2015

Early career

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Having begun his career at Shams Ul Huda Football Academy in his hometown Jessore, Rabby joined Fakirerpool Young Men's Club in the Dhaka Senior Division League in 2012.[2]

Club career

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Agrani Bank SC

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Rabby scored 6 goals from about 12 games for Agrani Bank SC in the 2012 Bangladesh Championship League.[3]

Rahmatganj MFS

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On 8 April 2015, Rabby scored a stoppage time equaliser for Rahmatganj MFS in a 2–2 draw with Abahani Limited Dhaka during his Bangladesh Premier League debut. He found the net 5 times in his first year playing top-flight football.[4][5]

Brothers Union

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Rabby was the third highest local scorer in the 2018–19 league season with 8 goals for Brothers Union, however, he was not called up to the national team by the head coach at the time, Jamie Day.[6][7][8]

Sheikh Russel KC

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On 27 November 2021, Rabby scored in his debut to guide Sheikh Russel KC to an opening day victory over Uttar Baridhara Club in the 2021 Independence Cup.[9]

International career

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Rabby represented the Bangladesh U19 team during both the 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship and 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers.[10][11][12][13]

In 2016, Lodewijk de Kruif named Rabby in the 32-man Bangladesh national team preliminary squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round, however, he failed to make the final team before the qualifiers.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "কোরবানির ঈদ আমার বেশি ভালো লাগে: মান্নাফ রাব্বি". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). July 9, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Rahman, Anisur (November 30, 2018). "A legacy of dreams". The Daily Star. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "Agrani Bank-13-14". archive.bff.com.bd. Archived from the original on June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "ফিটনেস রক্ষার লড়াই করছেন রাব্বি". jjdin (in Bengali). 30 June 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "No end to stalemates". The Daily Star. July 27, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "বিপিএলে প্রতি ৮ মিনিটে 'গোল করেছেন' যে ফুটবলার!". Sarabangla (in Bengali). April 18, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "মোহামেডানকে নিয়ে ব্রাদার্সের বিদায়". Prothomalo (in Bengali). April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "মাঠে নামলেন ফুটবলার মান্নাফ রাব্বি". Prothomalo (in Bengali). April 4, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  9. ^ "মান্নাফের গোলে জয় শেখ রাসেলের". Prothomalo (in Bengali). November 27, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  10. ^ "Bangladesh U-19 beat Sri Lanka U-19". The New Nation. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka with ease". Prothomalo. October 2, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  12. ^ "টেনশন চাপা দিয়ে বাংলাদেশের শুরু". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). October 11, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  13. ^ "সাফ যুব ফুটবল প্রত্যাশিত জয়ে সেমিতে বাংলাদেশ". sebahotnews (in Bengali). August 23, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  14. ^ "34-man squad named". The Daily Star. May 11, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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