{{short description|Bangladeshi footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mithun Chowdhury | fullname = Mithun Chowdhury Mithun | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|02|10|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Mithun Chowdhury Mithun|url=http://asia.eurosport.com/football/mithun-chowdhury-mithun_prs261062/person.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312220125/http://asia.eurosport.com/football/mithun-chowdhury-mithun_prs261062/person.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 12, 2012|publisher=Eurosport|access-date=10 July 2011}}</ref> | birth_place = Narayanganj, Bangladesh | position = Striker | height = {{height|m=1.60}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 2005–2008 | clubs1 = Victoria SC | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2008–2010 | clubs2 = Chittagong Abahani | caps2 = 40 | goals2 = 17 | years3 = 2010–2012 | clubs3 = Muktijoddha Sangsad | caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 22 | years4 = 2012–2016 | clubs4 = Sheikh Russel KC | caps4 = 48 | goals4 = 26 | years5 = 2017–2019 | clubs5 = Mohammedan SC| caps5= 13 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2020–2021 | clubs6 = Farashganj SC| caps6= 4 | goals6 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2009–2014 | nationalteam1 = Bangladesh | nationalcaps1 = 18 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | ntupdate = 27 October 2014 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh U-23}} {{MedalCompetition|South Asian Games}} {{MedalGold | 2010|}}}} '''Mithun Chowdhury Mithun''' (born 10 February 1989) is a Bangladeshi footballer who last played as a striker for Farashganj SC in the Bangladesh Championship League. He also represented the Bangladesh national team and made his international debut in 2009.<ref>{{NFT player|id=35026|access-date=}}</ref> He captained the U23 team against Kuwait in 2012 Olympic Football Qualifiers. In 2014 FIFA World Cup Football Qualifiers, his maiden international goal broke the deadlock of the match against Lebanon in the second half in a memorable 2–0 win at Dhaka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-196214|title=Too good, but too late|date=July 29, 2011|website=The Daily Star|access-date=June 4, 2022|archive-date=December 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219113848/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-196214|url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 June 2014, Mithun scored 5 goals in a single match for Sheikh Russel KC against the newly promoted Uttar Baridhara Club, in the 2013–14 Bangladesh Premier League.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/5-star-mithun-powers-russel-28722 | title=5-star Mithun powers Russel | date=16 June 2014 | access-date=2022-05-09 | archive-date=2022-05-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509100159/https://www.thedailystar.net/5-star-mithun-powers-russel-28722 | url-status=live }}</ref>
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