Tohura Khatun Explained

Tohura Khatun (bn|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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Career

U14

Tohura^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8]

U15

Tohura was the member of the 2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship winning Bangladesh side.^[9] 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.^{[10] [11]}

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.^[12]

Bangladesh U-14

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2015		Bhutan		rowspan="1" align="center"	2015 AFC U14 Girls' Regional Championship (South and Central)
2	26 April 2016	Aviator Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	India		rowspan="2" align="center"	2016 AFC U14 Girls' Regional Championship (South and Central)
3
4	28 April 2016		Nepal		rowspan="2" align="center"
5
6	30 April 2016		Tajikistan		rowspan="3" align="center"
7
8
align=center	9		1 May 2016	India	align=center		1–0	rowspan="3" align=center
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			3–0	rowspan="1" align="center"	2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification
2	3 September 2016		UAE	4–0	rowspan="1" align="center"
3	17 December 2017	BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh		3–0	rowspan="3" align="center"	2017 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
4				5-0
5				6-0
6	30 March 2018		Malaysia	2–0	rowspan="2" align="center"	2018 CGI U15 Youth Football Tournament
7				3-0
8	31 March 2018			1-0	rowspan="3" align="center"
9				2-0
10				3-0
11	1 April 2018		Hong Kong	1-0	rowspan="3" align="center"
12				3-0
13				6-0
14	9 August 2018			1–0	rowspan="2" align="center"	2018 SAFF U-15 Women's Championship
15				3-0
16	13 August 2018			1-0	rowspan="1" align="center"
17	16 August 2018		Bhutan	3-0	rowspan="1" align="center"
18	17 September 2018	BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bahrain	10–0	rowspan="1" align="center"	2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification
19	19 September 2018			3-0	rowspan="1" align="center"
20	23 September 2018			1-0	rowspan="1" align="center"
21	27 February 2019			1–0	rowspan="4" align="center"
22				2-0
23				4-0
24				5-0
25	21 September 2019			1–0	rowspan="2" align="center"	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, Thimpu, Bhutan		16–0	rowspan="1" align="center"	2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship
2	30 April 2019	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Mongolia	3–0	rowspan="1" align="center"	2019 Bangamata U-19 Women's Gold Cup
3	13 December 2021	BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh		1–0	rowspan="2" align="center"	2021 SAFF U-19 Women's Championship
4				3-0

Bangladesh

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 September 2021			1–2	align=center	Friendly
2	26 September 2021			1–0	align=center
3	16 September 2022	Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal		7–0	align=center	2022 SAFF Women's Championship
4	1 December 2023	BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh		2–0	Friendly
5				3–0
6	4 December 2023			1–0	rowspan="2" align=center
7				3–0
8,9	23 October 2024	Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal		3–1	align=center	2024 SAFF Women's Championship

Honours

Individual

Bangladesh Women's Football League Best Player: 2020

Notes and References

1. News: Meet our supergirls . Dhaka Tribune. 2016-09-02 .
2. News: https://www.jagonews24.com/sports/football/453042. bn:তহুরার খেলা দেখে বোকা বনে গেছেন বাফুফে সভাপতি . Jago News 24 . bn.
3. Web site: আমাকে সবাই কলসিন্দুরের মেসি বলেই ডাকে: তহুরা খাতুন. 9 January 2018. MTnews24. 5 December 2022.
4. News: http://www.dailynayadiganta.com/detail/news/307472 . bn:মুক্তাগাছার 'মেসি' তহুরা . Daily Naya Diganta . bn.
5. News: Saff U-15 Championship, key Bangladesh footballer: Tenacious Tohura . Dhaka Tribune. 29 December 2017 .
6. News: http://www.kalerkantho.com/online/sport/2018/10/17/692595. bn:আমার মেয়েকে অনেকে মেসি বলে ডাকে : তহুরার বাবা . Kaler Kantho. 17 October 2018 . bn.
7. News: Bangladesh girls become AFC U-14 champion . The Daily Star . 20 December 2015.
8. News: Bangladesh girls retain AFC U-14 title. 1 May 2016. The Daily Star.
9. News: Bangladesh girls clinch SAFF U-15 Championship . The Independent . Dhaka.
10. News: U-15 girls clinch first away title. 2 April 2018. The Daily Star.
11. News: Bangladesh girls clinch title after thrashing Hong Kong 6-0 . Dhaka Tribune. April 2018 .
12. News: https://www.jagonews24.com/sports/football/337009. bn:শুক্রবার থাইল্যান্ড যাচ্ছেন কিশোরী ফুটবলাররা. Jago News 24 . bn.