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 professional footballer who plays as a left-winger for Sheikh Russel KC in the Bangladesh Premier League.

Club career

Ekbal caught the attention of coach Abdur Razzak while playing in the Sylhet First Division Football 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 Championship League with Police Football Club, however, with limited game time he remained in the second-tier the following season by joining Fortis FC.^[1]^[2]

He scored 4 goals in his debut season at Fortis and eventually 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 league season, 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]

Honours

Police Football Club

Bangladesh Championship League: 2018–19

References

^ বাংলাদেশ, Daily Bangladesh :: ডেইলি. "জাতীয় দলে উপেক্ষিত ইকবাল!". Daily Bangladesh. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023.
^ "জাতীয় দলে খেলার স্বপ্ন ইকবালের". banglanews24.com. July 20, 2023. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023.
^ "'গোল করতে ও করাতে ভালোবাসি'". Archived from the original on July 31, 2023.
^ ^a ^b প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া (July 25, 2023). "৬ থেকে একলাফে ৩০ লাখ টাকা পারিশ্রমিক ইকবালের". Prothomalo. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023.
^ "গোলের বাজারে পুরনো হাহাকার". www.kalerkantho.com. July 26, 2023. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023.

External links

Ekbal Hussain at Soccerway
Ekbal Hussain at Global Sports Archive

[1] বাংলাদেশ, Daily Bangladesh :: ডেইলি. "জাতীয় দলে উপেক্ষিত ইকবাল!". Daily Bangladesh. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023.

[2] "জাতীয় দলে খেলার স্বপ্ন ইকবালের". banglanews24.com. July 20, 2023. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023.

[3] "'গোল করতে ও করাতে ভালোবাসি'". Archived from the original on July 31, 2023.

[auto-4] প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া (July 25, 2023). "৬ থেকে একলাফে ৩০ লাখ টাকা পারিশ্রমিক ইকবালের". Prothomalo. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023.

[5] "গোলের বাজারে পুরনো হাহাকার". www.kalerkantho.com. July 26, 2023. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023.

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