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Ishaque Akando
Personal information
Full name Md Ishaque Akando
Date of birth (2003-07-15) July 15, 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Bangladesh
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
City Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Brothers Union (0)
2026– City Club (0)
International career
Bangladesh U20 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Md Ishaque Akando (born 15 July 2003) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He has represented Brothers Union in domestic football and has been called up to the senior Bangladesh national football team training squad.

Club career

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Brothers Union

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Akando played as a goalkeeper for Brothers Union in the Bangladesh Football League.

During the 2025–26 season, he established himself as a regular goalkeeper for the club. In March 2026, bdnews24.com reported that he had appeared in nine league matches for Brothers Union.[1]

In January 2026, Akando received attention for his performance against Mohammedan SC. The Daily Star reported that he made a number of saves as Brothers Union held Mohammedan in their final match of the first phase of the league.[2]

He also featured for Brothers Union against Bashundhara Kings. In a domestic cup match, Prothom Alo reported that Akando stopped a Bashundhara Kings attack during the first half.[3]

City Club

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Akando subsequently joined City Club.

International career

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Bangladesh youth team

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Akando has represented Bangladesh at youth international level, including the Bangladesh U20 team.

Senior national team call-up

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In March 2026, Bangladesh head coach Javier Cabrera called Akando into the senior national team's preliminary training squad ahead of matches against Vietnam and Singapore.[4]

Akando was the only new player in the 28-member preliminary squad. At the time of his call-up, he was 23 years old and was playing regularly for Brothers Union.[1][5]

His inclusion attracted attention because the squad already contained goalkeepers Mitul Marma, Mehedi Hasan Srabon and Sujan Hossain.[6]

Cabrera explained Akando's selection by saying that the coaching staff wanted to provide opportunities to young goalkeepers and considered Akando suitable for the team's style of play.[7]

Bangla Tribune subsequently published a feature on Akando following his first senior national-team call-up, in which he discussed the prospect of training alongside members of the Bangladesh squad.[6]

In May 2026, Akando was also named in a 32-member preliminary Bangladesh Olympic football team squad for the Diamond Jubilee Football Tournament in the Maldives.[8]

Career statistics

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International

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Akando has been called up to the Bangladesh senior national-team setup but has yet to make his senior international debut.

References

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  1. 1 2 "২৮ জন নিয়ে সিঙ্গাপুর ও ভিয়েতনাম ম্যাচের ক্যাম্প". Bdnews24.com. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "Mohammedan end first phase of BFL on a low". The Daily Star. 2 January 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "গোল করেই যাচ্ছেন দরিয়েলতন, ব্রাদার্সকে হারিয়ে ফাইনালে কিংস". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "ভিয়েতনাম ও সিঙ্গাপুর ম্যাচ সামনে রেখে ২৮ সদস্যের প্রাথমিক দল বাংলাদেশের". Bangla Tribune. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "জায়ান ও শমিতদের নিয়ে ২৮ জনের প্রাথমিক দল". Jugantor. 16 March 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  6. 1 2 "হামজা-শমিতদের সঙ্গে অনুশীলনের কথা ভেবে রোমাঞ্চিত ইসহাক". Bangla Tribune. 16 March 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "জিকোকে না ডাকার ব্যাখ্যা দিলেন কাবরেরা". Jugantor. 17 March 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "No overseas-based players in Bangladesh squad". The Daily Star. 24 May 2026. Retrieved 9 September 2026.

Category:2003 births Category:Living people Category:Bangladeshi men's footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Brothers Union players Category:Bangladesh men's youth international footballers