Shamsunnahar (footballer, born 2003)

Shamsun Nahar
Personal information
Full name	Shamsunnahar
Date of birth	31 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Kolsindur, Dhobaura, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Bashundhara Kings Women
Number	13
Youth career
	Kalsindur Government Primary School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–	Bashundhara Kings
International career‡
2014–2016	Bangladesh U-14
2014–2018	Bangladesh U-16
2018–	Bangladesh U-19
2016–	Bangladesh
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Bangladesh
SAFF Women's Championship
South Asian Games
SAFF U-18 Women's Championship
Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 December 2023

Shamsun Nahar, also known as Shamsun Nahar Sr. (Bengali: শামছুন্নাহার; born 31 January 2003), is a Bangladeshi women's association football defender who plays as a left-back^[1] for Bashundhara Kings Women and the Bangladesh women's national football team. She previously played for the Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team and was twice a member of the winning Bangladesh team in the AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central, held in Nepal in 2015 and in Tajikistan in 2016. She currently plays football at the Kolsindur High School in Mymensingh as a defender, most recently in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship.

Early years

Shamsunnahar was born on 31 January 2003^[2] in Kolsindur, Dhobaura, Mymensingh district.

Shamsunnahar first played in 2011 Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament for Kalsindur Government Primary School.^[3]

Shamsunnahar was selected to the Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team for the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group C matches. She played first time at the tournament in the match against Iran on 27 August 2016.^[4]

Bashundhara Kings Women

Bangladesh Women's Football League
- Winners (2): 2019–20,^[5] 2020–21^[6]

Winner : 2022

Runner-up : 2016

Bronze : 2016

Champion (2): 2018, 2021

Champion trophy shared (1): 2019
AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central: Bangladesh U-14 Girls'

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