Tohura Khatun
Personal information
Full name Tohura Khatun
Date of birth (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003
Place of birth Kolsindur, Mymensingh
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Bashundhara Kings Women
Number 9
Youth career
2011–2014 Kalsindur Government Primary School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Kolsindur High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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 20 (7)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Bangladesh
SAFF Women's Championship
Winner2022 Nepal
SAFF U-18 Women's Championship
Winner2018 Bhutan
Winner2021 Bangladesh
Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup
Winner2019 Bangladesh
AFC U-14 Girls' Regional (South and Central) Championship
First place2015 Nepal
First place2016 Tajikistan
SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
First place2017 Bangladesh
Jockey CGI U-15 Youth Tournament
First place2018 Hong Kong
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 December 2023

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]

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 2021Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal1–21–2Friendly
226 September 2021JAR Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hong Kong1–05–0
3 16 September 2022 Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal  Bhutan 7–0 8–0 2022 SAFF Women's Championship
4 1 December 2023 BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh  Singapore 2–0 3–0 Friendly
5 3–0
6 4 December 2023 1–0 8–0
7 3–0

Honours

Individual

Bangladesh Women's Football League Best Player: 2020

References

  1. "Meet our supergirls". Dhaka Tribune. 2016-09-02.
  2. তহুরার খেলা দেখে বোকা বনে গেছেন বাফুফে সভাপতি. Jago News 24 (in Bengali).
  3. "আমাকে সবাই কলসিন্দুরের মেসি বলেই ডাকে: তহুরা খাতুন". MTnews24. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  4. মুক্তাগাছার 'মেসি' তহুরা. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali).
  5. "Saff U-15 Championship, key Bangladesh footballer: Tenacious Tohura". Dhaka Tribune. 29 December 2017.
  6. আমার মেয়েকে অনেকে মেসি বলে ডাকে : তহুরার বাবা. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 17 October 2018.
  7. "Bangladesh girls become AFC U-14 champion". The Daily Star. 20 December 2015.
  8. "Bangladesh girls retain AFC U-14 title". The Daily Star. 1 May 2016.
  9. "Bangladesh girls clinch SAFF U-15 Championship". The Independent. Dhaka.
  10. "U-15 girls clinch first away title". The Daily Star. 2 April 2018.
  11. "Bangladesh girls clinch title after thrashing Hong Kong 6-0". Dhaka Tribune. April 2018.
  12. শুক্রবার থাইল্যান্ড যাচ্ছেন কিশোরী ফুটবলাররা. Jago News 24 (in Bengali).
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