Tohura Khatun

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Tohura Khatun
Personal information
Full name Tohura Khatun
Date of birth (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 19)
Place of birth Kolsindur, Mymensingh
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
Bashundhara Kings Women
Number 9
Youth career
2011–2014 Kalsindur Government Primary School
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Kolsindur High School
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020– Bashundhara Kings 20 (22)
International career
2015–16 Bangladesh U-14 (11)
2017–18 Bangladesh U-15 (15)
2016– Bangladesh U-16 (11)
2018– Bangladesh U-19 7 (2)
2018– Bangladesh 13 (3)
Honours
Women's football
Representing Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
SAFF Women's Championship
Winner 2022 Nepal
SAFF U-18 Women's Championship
Winner 2018 Bhutan
Winner 2021 Bangladesh
Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup
Winner 2019 Bangladesh
AFC U-14 Girls’ Regional (South and Central) Championship
Gold medal icon.svg2015 Nepal
Gold medal icon.svg2016 Tajikistan
SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
Gold medal icon.svg 2017 Bangladesh
Jockey CGI U-15 Youth Tournament
Gold medal icon.svg2018 Hong Kong
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 September 2022

Tohura Khatun (Bengali : তহুরা খাতুন) is a Bangladeshi women's footballer who plays as a forward for Bashundhara Kings Women and the Bangladesh women's national football team. She currently also plays for Bangladesh U-19 and Bangladesh U-16 team. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Career

U14

Tohura [6] was a substitute player of 2015 AFC U-14 Girls' Regional (South & Central) Championship winning squad of Bangladesh, but still managed to score one goal against Bhutan. [7] But in the next edition of the tournament, Tohura helped her team to retain the title. She was the top scorer of 2016 AFC U-14 Girls' Regional (South & Central) Championship with 10 goals in just 4 matches. [8]

U15

Tohura was the member of the 2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship winning Bangladesh side. [9] She scored a hat-trick against Nepal in the opening match of the tournament, but was injured after the match and could not score any more goals for the rest of the tournament. However, she was still the top scorer of the Bangladesh team, with 3 goals.
Tohura played a vital role for Bangladesh U-15 side to win their first ever invitational overseas trophy in 2018. Bangladesh U-15 girls clinch the title of 2018 Jockey CGI U-15 Youth Football Tournament held in Hong Kong. She ended the four-nation tournament as the highest scorer with 8 goals from 3 matches. [10] [11]

U16

Tohura scored two goals against Iran and UAE during 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification. She was also the member of Bangladesh squad at 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship. [12]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
19 September 2021 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 1–21–2 Friendly
226 September 2021 JAR Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1–05–0
316 September 2022 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 7–08–0 2022 SAFF Women's Championship

Honours

Individual

Bangladesh Women's Football League Best Player: 2020

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