Pappu Hossain

Pappu Hossain
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Pappu Hossain
Date of birth (1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth Dhaka, Bangladesh
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Dhaka Abahani
Number 20
Youth career
2009–2012 Arambagh FA
2013 Mohammedan SC U18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Arambagh KS (0)
2017–2022 Saif SC 41 (0)
2019 → Mohammedan SC (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2023 Chittagong Abahani 12 (0)
2023–2024 Dhaka Abahani 5 (0)
2024–2025 Brothers Union 11 (0)
2025– Dhaka Abahani 0 (0)
International career‡
2019–2023 Bangladesh U23 5 (0)
Medal record
Representing Bangladesh Bangladesh
SAFF U-18 Championship
Runner-up2017 BhutanTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 October 2023

Mohamed Pappu Hossain (Bengali: মোহামদ পাপ্পু হোসাইন; born 7 April 1999), is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bangladesh Premier League club Abahani Limited Dhaka.

Early life

Pappu trained under Ibrahim Khalil Kala at Arambagh Football Academy starting in 2009. He also participated in the 2011 JFA Cup and the 2012 Under-14 Festival Football Tournament in Nepal. In 2013, he had the opportunity to practice with the Under-18 team of Mohammedan SC.

Club career

Pappu Hossain started his senior career with Arambagh KS. He joined Saif Sporting Club in 2017, where he won the award for best goalkeeper in the Bangladesh Premier League from the Bangladesh Football Supporters Forum. He was also part of the club's 2018 AFC Cup qualification squad. In 2019, he was loaned to Mohammedan SC.

International career

In October 2019, Pappu gets his first-ever senior national team call up for a FIFA friendly against Bhutan.

In November 2019, Pappu got a U-23 call up for 2019 South Asian Games.

In July 2023, he was selected in the main squad for the 2022 Asian Games.

Personal life

He is the nephew of Bangladesh national team player Sohel Rana. His older brother Sujon Hossain also plays as a goalkeeper.

References

  1. ↑ "Mohamed Pappu Hossain". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 স্বপ্ন দেখছে সাইফ স্পোর্টিং [Saif Sporting is dreaming]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Dhaka. 30 April 2018.
  3. ↑ মেসিদের ম্যাচের বলবয় এখন জাতীয় দলের গোলরক্ষক [The ball boy from Messi's match is now the national team goalkeeper]. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024.
  4. ↑ আরামবাগ, মুক্তিযোদ্ধার জয়ে শেষ চট্টগ্রাম পর্ব. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Dhaka. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ↑ সব ট্রফিতে চোখ সাইফ স্পোর্টিংয়ের [Saif Sporting's eyes are on all the trophies]. Jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Dhaka. 29 April 2017.
  6. ↑ সাইফ স্পোর্টিংয়ের শিরোপা জয় লক্ষ্য [Saif Sporting's goal is to win the title]. The Daily Sangram (in Bengali). 30 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2024-12-26.
  7. ↑ সাপোটার্স ফোরামের চোখে সেরারা [The best in the eyes of the Supporters Forum]. Daily Jugantor (in Bengali). Dhaka. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  8. ↑ আরামবাগ, মুক্তিযোদ্ধার জয়ে শেষ চট্টগ্রাম পর্ব [The best in the eyes of the Supporters Forum]. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Dhaka. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. ↑ এএফসির মোকাবেলায় লাল-সবুজের প্রতিনিধিত্ব করছেন যারা [Those who are representing the red-green against the AFC] (in Bengali). 25 February 2019.
  10. 1 2 ধারে খেলে বাংলাদেশ দলে [Loaned player on Bangladesh team]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Dhaka. 17 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "P. HUSSAIN". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  12. 1 2 জাতীয় দলে মামা-ভাগনে [Cousin in the national team]. Priyo (in Bengali). Dhaka. 17 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  13. ↑ এসএ গেমসের স্কোয়াডে জাতীয় দলের ১৬ জন [16 national team members in South Asia Games squad]. Desh Rupantor (in Bengali). Dhaka. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  14. ↑ জামাল, ইয়াসিন, জীবনকে নিয়েই এসএ গেমসের দল [Jamal, Yasin, make SA Games team]. Jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Dhaka. 19 November 2019.
  15. ↑ এসএ গেমসের জন্য বাংলাদেশ দল ঘোষণা [Bangladesh team announced for SA Games]. The Daily Amader Kagoj (in Bengali). Dhaka. 20 November 2019.
  16. ↑ মোরছালিন-আনিসুর নেই, এশিয়াডের জোড়াতালির দলে জামাল ভূঁইয়া [No Morsalin-Anisur, Jamal Bhuiyan in the Asiad hastily made team]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). July 17, 2023.
  17. ↑ প্রতিপক্ষ পোস্টে যখন মুখোমুখি দুই ভাই, কেমন লাগে তাদের [When two brothers face each other in the post, how do they feel?]. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 18 April 2023.