Faisal Ahmed Shitol (Bengali: ফয়সাল আহমেদ শীতল; born 21 November 1996) is a Bangladeshi footballer who plays as a striker for and captains Dhaka Senior Division League club Uttar Baridhara.

Faisal Ahmed Shitol
Personal information
Full name Mohammed Faisal Ahmed Shitol
Date of birth (1997-11-21) 21 November 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Tangail, Bangladesh
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Uttar Baridhara
Number 7
Youth career
–2013 BKSP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 BKSP (13)
2014 Victoria SC 18 (7)
2014–2015 Feni SC (0)
2015–2017 Uttar Baridhara
2017–2021 Dhaka Abahani 23 (4)
2022 Bangladesh Police 12 (1)
2022–2023 Muktijoddha Sangsad 4 (0)
2023 Sheikh Russel KC 4 (1)
2024– Uttar Baridhara 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2023

Club career

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Faisal a BKSP student, scored 14 goals in the Third Division in 2013 while representing the institutes football team. The following season, he joined Victoria SC in the 2014 Championship League, where he would score 7 goals.[1]

He made hit top-tier debut with Feni Soccer Club in the 2014–15 Premier League. The following season, Shitol joined Uttar Baridhara Club and on 15 October 2016, Shitol scored his first Premier League goal in a 1–3 defeat to Chittagong Abahani. Nonetheless, Uttar Baridhara were relegated to the Championship League at the end of the season.[2]

In 2017, Shitol joined Premier League club, Dhaka Abahani. On 2 December 2018, Shitol scored a brace as Abahani defeated Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 2–1 in the 2018 Independence Cup group-stage.[3] On 18 January 2019, Shitol scored as Abahani defeated NoFeL SC 2–1 in the opening game of the 2018–19 Premier League.[1]

International career

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Shitol was selected in the 23-man squad for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers by coach Jamie Day.[4]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b "আবাহনীর ত্রাতা ফয়সাল, ভিনিসিয়ুসে সওয়ার বসুন্ধরা". Prothomalo (in Bengali). January 19, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "Zahid fires Ctg Abahani". The Daily Star. October 16, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "ফিরেই জোড়া গোলে আবাহনীকে জেতালেন ফয়সাল". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). December 2, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "23-man squad named". The Daily Star. March 11, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
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