 Zico holding Best Local Player award of Bangladesh Premier League 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anisur Rahman Zico | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1997 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Bashundhara Kings | |||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Farashganj SC | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Muktijoddha Sangsad | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | Chittagong Abahani | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2017–18 | Saif Sporting Club | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018– | Bashundhara Kings | 97 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Bangladesh U19 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Bangladesh U23 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2020– | Bangladesh | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Anisur Rahman Zico (Bengali: আনিসুর রহমান জিকো) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bangladesh Premier League club Bashundhara Kings and the Bangladesh national team.[2][3][4] He is considered to be a penalty specialist and is also one of the best goalkeepers in the country. He is nicknamed "Banglar Bajpakhi" (Bengali: বাংলার বাজপাখি) which translates to "The Hawk/Falcon of Bangla" in English.[5][6]
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