Shayak Dost
Shayak Dost is a Pakistani professional footballer who plays for Bangladesh Football League club Brothers Union and the Pakistan national team. Primarily a left winger, Dost can also be deployed as a left midfielder or left wing-back.
Club career
Lyallpur
In 2020 Dost was a member of Lyallpur FC. He made one appearance for the club in the 2020 PFF National Challenge Cup, taking part in its 0–1 defeat to Baloch Quetta. In 2021 he played for local club Balochistan Zorawars in the National Under-23 Football Championship.WAPDA
By the next year he had joined WAPDA of the Pakistan Premier League.Loan to Abu Muslim
On 20 December 2023, Dost was approached by Afghanistan Champions League club Abu Muslim FC to sign a one-season deal. On 28 December, he finalised his move to the club.He returned to WAPDA in May 2024 following the resumption of the 2023–24 PFF National Challenge Cup. He was subsequently awarded as top scorer of the competition.
Loan to Adalat Farah
On 26 December 2024, Dost along with fellow national teammates Haseeb Khan and Alamgir Ghazi joined Afghanistan Champions League club Adalat Farah in the middle of the season on a loan deal.Brothers Union
In January 2026, Dost joined the Bangladeshi football club Brothers Union for the second round of the Bangladesh Football League.International career
Dost represented Pakistan at the youth level in 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification. He went on to make four appearances in the campaign.In August 2022 Dost was called up for a trials with the senior national team. In November the same year, he was included in Pakistan's squad for a friendly against Nepal, Pakistan's first fixture in nearly three-and-a-half years because of the Pakistan Football Federation's suspension by FIFA. He made his senior international debut as a second-half substitute in the eventual 0–1 away defeat.