Sabina Khatun

Sabina Khatun
	Sabina in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Sabina Khatun
Date of birth	25 October 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Satkhira, Khulna, Bangladesh
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2012	Satkhira District
2009	Bangladesh VDP
2011	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
2013	Dhaka Mohammedan
2014–2016	Team BJMC
2015	Maldives Defense Force
2018	Sethu
2020–2023	Bashundhara Kings
2021–2022	→ Maldives Army FC (loan)
2023–2024	Nasrin Sporting Club
2024	Kickstart
2024	Royal Thimphu College
2025–2026	Paro
2026–	IM 10 (futsal)
International career‡
2009–2012	Bangladesh U19
2009–	Bangladesh
2018–	Bangladesh futsal
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Bangladesh
SAFF Women's Championship
South Asian Games
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 May 2026

Sabina Khatun (Bengali: সাবিনা খাতুন; born 25 October 1993) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a forward.^[1] She is a member of the Bangladesh national football team, and the former captain.^[2]^[3]

She holds the record of most international goals for Bangladesh, male or female. She is also the all-time top goalscorer in Bangladeshi club football, with over 300 goals.^{[citation needed]} She has also played for the Bangladesh women's national futsal team.

Early years

Khatun was born at Satkhira in Khulna Division. She is the fourth child of Md. Syed Ghazi and Mumtaz Begum. Khatun's relationship with football started back in 2007 when she was in class eight. She was introduced to football by the Satkhira district football coach Akbar. She was called up to the Bangladesh women's national football team after finding success at the school, inter-school and inter-district levels.^{[citation needed]}

She is currently an undergraduate student of Gono Bishwabidyalay.

Club career

Royal Thimphu College

Sabina was selected for the Royal Thimphu College Women's FC squad to play in the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League.^[4]^[5]

Paro

She went to play for Paro FC in the Bhutan Women's National League in 2025.^[6] There she scored 35 goals in 16 matches.^[7] In one match for Paro FC she scored 9 goals, contributing to a 28-0 goal win.^[8]^[9]

IM 10

Sabina joined IM10 for the 2025–26 Women's Futsal League Bangladesh, which was the first edition of the league.^[10]

International career

In 2009, Khatun received her first call-up to the Bangladesh national team, which she captained from 2015 to 2024.^[11]

In 2026, she led Bangladesh to clinch the title in 2026 SAFF Women's Futsal Championship, with 14 goals in 6 matches.^[12]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 30 October 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Bangladesh	2010	8	4
	2011	2	0
	2012	3	0
	2013	3	0
	2014	4	4
	2015	0	0
	2016	6	7
	2017	2	2
	2018	3	0
	2019	3	1
	2020	0	0
	2021	5	4
	2022	7	9
	2023	7	3
	2024	8	4
Total		61	38

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sabina Khatun goal.

List of international goals scored by Sabina Khatun
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 February 2010	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Pakistan	1–0	1–0	2010 South Asian Games
2	13 December 2010	Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	2–0	2–0	2010 SAFF Championship
3	15 December 2010	Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Bhutan	5–0	9–0
4	15 December 2010	Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh	Bhutan	8–0	9–0
5	13 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	Afghanistan	4–1	6–1	2014 SAFF Championship
6	15 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	India	1–2	1–5
7	17 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	Maldives	2–0	3–1
8	17 November 2014	Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan	Maldives	3–1	3–1
9	9 February 2016	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India	Maldives	2–0	2–0	2016 South Asian Games
10	13 February 2016	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, India	India	1–3	1–5	2016 South Asian Games
11	29 December 2016	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India	Afghanistan	1–0	6–0	2016 SAFF Championship
12				2–0
13				3–0
14				4–0
15				5–0
16	2 January 2017	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India	Maldives	3–0	6–0
17	2 January 2017	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, India	Maldives	6–0	6–0
18	14 March 2019	Sahid Rangasala, Biratnagar, Nepal	Bhutan	2–0	2–0	2019 SAFF Championship
19	26 September 2021	JAR Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hong Kong	2–0	5–0	Friendly
20				3–0
21				4–0
22				5–0
23	23 June 2022	BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Malaysia	2–0	6–0	Friendly
24	7 September 2022	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Maldives	1–0	3–0	2022 SAFF Championship
25	7 September 2022	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Maldives	3–0	3–0
26	10 September 2022	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Pakistan	3–0	6–0
27				4–0
28				5–0
29	16 September 2022	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Bhutan	2–0	8–0
30				5–0
31				8–0
32	13 July 2023	BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Nepal	1–0	1–1	Friendly
33	28 September 2023	Wenzhou Sports Centre, Wenzhou, China	Nepal	1–0	1–1	2022 Asian Games
34	4 December 2023	BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Singapore	6–0	8–0	Friendly
35	24 July 2024	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan	Bhutan	2–1	5–1	Friendly
36	27 July 2024	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan	Bhutan	1–2	4–2	Friendly
37	27 October 2024	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Bhutan	3–0	7–1	2024 SAFF Championship
38	27 October 2024	Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal	Bhutan	5–0	7–1