Ekbal Hussain

Ekbal Hussain
Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Ekbal Hussain
Date of birth	14 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Sylhet, Golapganj, Bangladesh
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left-winger, Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sheikh Russel KC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC
2018–2019	Police Football Club
2020–2021	Fortis FC
2021–2022	Swadhinata KS
2022–2023	Chittagong Abahani Limited
2023–	Sheikh Russel KC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 July 2023

Ekbal Hussain (Template:Lang-bn; born 14 August 1995) is a Bangladeshi footballer who plays as a left-winger for Sheikh Russel KC in the Bangladesh Premier League.

Club career

Ekbal caught the attention of coach Abdul Razzak while playing in the Sylhet First Division League, and was brought to Dhaka where he joined Agrani Bank Ltd. SC in the Bangladesh Championship League, in 2017. In 2019, Ekbal won the 2018–19 Bangladesh Championship League with Police Football Club, however, with limited game time he swithced clubs the following season by joining Fortis FC.^[1]^[2]

He scored 4 goals in the 2020–21 Bangladesh Championship League and earned a move to Swadhinata KS in the Bangladesh Premier League. In 2022, he signed for Chittagong Abahani Limited on a salary of Tk 6 lakh, and although he was absent from the team during much of the first phase of the 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League he scored 5 goals in the second phase to help prevent the club's relegation.^[3]^[4]^[5]

On 25 July 2023, Ekbal confirmed his move to Sheikh Russel KC for the upcoming season, for a salary of Tk 30 lakh.^[4]

Police Football Club