Hemanta Vincent Biswas (; born 13 December 1995) is a Bangladeshi professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
Bangladesh Premier League
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club
Bangladesh Police FC and the
Bangladesh national team.
In 2013, he trialed for the Dutch club
FC Twente
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, becoming the first Bangladeshi footballer to get a trial at a top European club.
Club
Hemanta Vincent Biswas made top division debut with
Mohammedan SC in 2013. After playing for the Black And Whites, he moved to
Sheikh Russel KC
Sheikh Russel KC ( Bengali: শেখ রাসেল ক্রীড়া চক্র) is a professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1995, the club currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League. They won Feder ...
in the 2014–15 season.
International
U20
He made his
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debut as a
captain
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in
2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
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against host side,
Iraq U-20 in 2013.
Bangladesh beat
Kuwait U-20 by 1-0 under his captaincy in the same qualifying round.
U23
Hemanta made his
U23 debut against
Nepal U-23 in 2014 in an
international friendly
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.
Senior Team
Hemanta made his senior debut against
India
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in 2014 in an
international friendly
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.
He scored his first international goal against
Sri Lanka
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in
2015 Bangabandhu Cup.
Honours
Mohammedan SC
*
Independence Cup: 2013–14
Chittagong Abahani
*
Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup
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:
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
Abahani Limited Dhaka
*
Bangladesh Premier League
Bangladesh Premier League (), also known as Dutch-Bangla Bank BPL for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It was formed in 2011 by the BCB, after the su ...
:
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
*
Federation Cup:
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
International goals
Club
Chittagong Abahani
National Team
:''Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.''
References
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Living people
1995 births
Bangladeshi men's footballers
Bangladesh men's international footballers
Bangladesh men's youth international footballers
Bangladeshi Christians
Victoria Sporting Club players
Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) players
Saif Sporting Club players
Sheikh Russel KC players
Bashundhara Kings players
Chittagong Abahani Limited players
Abahani Limited Dhaka players
Bangladesh Police FC players
Bangladesh Premier League footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Bangladesh
People from Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan alumni
21st-century Bangladeshi sportsmen
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