Sourav Dewan

Sourav Dewan
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 25)
Place of birth Porabari, Tangail Sadar, Tangail, Bangladesh.
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Mohammedan
Number 18
Youth career
2019 Mohammedan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Rainbow Club ? (10)
Tangail FA
2021–2022 Wari Club ? (11)
2022 Khulna Mohammedan 7 (12)
2022 Chittagong Mohammedan 2 (?)
2022–2023 Dhaka Wanderers ? (17)
2023– Mohammedan 21 (10)
International career‡
2026 Bangladesh Olympic 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 October 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 September 2026

Sourav Dewan (Bengali: সৌরভ দেওয়ান, pronounced [ʃourɔbʱ dewaːn]) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bangladesh Football League club Mohammedan.

Early career

Dewan began playing football in 2014 while studying in the ninth grade. During the 2015–16 season, he scored 10 goals for Rainbow Club in the Tangail Football League, held at Tangail Stadium.

After performing for Tangail Municipality in under-17 football, Dewan attracted the attention of officials from Mohammedan who had travelled from Dhaka. He subsequently attended trials for the club's under-18 team and was selected to represent the side in a youth football tournament. According to Tangail Shomachar and Daily Naya Diganta, he captained Mohammedan's under-18 team in 2019.

Club career

Dewan began his club career with Rainbow Club, scoring 10 goals in the 2015–16 Tangail Football League. He subsequently represented his hometown club, Tangail Football Academy, in the Dhaka Third Division League.

Dewan later played for Wari Club in the 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League. In 2022, he represented Khulna Mohammedan in the Khulna Football League, scoring 12 goals in seven matches, including two hat-tricks. He finished as the competition's top scorer, while Khulna Mohammedan finished as runners-up.

He subsequently made two appearances for Chittagong Mohammedan. He later joined Dhaka Wanderers before moving to Mohammedan ahead of the 2023–24 season.

In the 2024–25 season, Dewan scored four league goals and one goal in the Federation Cup.

During the 2025–26 season, he scored five goals in nine league appearances and seven goals in four Federation Cup matches, finishing with 12 goals across the two competitions.

On 12 May 2026, Dewan scored twice against Brothers Union to help Mohammedan reach the Federation Cup final.

International career

Bangladesh Olympic

Dewan was selected for the Bangladesh Olympic squad for the Diamond Jubilee International Football Tournament in the Maldives in June 2026.

Senior team

On 25 August 2026, Dewan received his first call-up to the Bangladesh senior national team when head coach Thomas Dooley named him in the preliminary squad for the inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup.

Personal life

Dewan's younger brother also plays football and appeared for Badda Jagoroni Sangsad.[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ "Sourav Dewan Stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "মোহামেডানে সৌরভ ছড়িয়ে সৌরভ দেওয়ান এখন জাতীয় দলে" [Sourav Dewan spreads his brilliance at Mohammedan and is now in the national team]. টাঙ্গাইল সমাচার (in Bengali). 25 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "ঢাকায় সৌরভের প্রথম হ্যাটট্রিক" [Sourav's first hat-trick in Dhaka]. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 13 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "দেশী ফুটবলারদের সুযোগ তো দিতে হবে: সৌরভ". Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 14 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "ঢাকায় সৌরভের প্রথম হ্যাটট্রিক" [Sourav's first hat-trick in Dhaka]. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 13 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "কাবরেরার দিকে তাকিয়ে আছেন সৌরভদের মতো স্ট্রাইকাররা" [Strikers like Sourav are looking towards Cabrera]. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 1 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "বেঞ্চের সেই সৌরভই এখন গোলের 'সৌরভ' ছড়াচ্ছেন" [The Sourav who sat on the bench is now spreading the fragrance of goals]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 13 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "'মোহামেডানের জার্সিতে ফাইনাল, আমি রোমাঞ্চিত'". Jago News 24 (in Bengali). 12 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Mohammedan's Sourav Dewan only new face in Bangladesh's preliminary squad for ASEAN Cup". The Daily Star. 25 August 2026. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "Sourav fires MSC into final". New Age. 12 May 2026. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
  11. ↑ "Sourav steers Mohammedan into Federation Cup final". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 12 May 2026. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
  12. ↑ "Unheralded Sourav steers Mohammedan to Fed Cup final". The Daily Star. 12 May 2026. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
  13. ↑ "No overseas-based players in Bangladesh squad". New Age. 24 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "BFF announces 28-man preliminary squad". Daily Sun. 26 August 2026.