Golam Rabbani Choton

'Smalley is irreplaceable, Choton not'

Kazi Salahuddin, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president, claimed that the success in women's football is largely due to the effort of technical director Paul Smalley. He also said that while Golam Rabbani Choton's sudden departure is a setback, the long-serving head coach is not irreplaceable.

Akhi, too, leaves BFF camp 

Akhi Khatun, a key member of the national women's football team, is leaving the camp with aim of going to a Chinese sports institute.

Wheels finally fall off

Golam Rabbani Choton probably cannot remember the last time he was sitting at home while his charges were training at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) astroturf, a place he had known to be home for more than a decade-and-a-half.

Lack of matches and excessive workload reasons for Swapna, Choton departures

Assistant coach of Bangladesh Women’s football team Mahbubur Rahman Litu has said that the lack of matches and the excessive workload on the coaching team are the reasons why striker Sirat Jahan Swapna and head coach Golam Rabbani Choton has decided to call it quits.

Salahuddin 'officially' unaware of Swapna, Choton departures

Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin’s response to the retirement of women’s football team striker Sirat Jahan Swapna and head coach Golam Rabbani Choton pulling himself out of the role has been a passive one.

Choton leaving women’s team too

The man who led the senior women’s team to SAFF Women’s Championship title for the first time in September last year after leading the age-group women’s teams to many accolades in South Asia and beyond, confirmed his decision to the Daily Star.

SAFF U-15 Women's title slips away from hosts

Bangladesh failed to regain the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship title after Joynob Bibi Rita squandered a last-gasp penalty in a 1-1 draw with Nepal in the final group-stage game at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Motafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Friday.

‘Sabina showed true leadership under pressure’

Golam Rabbani Choton, Bangladesh women's football team head coach, praised captain Sabina Khatun highly for her on-ground leadership that helped the women in red and green to hold their nerves despite falling into a difficult situation in the last quarter of the SAFF Women's Championship final in Kathmandu tonight.

Bangladesh players sweep SAFF Women Championship awards

Bangladesh Women football team players swept the awards after ensuring their maiden SAFF Women Championship title by beating hosts Nepal 3-1 in the final at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu on Monday.

May 29, 2023
May 29, 2023

'Smalley is irreplaceable, Choton not'

Kazi Salahuddin, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president, claimed that the success in women's football is largely due to the effort of technical director Paul Smalley. He also said that while Golam Rabbani Choton's sudden departure is a setback, the long-serving head coach is not irreplaceable.

May 28, 2023
May 28, 2023

Akhi, too, leaves BFF camp 

Akhi Khatun, a key member of the national women's football team, is leaving the camp with aim of going to a Chinese sports institute.

May 28, 2023
May 28, 2023

Wheels finally fall off

Golam Rabbani Choton probably cannot remember the last time he was sitting at home while his charges were training at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) astroturf, a place he had known to be home for more than a decade-and-a-half.

May 27, 2023
May 27, 2023

Lack of matches and excessive workload reasons for Swapna, Choton departures

Assistant coach of Bangladesh Women’s football team Mahbubur Rahman Litu has said that the lack of matches and the excessive workload on the coaching team are the reasons why striker Sirat Jahan Swapna and head coach Golam Rabbani Choton has decided to call it quits.

May 27, 2023
May 27, 2023

Salahuddin 'officially' unaware of Swapna, Choton departures

Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin’s response to the retirement of women’s football team striker Sirat Jahan Swapna and head coach Golam Rabbani Choton pulling himself out of the role has been a passive one.

May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023

Choton leaving women’s team too

The man who led the senior women’s team to SAFF Women’s Championship title for the first time in September last year after leading the age-group women’s teams to many accolades in South Asia and beyond, confirmed his decision to the Daily Star.

November 11, 2022
November 11, 2022

SAFF U-15 Women's title slips away from hosts

Bangladesh failed to regain the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship title after Joynob Bibi Rita squandered a last-gasp penalty in a 1-1 draw with Nepal in the final group-stage game at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Motafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Friday.

September 19, 2022
September 19, 2022

‘Sabina showed true leadership under pressure’

Golam Rabbani Choton, Bangladesh women's football team head coach, praised captain Sabina Khatun highly for her on-ground leadership that helped the women in red and green to hold their nerves despite falling into a difficult situation in the last quarter of the SAFF Women's Championship final in Kathmandu tonight.

September 19, 2022
September 19, 2022

Bangladesh players sweep SAFF Women Championship awards

Bangladesh Women football team players swept the awards after ensuring their maiden SAFF Women Championship title by beating hosts Nepal 3-1 in the final at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu on Monday.

September 19, 2022
September 19, 2022

Bangladesh women make history, clinch maiden SAFF title

Bangladesh clinched their maiden SAFF Women’s Championship title with a 3-1 victory over Nepal in an entertaining final at the Dasarath Rangasala in Kathmandu on Monday.