Yeasin Arafat ( bn, ইয়াসিন আরাফাত; born 5 January 2003) is a Bangladeshi professional

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who plays as a

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for

Bangladesh Premier League The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লীগ) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league consisting of seven franchises. The BPL is one of the three professional cricket leagues in ...

club

Bashundhara Kings Bashundhara Kings ( bn, বসুন্ধরা কিংস) is a professional football team based in Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. They clinched the title of the 2017 Bangladesh Championship League, the second tier of th ...

and the Bangladesh national team. He also plays for the Bangladesh national under-23 team and captains the Bangladesh national under-19 team. He is known in his country for offensive playing style & skills.

Club career

Kadamtola Sangsad

In 2017, Yeasin started his senior club career with Kadamtola Sangsad in Dhaka Third Division Football League (overall 5th tier). His outstanding performance and potential earned him a contract from top-tier side

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Saif SC

Yeasin started his journey in top tier from 2018-19 season with

. On 19 January 2019, He made his

debut against Rahmatganj. The debutant registered an assist in this match, resulting in a 2-1 win. In the debut season, He made 4 assists in 23 league appearances without conceding a single card. In 2019-20 BPL, he scored 2 goals with 1 assist in 6 appearances. In 2019, it was revealed that Saif SC tagged Yeasin Arafat with a release clause of 1 crore taka (0.12 million USD), making him the Bangladeshi player with the highest release clause.

Bashundhara Kings

On 25 November 2021, Yeasin joined

International career

Youth teams

Yeasin represented Bangladesh U-16, Bangladesh U-19 and Bangladesh U-23 in international levels. He scored total 4 international goals for Bangladesh U-16 and Bangladesh U-23. He was captain of Bangladesh in

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and

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Senior team

Yeasin made his debut for Bangladesh national team on October 3, 2019, against

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in a FIFA friendly match. Bangladesh won the match by 2-0. He scored a goal against India in 2021 SAFF Championship.

Career statistics

Club

;Notes

International

International goals

U-16 team

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

U-19 team

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

Senior team

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

Honours

Saif SC *

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runner-up:

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Bashundhara Kings *

: 2021–22,

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* Independence Cup:

; runner-up:

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third place:

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arafat, Yeasin 2003 births Living people Footballers from Dhaka Bangladeshi men's footballers Bangladesh men's international footballers Bangladesh men's youth international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Saif Sporting Club players Bashundhara Kings players