Moinul Islam Moin

Moinul Islam Moin (মইনুল ইসলাম মঈন; born 18 February 2005) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Bangladesh Premier League club Mohammedan SC.

Early career
Moinul Islam Moin was born on 18 February 2005 in Muladi, Barisal. The eldest among two brothers and three sisters, Moin completed HSC from Baptist Mission Boys High School in 2022. He trained under the local coach Ziaul Ahsan Khan at the Muladi Football Academy before being selected by the Bangladesh U15 team for the 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship in Nepal. In 2019, Moin represented his high school at the Clear Men Under-17 School Football Tournament and was selected among the best six players of the tournament, gaining the opportunity to train with the English club Manchester City. However, this opportunity did not come to fruition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, Moin won the best player award of the Bangabandhu Under-17 Gold Cup Football Tournament, where 98,730 footballers participated from all over the country. His team, Barisal Division, was crowned champions, defeating Chittagong Division 2–1.

Uttara FC
In 2021, Moin joined Uttara FC for the 2020–21 Bangladesh Championship League. He made his professional league debut on 7 February 2022 against NoFeL SC. In the following league game, held eight days later, Moin scored his first professional league goal in a 1–1 draw with Dhaka City FC. His first season at the cub saw him make 17 appearances while scoring a single goal. Moin began the 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League season with goals against Dhaka Wanderers and Agrani Bank SC in the league's first two matches. He finishd the first phase with 10 goals from 11 games. His best performance during the second phase came during 3–2 victory over BFF Elite Academy on 3 June 2022. During the game he scored a brace, with his first goal coming from a free-kick to open the scoring while his second goal being the winner, a curling effort resulting from a throw-in. Moin finished the season as league top scorer with 18 goals from 21 games.

Mohammedan SC
In July 2022, Moin joined Mohammedan SC in the Bangladesh Premier League. On 17 November 2022, Moin made his club debut against Fortis FC as a substitute during a 3–1 victory in the 2022–23 Independence Cup. On 10 February 2023, he made his league debut as a substitute against AFC Uttara during a 6–0 victory.

International career
Moin spent the entirety of the 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship on the bench and was later left out of the under-15 team for the 2018 UEFA Assist U-15 Development Tournament and 2019 SAFF U-15 Championship. In September 2019, English coach Rob Ryles included Moin in the squad for the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers held in Doha, Qatar. On 20 September 2019, he scored his first international goal against Bhutan U16 during the qualifiers.

During the 2019 UEFA Assist U-16 Development Tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Moin scored a brace against both Cambodia U16 and Faroe Islands U16. On 20 October 2019, he scored a hat-trick against Maldives U16 as Bangladesh were crowned undefeated champions. Moin also ended the tournament as top scorer with 7 goals from 3 games.

In 2022, Moin represented the Bangladesh U20 team during all 5 games in the 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship, as Bangladesh finished tournament runners-up for the third consecutive time, following their 2–5 defeat to hosts India U20. He also represented the team during the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualifiers in Arad, Bahrain, later that year. In 2023, Moin was appointed captain of the Bangladesh U19 team for the 2023 SAFF U-19 Championship held in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Personal life
In 2023, Moin gained admission into American International University-Bangladesh as part of its sports quota. He represented his university during the Ispahani Prothom Alo Inter University Football Tournament, scoring a hat-trick against BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology during an 8–1 victory.

Youth

 * Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.

Honours
Mohammedan SC
 * Federation Cup: 2022–23

Bangladesh U16
 * UEFA Assist U-16 Development Tournament: 2019

Individual
 * 2019 – UEFA Assist U-16 Development Tournament Top Scorer Award
 * 2020 – Bangabandhu U-17 Gold Cup Football Tournament Best Player Award
 * 2021–22 – Bangladesh Championship League Top Scorer Award