Sumon Reza () is a Bangladeshi professional

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who plays as a striker for

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 ...

club

Abahani Limited Dhaka Abahani Limited Dhaka (), also referred as Dhaka Abahani or Abahani Limited, is a Bangladeshi professional Association football, football club based in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club currently competes in the Bangladesh Pr ...

and the Bangladesh national team. He also works in the

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Club career

Bangladesh Air Force

In 2014, Sumon gave trial for Air Force football team in his own college ground. He got selected and started his professional career as a footballer. He also got job as a soldier in

. He became popular in inter-services football tournaments. Even after signing for a professional league club, Sumon is obligated to represent the Bangladesh Air Force in the Independence Cup.

Uttar Baridhara

Sumon joined

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in 2015 ahead of second phase of 2015–16 Bangladesh Premier League. Jahangir Alam, a Uttar Baridhara club official, scouted Sumon from inter-services tournament while he was playing for Air Force football team. He played 5 matches in his first BPL season, mostly as substitute as, Uttar Baridhara were relegated. Sumon missed the next season due to a long-term injury. After recovery, he rejoined Uttar Baridhara to play in the

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. He also got captaincy of the team and helped them return to the Premier League scoring 8 goals, which includes a hat-trick.

Bashundhara Kings

On 25 November 2021, Sumon joined defending league champions

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International career

In July 2020, Sumon earned his first-ever national call by Jamie Day. On 13 November 2020, Sumon made his senior debut against

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in an international friendly. In September 2022, Sumon decided to quit his job in the

, after not receiving clearance to join the national team for a friendly match against

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. Eventually, Sumon did not quit after the Air Force officials agreed to let the striker join the team.

Career statistics

Club

International

Reza, Suman
''national-football-teams.com''. Retrieved 1 October 2021

International goals

:''Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.''

Honours

Bashundhara Kings *

: 2021-22, 2022-23 * Federation Cup third place:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reza, Sumon 1995 births Living people Bangladeshi men's footballers Bangladesh men's international footballers Bangladesh men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Uttar Baridhara Club players Bashundhara Kings players People from Tangail District Footballers from Dhaka Division Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Bangladesh 21st-century Bangladeshi sportsmen