Mohamed Masoud Rana

Mohamed Masoud Rana (; born 1 January 1972) is a retired Bangladeshi professional footballer who played as a left back or as a centre midfielder.

Early career In 1986, Masoud participated in the Ershad Gold Cup football tournament representing Sirajganj District. He was later included in a camp arranged by the National Sports Council in Dhaka, which consisted of the best 60 players in the tournament. Masoud eventually gained admission to Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) on 10 March 1986 following a successful training camp. He participated in many international tournaments in India, Malaysia and Brunei playing as a left back for BKSP. In 1988, he won the Under-16 Youth Gold Cup in Dhaka, where BKSP were competed against different divisional teams. He later partook in the Ma-O-Moni Gold Cup as a guest player for Dhaka Abahani.

Club career Masoud, who initially joined Dhaka Abahani as a guest player at the Ma-O-Moni Gold Cup in Chittagong, soon became a regular starter and was integral in the club's 1991 BTC Club Cup triumph the following year, before contractually joining the club. He won the Dhaka Premier League title in his first full season at the club in 1992. Initially joining as a binding player, Masoud was supposed to play for Abahani without remuneration for two seasons; however, after impressing during his debut year, he was awarded Taka 2.5 lakh through the recommendation of club official Salman F Rahman. He won the Dhaka Premier League in both 1997–98 and 2000 with Muktijoddha, while in his first season he won the 1994 Federation Cup, the club's first major title. He also represented the Freedom Fighters at the 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship over two legs against Mohun Bagan. In 2001, he joined Mohammedan SC where he would win the 2002 National League, 2002 Dhaka Premier League and Federation Cup, the latter two as captain. Masoud also represented the Oranges during both the 2005 AFC Cup and 2006 AFC Cup. He remained with Brothers for the 2007 B.League, the inaugural edition of the country's first professional league and eventually retired following 2009–10 Bangladesh League.

International career Masoud was a member of the first Olympic national team and participated in the 1992 Summer Olympic qualifiers. During the qualifiers, he scored the team's first ever goal, coming in a 2−3 defeat to Thailand U23. In 1992, Masoud captained the Bangladesh U19 team during the 1992 AFC Youth Championship qualifiers held in Kerala, India. Maosud was handed his Bangladesh national team debut the previous year, during the 1991 South Asian Games, where he would win bronze. He initially decided to quit the national team after Iraqi coach Samir Shaker kept him on the bench for the entirety of the 1999 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup in Goa, India. Nonetheless, after being convinced by BFF official and former national player, Badal Roy, Masoud returned to the team for the 1999 Bangabandhu Cup, and was named man of the match in their 1–0 victory over Malaysia U23.

Personal life Masoud was political science student at Dhaka University and also captained its football team at the Sher-e-Bangla Cup in 1996.

Career statistics International

Honours Abahani Limited Dhaka Dhaka First Division League: 1992 BTC Club Cup: 1991

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Dhaka Premier Division League: 1997–98, 2000 Federation Cup: 1994 Mahanagari Cup: 1997 McDowell's Cup: 1998

Mohammedan SC Dhaka Premier Division League: 2002 Federation Cup: 2002 National League: 2002

Brothers Union Dhaka Premier Division League: 2005 Federation Cup: 2005

Bangladesh South Asian Games Gold medal: 1995, 1999; Bronze medal: 1991 4-nation Tiger Trophy: 1995