Sheikh Morsalin, an attacking midfielder for Bangladesh, scored his first goal for his country in Monday’s 3-1 victory against the Maldives in the SAFF Championship, which is being held in India.
Since then, the attacking midfielder has been enjoying the time of his life.
The 17-year-old player scored the game-winning goal for his club, and after realizing his childhood ambition of playing for the national team, he declared that he would make himself a regular member of the squad. Many people have drawn comparisons between the qualities of the young player and those of a long-forgotten prospect named Hemanta Vincent Biswas.
“I want to make this my permanent home. I am not getting lost. If all of you were to pray for me. Morsalin said after the match to The Daily Star that he intended to remain in this location.
Morsalin, who came in as a replacement for the team coached by Javier Cabrera, reached the back of the net with style in the nick of time to record an encouraging victory for Bangladesh. This occurred after Bangladesh’s valiant struggle against Lebanon in their first match came to a hopeless conclusion.
The attacking midfielder moved in from the right wing and faked a shot before cutting the ball back onto his less strong left foot and finishing the game with a low shot near the near post.
It was a breath of fresh air to see a teenager who was only playing in his third international match display such superb deception. The teenager was just 17 years old. The fact that Cabrera did not even originally select him in his preliminary roster of 35 players for the SAFF Championship adds to the intrigue surrounding his remarkable performances. It wasn’t until the striker Matin Mia was hurt that he was able to earn a spot on the team.
Morsalin, who made his debut in the Bangladesh Premier League in June 2022, gained national notice when he scored a long-range goal against his parent club Bashundhara Kings when he was on loan with Mohammedan. This goal was scored while he was playing for Mohammedan.
Since that time, he has created a reputation for taking shots from outside the box, which is a quality that he claims comes to him naturally. Since then, he has built a reputation for shooting shots from outside the box.
Since I was a youngster, I’ve been working on acquiring this ability, and I continue to hone it each and every day in my training. After the game, he said, “I also tried it today [Sunday] from outside the box, but unfortunately I drove it straight to the goalkeeper.”
After a successful loan stint with Mohammedan in the 2021-22 season, during which he became a starter for the Black and Whites at the age of 16, Morsalin returned to his original club for the next season and made seven appearances for the team that won the league.
In a game that Kings won 6-4 against Sheikh Russel, he scored his first goal for the team. He then followed it up with two assists in the game that Kings played after that, which was against Mohammedan, to top off an outstanding season. He was under the impression that his outstanding performances in those two competitions helped propel him into the public eye and earn him a spot on the national team.
Morsalin remarked, “I think I was picked after my performances in the last two-three matches, which I think was the plus point for me because I performed really well in those matches.” “I think I was picked after my performances in the last two-three matches,” Morsalin shared the following information with The Daily Star earlier this month: “I think I could not fully satisfy my coach [Oscar Bruzon] during the place-deciding Federation Cup match against Sheikh Russel, but the coach gave me another chance in the league against the same opponents, and I availed myself of the opportunity,” Morsalin said. “The coach gave me another chance in the league against the same opponents, and I availed myself of the opportunity.”