Sushanto Tripura (; born 5 October 1998) is a Bangladeshi professional

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who plays as a defender 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

Brothers Union Brothers Union () is a professional association football, football club based in Gopibagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (football), Bangladesh Premier League, the top flight of Football in Bangladesh, ...

and the Bangladesh national team.

Early life

Sushanto was born in

Cox's Bazar Cox's Bazar (; ; ) is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and Cox's Bazar District, district headquarters in south-eastern Bangladesh. Cox's Bazar Beach, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Bangladesh, is the longest uninterrupte ...

Chittagong Division Chittagong Division (), officially Chattogram Division, is geographically the largest of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It covers the southeasternmost areas of the country, with a total area of and a population according to th ...

, and hails from the ethnic Tripuri community.

International career

On 5 October 2018, Sushanto made his senior international debut against

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at the

2018 Bangabandhu Cup The 2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2018 Bangabandhu Cup was an international association football tournament organized by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was ...

Honours

Bashundhara Kings *

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, 2018–19 * Federation Cup:

Abahani Limited Dhaka * Independence Cup: 2021–22 * Federation Cup: 2021–22

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* * * 1995 births Living people Bangladeshi men's footballers Bangladesh men's international footballers Bangladesh men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Bashundhara Kings players Asian Games footballers for Bangladesh Farashganj SC players Abahani Limited Dhaka players Rahmatganj MFS players Chittagong Abahani Limited players Brothers Union players Feni SC players Bangladeshi Hindus Tripuri people People from Cox's Bazar District Bangladesh Premier League footballers Footballers from Chittagong Division 21st-century Bangladeshi sportsmen {{Bangladesh-footy-bio-stub