Sabina Khatun

Sabina Khatun
Personal information
Full name	Sabina Khatun
Date of birth	25 October 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Satkhira, Khulna, Bangladesh
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Kickstart
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2012	Satkhira District
2009	Bangladesh VDP
2011	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
2013	Dhaka Mohammedan
2014–2016	Team BJMC
2015	Maldives Defense Force
2018	Sethu
2020–2024	Bashundhara Kings
2021–2022	→ Maldives Army FC (loan)
2024–	Kickstart
International career‡
2009–12	Bangladesh U19
2009–	Bangladesh
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Bangladesh
SAFF Women's Championship
South Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 March 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 December 2023

Sabina Khatun (Bengali: সাবিনা খাতুন; born 25 October 1993) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Indian Women's League club Kickstart^[1] and the Bangladesh national football team for which she captains.^[2] She also represented Bashundhara Kings.^[3]

She holds the record of most international goals for Bangladesh (34), male or female. She is also the all-time top goalscorer (male or female) in Bangladeshi club football, with 333 goals.

Early years

Khatun was born at Satkhira in Khulna Division. She is the fourth child of Md. Syed Ghazi and Mumtaz Begum. Khatun's relationship with football started back in 2007 when she was in class eight. She was introduced to football by the Satkhira district football coach Akbar. She was called up to the Bangladesh women's national football team after finding success at the school, inter-school and inter-district levels.

International career

In 2009, Khatun received her first call-up to the Bangladesh national team, which she has captained since 2015.^[4]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 4 December 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bangladesh	2010	8	4
	2011	2	0
	2012	3	0
	2013	3	0
	2014	4	4
	2015	0	0
	2016	6	7
	2017	2	2
	2018	3	0
	2019	3	1
	2020	0	0
	2021	5	4
	2022	7	9
	2023	7	3
Total		53	34

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sabina Khatun goal.

List of international goals scored by Sabina Khatun
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 February 2010	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Pakistan	1–0	1–0	2010 South Asian Games
2	13 December 2010	Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	2–0	2–0	2010 SAFF Championship
3	15 December 2010	Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Bhutan	5–0	9–0
4	15 December 2010	Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Bhutan	8–0	9–0
5	13 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	Afghanistan	4–1	6–1	2014 SAFF Championship
6	15 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	India	1–2	1–5
7	17 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	Maldives	2–0	3–1
8	17 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	Maldives	3–1	3–1
9	9 February 2016	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India	Maldives	2–0	2–0	2016 South Asian Games
10	13 February 2016	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India	India	1–3	1–5	2016 South Asian Games
11	29 December 2016	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India	Afghanistan	1–0	6–0	2016 SAFF Championship
12				2–0
13				3–0
14				4–0
15				5–0
16	2 January 2017	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India	Maldives	3–0	6–0
17	2 January 2017	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India	Maldives	6–0	6–0
18	14 March 2019	Sahid Rangasala, Biratnagar, Nepal	Bhutan	2–0	2–0	2019 SAFF Championship
19	26 September 2021	JAR Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hong Kong	2–0	5–0	Friendly
20				3–0
21				4–0
22				5–0
23	23 June 2022	BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Malaysia	2–0	6–0	Friendly
24	7 September 2022	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Maldives	1–0	3–0	2022 SAFF Championship
25	7 September 2022	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Maldives	3–0	3–0
26	10 September 2022	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Pakistan	3–0	6–0
27				4–0
28				5–0
29	16 September 2022	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Bhutan	2–0	8–0
30				5–0
31				8–0
32	13 July 2023	BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Nepal	1–0	1–1	Friendly
33	28 September 2023	Wenzhou Sports Centre, Wenzhou, China	Nepal	1–0	1–1	2022 Asian Games
34	4 December 2023	BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Singapore	6–0	8–0	Friendly