Sheuli Azim

{{Short description|Bangladeshi footballer (born 2001)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sheuli Azim

| fullname = Sheuli Azim

| image = Sheuli-Azim-Bangladesh.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|12|20}}

| birth_place = Kolsindur, Dhobaura, Mymensingh

| height = 1.67m

| position = Right-back, Centre-back

| currentclub = Bashundhara Kings Women

| clubnumber = 2

| youthyears1 = 2011–2013

| youthclubs1 = Kalsindur Government Primary School

| collegeyears1 =

| college1 =

| collegecaps1 =

| collegegoals1 =

| years1 = 2020–

| clubs1 = Bashundhara Kings

| caps1 = 25

| goals1 = 17

| nationalyears1 = 2013–2015

| nationalteam1 = Bangladesh U-14

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2014–2017

| nationalteam2 = Bangladesh U-16

| nationalcaps2 = 8

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2018–

| nationalteam3 = Bangladesh U-19

| nationalcaps3 = 10

| nationalgoals3 = 2

| nationalyears4 = 2014–

| nationalteam4 = Bangladesh

| nationalcaps4 = 32

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{fbw|BAN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | SAFF Women's Championship}}

{{Medal|W|2022 Nepal|}}

{{Medal|RU|2016 India|}}

{{MedalCompetition | South Asian Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2016 India|}}

{{MedalCompetition | SAFF U-18 Women's Championship}}

{{Medal|W|2018 Bhutan|}}

{{MedalCompetition | Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup}}

{{Medal|W|2019 Bangladesh|}}

| club-update = 9 December 2020

| nationalteam-update = 4 December 2023

}}

Sheuli Azim ({{langx|bn| শিউলী আজিম}}; born 2001) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a centre-back{{cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/home/printnews/42604 |title=Bangladesh girls want to move further in int'l arena |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=2016-05-03 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921143646/http://www.theindependentbd.com/home/printnews/42604 |archivedate=2016-09-21 |access-date=2016-09-21}} for Bashundhara Kings Women and the Bangladesh women's national football team. She previously played for the Bangladesh U-16 and the Bangladesh U-14, that won AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship – South and Central in 2015 in Nepal. She currently plays football at the Kolsindur High School in Mymensingh. She played all five matches at 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification in Group C held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Early years

Sheuli Azim was born on 20 December 2001{{cite news |last=Hoque |first=Shishir |title=Meet our supergirls |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/football/4460/meet-our-supergirls |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=2016-09-02 |access-date=2016-09-21}} to a Garo family in Kolsindur, Dhobaura, Mymensingh district.{{cite news |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/sports/enigmatic-eight-kalsindur-no-obstacles-could-stop-them-bringing-bangladesh-saff-glory-499934 |title=The enigmatic eight of Kalsindur - No obstacles could stop them from bringing Bangladesh Saff glory |work=tbsnews.net |date=2022-09-20}}

Playing career

Sheuli first played in 2011 Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament for Kalsindur Government Primary School.{{cite news |last=Parvez |first=Kamran |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/76425/Amazing-football-by-Kalsindur-girls |title=Amazing football by Kalsindur girls |work=Prothom Alo |date=2015-08-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102234254/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/76425/Amazing-football-by-Kalsindur-girls |archive-date=2016-01-02 |access-date=2016-09-21}}

= International =

Sheuli Azim was selected to the Bangladesh girls' U-17 team for the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification – Group C matches. She played first time at the tournament in the match against Iran girls' U-17 on 27 August 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10365&stageid=409&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary |title=AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2017 |date=2016-08-27 |work=Asian Football Federation |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830030416/http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10365&stageid=409&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary |archivedate=2016-08-30 |access-date=2016-08-30}} She capped 5 times for the U-17 nationals. Being group C champion, Bangladesh have qualified for the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship in Thailand in September 2017.{{cite web |url=http://the-afc.com/u-16-womens-championship-2017/bangladesh-australia-through-to-afc-u-16-womens-cship-2017 |title=Bangladesh, Australia through to AFC U-16 Women's C'ship 2017 |work=Asian Football Confederation |date=2016-09-04 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905132627/http://the-afc.com/u-16-womens-championship-2017/bangladesh-australia-through-to-afc-u-16-womens-cship-2017 |archive-date=2016-09-05 |access-date=2016-09-06}}

Honours

= Club =

Bashundhara Kings Women

  • Bangladesh Women's Football League
  • 16px Winners (2): 2019–20,{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/2020/12/06/unstoppable-kings-clinch-women-s-football-league |title=Unstoppable Kings clinch Women's Football League |date=2020-12-06 |work=Dhaka Tribune |language=en |access-date=2020-12-06}} 2020–21{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/news/bashundhara-kings-retain-title-2132666 |date=18 July 2021 |title=Bashundhara Kings retain title |work=The Daily Star |access-date=20 July 2021}}

= International =

:Winner : 2022

:Runner-up : 2016

:Bronze : 2016

:Champion (1): 2018

:Champion trophy shared (1): 2019

  • AFC U-14 Girls' Regional C'ship – South and Central

:Bangladesh U-14 Girls'

:Champion : 2015

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