Rezaul Karim Liton (; born 11 December 1980) is a retired Bangladeshi professional

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who played as an

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Club career

Liton joined his hometown club

Narayanganj Suktara Sangsad Narayanganj Suktara Sangsad () is a Bangladeshi football club based in Narayanganj. It is the first club from Narayanganj District to have competed in the Bangladesh Premier League. The 4,000 capacity Narayanganj Osmani Stadium was its home venu ...

after the club secured a place in the

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. He initially coached the club to promotion during their Bashundhara Champions Club Cup triumph in 2009, in the absence of head coach, Riaz Biswas. He was appointed captain of the team and finished the season as the club's top scorer with six goals, as the Narayanganj-based outfit were relegated in their inaugural season in the country's top-flight.

International career

Liton captained the Bangladesh U16 team during the

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qualifiers in

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. Under Iraqi coach

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, Liton was a member of the Bangladesh national team which won gold at the

1999 South Asian Games The 1999 South Asian Games (or 8th SAF Games) were held in Kathmandu, Nepal (for the second time) from 25 September to 4 October 1999. King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev declared the games open amidst a grand ceremony. 1069 athletes of the diffe ...

. He also participated in the

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held in

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Honours

Player

Abahani Limited Dhaka * Federation Cup: 1997 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC * Dhaka Premier Division League:

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Brothers Union * Dhaka Premier Division League: 2003–04,

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

* Federation Cup: 2005 *

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: 2004 Bangladesh *

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Gold medal:

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Individual *

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

− '' Dhaka Premier Division League Top Scorer (joint)''

Manager

Narayanganj Suktara Sangsad * Bashundhara Champions Club Cup: 2009

References

External links

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