Mannaf Rabby
Personal information
Full name Mannaf Rabby
Date of birth (1997-06-06) 6 June 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Jessore, Bangladesh[1]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Chittagong Abahani
Number 9
Youth career
Shams Ul Huda Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Fakirerpool YMC
2014–2015 Agrani Bank Ltd. SC (0)
2015–2016 Rahmatganj MFS (5)
2016–2017 Brothers Union (4)
2017–2018 Chittagong Abahani 5 (0)
2018–2019 Brothers Union 20 (8)
2019–2021 Chittagong Abahani 24 (3)
2021–2022 Sheikh Russel KC 21 (3)
2022–2023 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 14 (2)
2023– Chittagong Abahani 5 (2)
International career
2015 Bangladesh U20 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 October 2015

Mannaf Rabby (Bengali: মান্নাফ রাবি; born 6 June 1997) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chittagong Abahani in the Bangladesh Premier League.

Club career

Having begun his career at Shams Ul Huda Football Academy in his hometown Jessore, Rabby joined Fakirerpool Young Men's Club in the Dhaka Senior Division League in 2012.[2]

On 8 April 2015, Rabby scored a stoppage time equaliser for Rahmatganj MFS in a 2–2 draw with Abahani Limited Dhaka during his Bangladesh Premier League debut. He found the net 5 times in his first year playing top-flight football.[3][4]

Rabby was the third highest local scorer in the 2018–19 league season with 8 goals for Brothers Union, however, he was not called up to the national team by the head coach at the time, Jamie Day.[5][6][7]

On 27 November 2021, Rabby scored in his debut to guide Sheikh Russel KC to an opening day victory over Uttar Baridhara Club in the 2021 Independence Cup.[8]

International career

Rabby represented the Bangladesh U19 team during both the 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship and 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers.[9][10][11][12]

In 2016, Lodewijk de Kruif named Rabby in the 32-man Bangladesh national team preliminary squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round, however, he failed to make the final team before the qualifiers.[13]

References

  1. ^ "কোরবানির ঈদ আমার বেশি ভালো লাগে: মান্নাফ রাব্বি". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). July 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Rahman, Anisur (November 30, 2018). "A legacy of dreams". The Daily Star.
  3. ^ "ফিটনেস রক্ষার লড়াই করছেন রাব্বি". jjdin (in Bengali).
  4. ^ "No end to stalemates". The Daily Star. July 27, 2016.
  5. ^ "বিপিএলে প্রতি ৮ মিনিটে 'গোল করেছেন' যে ফুটবলার!". Sarabangla (in Bengali). April 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "মোহামেডানকে নিয়ে ব্রাদার্সের বিদায়". Prothomalo (in Bengali). April 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "মাঠে নামলেন ফুটবলার মান্নাফ রাব্বি". Prothomalo (in Bengali). April 4, 2020.
  8. ^ "মান্নাফের গোলে জয় শেখ রাসেলের". Prothomalo (in Bengali). November 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "Bangladesh U-19 beat Sri Lanka U-19". The New Nation.
  10. ^ "Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka with ease". Prothomalo. October 2, 2015.
  11. ^ "টেনশন চাপা দিয়ে বাংলাদেশের শুরু". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). October 11, 2015.
  12. ^ "সাফ যুব ফুটবল প্রত্যাশিত জয়ে সেমিতে বাংলাদেশ". sebahotnews (in Bengali). August 23, 2015.
  13. ^ "34-man squad named". The Daily Star. May 11, 2016.