Mohammad Mobashir Rahman (born 12 March 1998), is an Indian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for

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in the

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Career

Born in

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (, ) or Tatanagar is the largest and most populous city in Jharkhand and the first planned industrial city in India. It is a Notified Area Council and Municipal Corporation and also the headquarter of the East Singhbhum district. It ...

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

, Rahman's father, Mohammad Shafique, played football for

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. In 2008, Rahman was offered a chance to train at the Chandigarh Football Academy but had to reject it after his parents were not sure whether to let Rahman focus on football. Two years later, Rahman convinced his parents to let him play at the Chandigarh Football Academy. He spent four years at the academy before being selected to join the

Tata Football Academy Tata Football Academy (Tata FA or TFA) is an association football academy situated in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, sponsored by Tata Steel, which owns ISL outfit Jamshedpur FC. It is one of the renowned football academies in India. History ...

in 2014. He graduated from the academy in July 2018.

Jamshedpur

On 20 September 2018, after training with

during their pre-season, Rahman, along with former

graduates Gourav Mukhi and Vishal Das, was signed to a professional contract. He made his debut for the club on 2 October 2018 against

Mumbai City Mumbai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014, during the inaugural season of ...

. He came on as a 76th–minute substitute for Mario Arqués as Jamshedpur won 2–0.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

Indian Super League profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Mobashir 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Jamshedpur Indian men's footballers Jamshedpur FC players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Jharkhand Indian Super League players