Rafiqul Islam (footballer)

Md Rafiqul Islam (মোঃ রফিকুল ইসলাম; born 12 February 2004) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Bangladesh Premier League club Bashundhara Kings and the Bangladesh national team.

Club career
Rafiqul started his career in the Dhaka Third Division League with his hometown club Tangail Football Academy. He made his professional league debut with Farashganj SC in the 2020–21 Bangladesh Championship League.

He joined NoFeL SC for the 2021–22 season, and scored 12 goals from 20 games, which earned him a callup to the Bangladesh U20 team and eventually a move to the Bangladesh Premier League for newly promoted Fortis FC.

International career
Rafiqul represented the Bangladesh U20 team in both the 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship and 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualifiers.

In June 2023, Rafiqul made the preliminary squad for the 2023 SAFF Championship. He eventually made the final squad after injuries to regular starters.

On 15 June 2023, Rafiqul made his senior international debut in a 1–0 victory over Cambodia. He made his debut for Bangladesh U23 during the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Youth

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

Honours
Bashundhara Kings
 * Bangladesh Premier League: 2023–24
 * Independence Cup: 2023–24