Foysal Ahmed Fahim

Fahim won the golden boot in the 2017 SAFF U-15 Championship as he finished top scorer with 6 goals out of 4 matches.[5]His goals included a hat-trick against Sri Lanka[6]and he also managed to score in both games against Bhutan one of which came in an 8-0 trashing[7][8].He was in the scoresheet again in the semi-finals against Nepal as Bangldesh lost 4-2 and were knocked out of the competition.[9]

On 24 September 2017, Fahim scored the winner against Qatar national under-17 football team and sealed a stunning 2-0 win for Bangladesh durng the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification round. In the end even though Bangladesh failed to reach the main tournament the victory was seen as a huge achievement.[10][11]

Fahim was the joint top scorer of the 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship alongside Bangladesh national under-18 football team teammate Tanbir Hossain and Gurkirat Singh from India. His goals came against Sri lanka in the group stages and against Bhutan during the semi-finals of the tournament.[12][13]

He was also in the Bangladesh U20 squad for the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification matches. During the qualifiers Bangladesh failed to win a single game and even lost 2-1 against Bhutan.[14][15]

Fahim was named on the Bangladesh U23 team by coach Maruful Haque for the AFC U-23 Championship 2022 Qualifiers[16].He managed to play in all of the 3 games, the qualifiers ended with Bangladesh failing to score a single time . Their performance in all 3 matches were summed up in a 6-0 trashing against Uzbekistan.[17]Although the poor performances by the team Fahim was impressive during the games with his quick feet and dribbling, which earned him a Bangladesh national football team call up.[18]

In 2020, Faisal was called up to the national team for the first time during the Bangabandhu Gold Cup. Although he was named on the final squad list, he did not participate in any of the games. He was called up once again, this time for 3 World Cup qualifiers in June in 2021.But failed to join the team in the end due to passport complications. He was also named in Jamie Day's 35-man preliminary squad for the 2021 SAFF Championship. But his name was cut off when Oscar Bruzon named his final squad as the interim coach.[19][20]

On 13 November 2021, Fahim finally made his debut for Bangladesh national team coming on as a substitute for Mohammad Ibrahim during the start of the second half against Maldives national team in the 2021 Four Nations Football Tournament (Sri Lanka).[21].Bangladesh won the game 2-1 which was their first victory against Maldives in 18 years.[22]