Mojibur Rahman Jony
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| Full name | Mojibur Rahman Jony | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 June 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dinajpur, Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bashundhara Kings | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | BKSP | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Bikrampur Kings | 9 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | BFF Elite Academy | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Gopalganj SC | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Fortis | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Bashundhara Kings | 25 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Bangladesh U15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Bangladesh U16 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Bangladesh U20 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Bangladesh U23 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Bangladesh | 21 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mojibur Rahman Jony (Bengali: মজিবুর রহমান জনি; born 2 June 2005) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bangladesh Premier League club Bashundhara Kings and the Bangladesh national team.
Mojibur Rahman Jony was born on 2 June 2005, in Dinajpur. He began playing football in 2009, with the help of his uncle while his day-labour father, who worked at a rice mill, and elder brother also helped him pursue the sport. His performances during the National Sports Council Cup got him selected for advanced training in Gopalganj, Khulna, and Barishal before getting admitted to Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) in 2017. He represented Bangladesh in youth football at the 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship and 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers.[1] Jony came to Dhaka to play for Bikrampur Kings in the Super League round of the 2019–20 Dhaka Third Division League. On 22 August 2021, he scored his first goal for the club coming as a brace against Asaduzzaman FA, in a 2–1 victory. With 5 goals in 9 games, he led Bikrampur to promotion to the Dhaka Second Division League as one of the top five teams in the league. However, he was diagnosed with appendicitis, and underwent surgery in 2019, keeping him out of the game for a year.[2]
Club career
BFF Elite Academy
In September 2021, Jony joined BFF Elite Academy for the 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League season and made his debut during the academy's inaugural professional league match on 20 February 2022, against NoFeL SC.
Gopalganj SC
After only appearing twice in the first phase of the league he moved to Gopalganj SC, during the mid-season transfer window in March. On 11 June 2022, he scored a brace against Kawran Bazar PS in the last game of the season, helping his side to a 2–1 victory.
Fortis FC
On 13 October 2022, Jony joined the newly promoted Fortis FC in the Bangladesh Premier League.[2] On 18 February 2023, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–3 victory over Mohammedan SC.[3] In July 2023, Bashundhara Kings signed Jony in preparation for the preliminary round of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League.[4]
International career
Jony represented the Bangladesh U20 at the 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship and 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification. During the AFC U-20 qualifiers in Arad, Bahrain he scored a goal against Nepal U20 and also registered two assists in four matches.[5][2]
In March 2023, he was called up to the senior national team for a training camp held in Medina, Saudi Arabia.[6][7] On 25 March 2023, he made his debut for the Bangladesh national team in a 1–0 victory over Seychelles.[8]
On 15 June 2023, Jony scored his first senior international goal coming in a 1–0 victory over Cambodia.[9]
