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Tohura Khatun

Personal information
Full name	Tohura Khatun
Date of birth	(2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Kolsindur, Mymensingh
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	ARB College SC
Number	10
Youth career
2011–2014	Kalsindur Government Primary School
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	Kolsindur High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2021	Bashundhara Kings	20	(22)
2024–	ARB College SC	0	(0)
International career
2015–16	Bangladesh U-14		(11)
2017–18	Bangladesh U-15		(15)
2016–2019	Bangladesh U-16		(11)
2018–2022	Bangladesh U-19	10	(4)
2018–	Bangladesh	23	(12)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Bangladesh SAFF Women's Championship Winner 2022 Nepal SAFF U-18 Women's Championship Winner 2018 Bhutan Winner 2021 Bangladesh Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup Winner 2019 Bangladesh AFC U-14 Girls' Regional (South and Central) Championship 2015 Nepal 2016 Tajikistan SAFF U-15 Women's Championship 2017 Bangladesh Jockey CGI U-15 Youth Tournament 2018 Hong Kong
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 December 2023

Tohura Khatun (Bengali: তহুরা খাতুন) is a Bangladeshi women's footballer who plays as a forward for ARB College SC and the Bangladesh women's national football team. She currently also plays for Bangladesh U-19 and Bangladesh U-16 team.

Career

U14

Tohura was a substitute player of 2015 AFC U-14 Girls' Regional (South & Central) Championship winning squad of Bangladesh, but still managed to score one goal against Bhutan. But in the next edition of the tournament, Tohura helped her team to retain the title. She was the top scorer of 2016 AFC U-14 Girls' Regional (South & Central) Championship with 10 goals in just 4 matches.

U15

Tohura was the member of the 2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship winning Bangladesh side. She scored a hat-trick against Nepal in the opening match of the tournament, but was injured after the match and could not score any more goals for the rest of the tournament. However, she was still the top scorer of the Bangladesh team, with 3 goals.
Tohura played a vital role for Bangladesh U-15 side to win their first ever invitational overseas trophy in 2018. Bangladesh U-15 girls clinch the title of 2018 Jockey CGI U-15 Youth Football Tournament held in Hong Kong. She ended the four-nation tournament as the highest scorer with 8 goals from 3 matches.

U16

Tohura scored two goals against Iran and UAE during 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification. She was also the member of Bangladesh squad at 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship.

International goals

Bangladesh U-14

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2015	Kathmandu, Nepal	Bhutan			2015 AFC U14 Girls' Regional Championship (South and Central)
2	26 April 2016	Aviator Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	India		3–1	2016 AFC U14 Girls' Regional Championship (South and Central)
3
4	28 April 2016		Nepal		9-0
5
6	30 April 2016		Tajikistan		9-1
7
8
9	1 May 2016		India	1–0	4-0
10				3-0
11				4-0

Bangladesh U-17

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 August 2016	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Iran	3–0	3-0	2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification
2	3 September 2016		UAE	4–0	4-0
3	17 December 2017	BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Nepal	3–0	6-0	2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
4				5-0
5				6-0
6	30 March 2018	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Malaysia	2–0	10-1	2018 CGI U15 Youth Football Tournament
7				3-0
8	31 March 2018		Iran	1-0	8-1
9				2-0
10				3-0
11	1 April 2018		Hong Kong	1-0	6-0
12				3-0
13				6-0
14	9 August 2018	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan	Pakistan	1–0	14-0	2018 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
15				3-0
16	13 August 2018		Nepal	1-0	3-0
17	16 August 2018		Bhutan	3-0	5-0
18	17 September 2018	BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bahrain	10–0	10-0	2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification
19	19 September 2018		Lebanon	3-0	8-0
20	23 September 2018		Vietnam	1-0	2-0
21	27 February 2019	Mandalar Thiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar	Philippines	1–0	10-0
22				2-0
23				4-0
24				5-0
25	21 September 2019	IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand	Australia	1–0	2-2	2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
26				2-1

Bangladesh U-20

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 September 2018	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan	Pakistan	16–0	17-0	2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship
2	30 April 2019	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Mongolia	3–0	3-0	2019 Bangamata U-19 Women's Gold Cup
3	13 December 2021	BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bhutan	1–0	6-0	2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship
4				3-0

Bangladesh

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 September 2021	Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal	Nepal	1–2	1–2	Friendly
2	26 September 2021	JAR Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hong Kong	1–0	5–0
3	16 September 2022	Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal	Bhutan	7–0	8–0	2022 SAFF Women's Championship
4	1 December 2023	BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Singapore	2–0	3–0	Friendly
5				3–0
6	4 December 2023			1–0	8–0
7				3–0
8,9	23 October 2024	Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal	India	3–1	3–1	2024 SAFF Women's Championship

Honours

Individual

Bangladesh Women's Football League Best Player: 2020

References

1. "Meet our supergirls". Dhaka Tribune. 2016-09-02.
2. তহুরার খেলা দেখে বোকা বনে গেছেন বাফুফে সভাপতি. Jago News 24 (in Bengali).
3. "আমাকে সবাই কলসিন্দুরের মেসি বলেই ডাকে: তহুরা খাতুন". MTnews24. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
4. মুক্তাগাছার 'মেসি' তহুরা. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali).
5. "Saff U-15 Championship, key Bangladesh footballer: Tenacious Tohura". Dhaka Tribune. 29 December 2017.
6. আমার মেয়েকে অনেকে মেসি বলে ডাকে : তহুরার বাবা. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 17 October 2018.
7. "Bangladesh girls become AFC U-14 champion". The Daily Star. 20 December 2015.
8. "Bangladesh girls retain AFC U-14 title". The Daily Star. 1 May 2016.
9. "Bangladesh girls clinch SAFF U-15 Championship". The Independent. Dhaka.
10. "U-15 girls clinch first away title". The Daily Star. 2 April 2018.
11. "Bangladesh girls clinch title after thrashing Hong Kong 6-0". Dhaka Tribune. April 2018.
12. শুক্রবার থাইল্যান্ড যাচ্ছেন কিশোরী ফুটবলাররা. Jago News 24 (in Bengali).

External links

• Tohura Khatun at Global Sports Archive

• 2003 births
• Living people
• Bangladeshi women's footballers
• 21st-century Bangladeshi sportswomen
• Bangladesh women's international footballers
• Bashundhara Kings players
• Bangladesh Women's Football League players
• Women's association football forwards
• People from Mymensingh District
• Kalsindur Government Primary School alumni
• Sportspeople from Mymensingh Division