Bangladesh’s Zayan scores on UAE club debut

Sports Reporter :

Bangladesh’s rising talent Zayyan Ahmed has officially signed for UAE Third Division club Rimal Al Sahra. Founded in 2025, the club is currently 2nd in the league table, and if they can maintain this position, they will secure promotion to the Second Division next season.

Rimal Al Sahara has managed to attract attention in a short time. Zayan made his first debut for the club on Tuesday as a 46 minute substitute as a replacement for English left-back Tylah Sanchez in a UAE Federation Cup Preliminary Round match against Majd FC. Majd FC won 10-9 goals in the tie-breaker after the game ended in a 2-2 draw in regular time.

Zayan was born and raised in the United States. His father, Sharif Ahmed, is a former footballer of Eskaton Shaoboj Shangha. At the university level in America Zayan attracted attention by playing due to his father’s interest. Then he came to Dhaka for a trial in June last year.

Zayan played for Bangladesh in the AFC U-23 team and was called up to the national team after performing well. He later made his debut against Hong Kong on October 9 in AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers. Then he played two more matches.

The defender returned to America after playing a match against India on November 18. He continued playing there along with his studies.