Maraz Hossain Opi
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| Full name | Maraz Hossain Opi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gazipur, Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, Centre forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | BKSP | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Kingstar SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Saif SC | 49 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Dhaka Abahani | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Rahmatganj MFS | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Bangladesh U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Bangladesh U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Bangladesh U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Bangladesh | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 June 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Maraz Hossain Opi (Bengali: মারাজ হোসেন অপি; born 10 March 2001) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He last played for Bangladesh Premier League club Rahmatganj MFS.
Youth
Meraz was part of the Bangladesh U16 team that won the 2015 SAFF U-16 Championship.[2]
While studying at BKSP, Bangladesh U18 head coach at the time Peter Turner included Maraz in the squad for the 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship in Nepal. On 27 September 2019, Maraz scored for the U18 team as they trashed Bhutan 4–0 to reach the finals of the tournament.[3]
The following year, Peter Turner who was in charge of the Bangladesh U19 selected Maraz for the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers, where Bangladesh failed to win a single game and even suffered a defeat at the hands of Bhutan.[4]
In September 2021, interim appointed Maruful Haque named Maraz in his squad for the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers. After less than a months training, the team produced frustrating results at they conceded a total of 11 goals during the three matches played. Maraz started all three games for the team throughout the qualifiers.[5]
Senior
Maraz was called up to a 30-member preliminary team by Jamie Day before the 2021 SAFF Championship. However, after Days's dismissal only a month before the tournament, interim coach Óscar Bruzón did not keep him in the final squad.[2]
On 24 March 2022, Maraz made his debut for the Bangladesh national football team, coming on as a substitute for Biplu Ahmed in the 87th minute against Maldives. Bangladesh ended up losing the friendly 2–0.[6]
