Jamal Bhuyan


Jamal Harris Bhuyan is a Danish-born Bangladeshi footballer who plays as a midfielder and Captain for the both Bangladesh national team and Bangladesh Premier League club Saif SC.

Early life

Jamal Bhuyan was born in the Danish town of Glostrup in 1990. He grew up in the suburb of Brøndby Nord. Bhuyan's parents migrated to Denmark from Bangladesh in the late 60s. At the age of 15, Jamal was playing for the Danish outfit Brøndby IF. He scored a goal in an important match against rivals F.C. Copenhagen. After the match, the coach of FCK met him and offered him a place in the team.

Club career

Bhuyan was selected as the player of the tournament in 2014 King's Cup which held at Bhutan by journalists after the final.

International career

On 31 August 2013, Bhuyan made his debut for Bangladesh national football team against Nepal in the 2013 SAFF Championship, becoming the first non-resident player to represent the national side. Bhuyan became the MVP in the Bangabandhu Cup where eight countries took part. On 19 August 2018, Bhuyan scored the winning goal in the stoppage time in a 1–0 victory over Qatar national under-23 football team to help Bangladesh national under-23 football team qualify for the round of 16 in the 2018 Asian Games and also created history by making Bangladesh qualify for the first time in the Asian Games's knockout stage.

Personal life

Bhuyan is fluent in English and Danish, and is semi-fluent in Bengali. On 18 May 2019, he was invited to La Liga studio for a live commentary along with Joe Morrison and John Burridge. The match was between Real Valladolid and Valencia CF. He was also the commentator for the match between SD Eibar and FC Barcelona.

International Goal

U23

Honours

International

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club