Nabiran Khatun
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| Full name | Nabiran Khatun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Magura, Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Farashganj | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017–2020 | BKSP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Farashganj | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | BKSP | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Bangladesh U20 | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Bangladesh | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 March 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nabiran Khatun (Bengali: নবীরন খাতুন) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for BKSP, the Bangladesh U20 national team and the Bangladesh national team.[2]
Early life
Born in Magura, Nabiran Khatun comes from a Muslim family. In 2017, she was admitted to Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan as a fifth-grade student at its Savar campus, marking the formal beginning of her football journey. She led the Magura district team to the JFA U-14 title during the height of the pandemic, in late 2020, scoring twice in the final.[2]
Club career
Farashganj SC
Nabiran played for Farashganj SC in the Bangladesh Women’s Football League since 2024.[3]
International career
Nabiran had played all four matches in the team's runners-up run in 2022 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship. She was the member of 2023 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship and 2024 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship winning team. Till then, she used to play as a striker.
She had her first senior team callup for two friendly match against United Arab Emirates in March 2025.[4] During the preparations for UAE friendlies, the head coach Peter Butler converted and trained her as a defender, that's how she became a defender. She was a member of team Bangladesh which secured qualification for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time in history. The team topped Group C in the 2026 qualifiers with, defeating Bahrain 7–0, Myanmar 2–1, and Turkmenistan 7–0, finishing with nine points from three matches. The historic qualification was confirmed after a 2–2 draw between Bahrain and Turkmenistan ensured Bangladesh’s top position in the group.[5][6]
She played all the matches in the team's winning run in 2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship.[7] Bangladesh secured qualification for the 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup for the first time in history through 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification, where she played all three matches.[8]
Nabiran made her international debut for Bangladesh on 24 October 2025, in an international friendly match against Thailand.[9]
References
- ^ "2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup Squad Lists" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
- ^ a b "Run Nabiran run". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- ^ "নারী লীগে ফরাশগঞ্জ ও রেঞ্জার্সের জয়!". www.offsidebangladesh.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- ^ "New-look Bangladesh Women's Football Team announced for UAE tour without a captain". The Business Standard. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Sabina excluded as women's squad named for Jordan tour". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Bangladesh beat Turkmenistan". Prothomalo. 2025-07-05. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Sagorika secures Bangladesh's another SAFF title". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Bangladesh qualify for U-20 Women's Asian Cup for the first time". The Business Standard. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
- ^ "থাইল্যান্ডের কাছে বাংলাদেশের হার". দেশ রূপান্তর. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.