Ahsan Habib Bipu (; born 30 October 1990) is a Bangladeshi professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Rahmatganj MFS Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society (Bengali language, Bengali : রহমতগঞ্জ মুসলিম ফ্রেন্ডস সোসাইটি) is a Bangladeshi professional association football, football club based in Old Dhaka. Found ...

Club career

Bipu began his career with eventual

Dhaka Third Division Football League Dhaka Third Division Football League (), officially known as Bashundhara Group Third Division (U-17) Football League due to sponsorship reasons and change of format, is the fifth-tier association football, football league in Bangladesh, as well a ...

champions

Dilkusha SC Dilkusha Sporting Club (), also referred to as Dilkusha SC, is an association football club based in the Dilkusha area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club currently competes in the Dhaka Second Division League, the fourth-tier of Bangladeshi Football ...

in 2011. Although Bipu spent much of his early career with Mohammedan SC, he had to move to Feni Soccer Club in 2014 in order to gain game time. In 2016, he established himself as Feni's first choice goalkeeper. The following year, after the club was relegated from the top-tier, Bipu moved to

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Muktijoddha Sangsad KC () is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club plays in the Bangladesh Championship League, the second level of Bangladeshi football league system, as they suffered relegation from th ...

. On 2 January 2021, Bipu displayed a man of the match performance for Mohammedan SC against

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in the quarterfinals of the 2020–21 Federation Cup. After saving two penalty shots in the tiebreaker, he was compared to former Black and White legend Sayeed Hassan Kanan.

Personal life

In October 2018, Bipu underwent surgery for his broken hand, which kept him out of the game for almost five months. However, while still injured a rumour had spread throughout local media about his apparent death. Bipu later gave an interview with

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clearing the false news.

Honours

Dilkusha SC * Dhaka Third Division League: 2011 Mohammedan SC *

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: 2013 * Independence Cup: 2014 * Federation Cup:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bipu, Ahsan Habib 1990 births Living people Bangladeshi men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Muktijoddha Sangsad KC players Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) players Arambagh KS players Feni SC players Bangladesh Police FC players Rahmatganj MFS players Bangladesh Premier League footballers People from Chandpur District Footballers from Chittagong Division