Showkat Ali Selim

Showkat Ali Selim is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented the Bangladesh national team in 1990.

Club career

Selim won the Dhaka First Division League with Dhaka Abahani in both 1989–90 and 1992.

Selim represented Bangladesh U19 at the 1988 AFC Youth Championship qualifiers against North Korea U19 over two matches. He was selected for the Bangladesh national team for the 1989 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup. He appeared in the final as replacement for the injured Sayeed Hassan Kanan, saving two penalties in the final shoot-out as Bangladesh defeated Korea University on penalties. The Korean side also included numerous notable players such as Seo Jung-won, Hong Myung-bo and Kim Byung-soo. His only official appearance for the national team came in a 0–3 defeat against Japan on 26 September 1990, in the Beijing Asian Games.

Selim is the son of Sheikh Shaheb Ali, former national footballer and the first coach of the Bangladesh national team.

Dhaka Abahani