Nuruzzaman Nayan

Nuruzzaman Nayan (Bengali: নুরুজ্জামান নয়ন)^[1][2] is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the goalkeeping coach of the Bashundhara Kings.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} As the first-ever Bangladeshi goalkeeping coach, he has achieved Goalkeeping Level 1 in 2016 in Nepal, Goalkeeping Level 2 in 2019 in Australia, and obtained a Goalkeeping A Diploma in 2024 in Malaysia. This is the first time a goalkeeper coach from Bangladesh has received such a highest-level certificate.^[8][9][10] He was the goalkeeper coach of Bangladesh in the 2021 SAFF Championship.^[11][12]

Full name A. K. M. Nuruzzaman

Date of birth (1980-01-20) 20 January 1980 (age 46)

Place of birth Netrokona, Bangladesh

Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

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Nuruzzaman Nayan

Nayan in 2023 at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport
Personal information
Full name	A. K. M. Nuruzzaman
Date of birth	(1980-01-20) 20 January 1980 (age 46)
Place of birth	Netrokona, Bangladesh
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Bashundhara Kings (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1994–1995	Mirpur City Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Mirpur Cholontika KC
1999–2000	Dhanmondi Club
2001–2002	Mirpur Cholontika KC
2003	Sheikh Russel KC
2004–2007	Fakirerpool YMC
2007	Victoria SC
International career‡
2002	Bangladesh U20	0	(0)
Managerial career
2012	Bangladesh women (goalkeeping coach)
2012	Bangladesh U19 Women (goalkeeping coach)
2013	Abahani Limited Dhaka Women (head coach)
2014–2015	Dhaka Mohammedan (goalkeeping coach)
2015-2016	Bangladesh (goalkeeping coach)
2016–2017	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC (goalkeeping coach)
2017–2018	Chittagong Abahani (goalkeeping coach)
2018	Bangladesh (goalkeeping coach)
2018–2019	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC (goalkeeping coach)
2019–	Bashundhara Kings (goalkeeping coach)
2021	Bangladesh (goalkeeping coach)
2024	Bangladesh (goalkeeping coach)
2025	Bangladesh (goalkeeping coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 April 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 April 2021

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He is regarded as the country's most qualified goalkeeping coach with several coaching licences.^[13][14][15] In 2016, he achieved AFC Goakeeping Level 1 Coaching Certificate as first Bangladeshi.^[16] He is also an AFC 'A' Coaching Licence holder^[17] and a coach instructor.^[18][19] Nayan is the former goalkeeping coach of both the Bangladesh men's football team and the Bangladesh women's football team.^[20][21] He played for more than ten years in domestic football.^{[22][23][24][25][26][27]}