Navid Rahman (born 26 May 1996) is a professional
footballer
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who plays for the
Woodbridge Strikers
Woodbridge Strikers Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Woodbridge, Ontario. The club was founded in 1976 as a youth soccer club and added its semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2014. The team plays home ...
in
League1 Ontario
League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league began play in 2014 and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league in the Canadian ...
and the
Pakistan national team.
Club career
In 2016–17, Rahman played in
League1 Ontario
League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league began play in 2014 and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league in the Canadian ...
for
ProStars FC, making a total of 19 appearances and scoring two goals.
In the summer of 2017, Rahman signed with Slovakian
2. Liga club
Komárno
Komárno, ( hu, Komárom, german: Komorn, sr, Коморан, translit=Komoran), colloquially also called ''Révkomárom, Öregkomárom, Észak-Komárom'' in Hungarian; is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. ...
alongside his brother Adel Rahman.
In 2018, he joined Dutch club
Achilles '29
Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands, competing in the sixth-tier Eerste Klasse.
The club is known for its successes in the Dutch domestic cup, having knocked FC Volendam, Heracles Almelo, RKC Waalwijk, Telstar an ...
.
Rahman returned to
League1 Ontario
League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league began play in 2014 and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league in the Canadian ...
in Canada in the summer of 2018, and made five appearances for ProStars that season. In the winter of 2018–19, he played
indoor soccer
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in the Arena Premier League with Italy AC. In 2019, he made seven league appearances before leaving mid-season. In mid 2019, Rahman switched to
North Mississauga SC
North Mississauga Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Mississauga, Ontario. The club was founded in 1982 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016. The team plays ...
, making five league appearances and two in the playoffs. In 2021, he joined
1812 FC Barrie
1812 FC Barrie (also known as 1812 FC) was a Canadian semi-professional soccer club that played in League1 Ontario in 2021. In their sole season of operation, the club played home matches at Terry Fox Stadium in Brampton, Ontario. The team wa ...
.
In 2022, he played with
Blue Devils FC
Blue Devils Football Club (formerly known as Oakville Blue Devils FC) is a semi-professional soccer club based in Oakville, Ontario. The senior men's and women's teams currently compete in League1 Ontario men's and women's divisions.
Histor ...
. In 2023, he played with the
Woodbridge Strikers
Woodbridge Strikers Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Woodbridge, Ontario. The club was founded in 1976 as a youth soccer club and added its semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2014. The team plays home ...
.
International career
Rahman made his debut for the
Pakistan national football team
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in a 2–1 friendly loss to
Palestine
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* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
* Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia
* Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East J ...
on 16 November 2018.
Rahman was in the starting line up for Pakistan's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier play-off match against
Cambodia
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.
Personal life
Rahman was born in Germany to Pakistani parents, and moved to Canada at a young age.
He played youth soccer for Brampton Youth SC.
References
External links
*
Niagara Purple Eagles profile*
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Living people
1996 births
Men's association football midfielders
Canadian soccer players
Pakistani footballers
Footballers from Hesse
Footballers from Frankfurt
Pakistani emigrants to Canada
Naturalized citizens of Canada
Canadian expatriate soccer players
Pakistani expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Slovakia
Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Niagara Purple Eagles men's soccer players
KFC Komárno players
Achilles '29 players
League1 Ontario players
2. Liga (Slovakia) players
Tweede Divisie players
Pakistan men's international footballers
1812 FC Barrie players
North Mississauga SC players
Soccer players from Brampton
ProStars FC players
Blue Devils FC players
Woodbridge Strikers players