{{short description|Bangladeshi footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Showkat Ali Selim | image = Showkat Ali Selim.png | caption = Selim in 1985 | image_size = 300x300px | fullname = Sheikh Mohammed Showkat Ali Selim | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|12|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh | height = | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 1980–1981 | clubs1 = Dhaka Abahani | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1982–1985 | clubs2 = Victoria | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1986–1989 | clubs3 = Muktijoddha Sangsad | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1989–1993 | clubs4 = Dhaka Abahani | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1994 | clubs5 = Wari Club | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalyears1 = 1988 | nationalteam1 = Bangladesh U19 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1990 | nationalteam2 = Bangladesh | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 }}
'''Showkat Ali Selim''' ({{langx|bn|শওকত আলী সেলিম}}; born 3 December 1963) is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented the Bangladesh national team in 1990.
==Club career== Selim won the Dhaka First Division League with Dhaka Abahani in both 1989–90 and 1992.<ref>{{cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/83895/Showkat_Ali_Selim.html|title=Showkat Ali Selim (Player) |website=National-Football-Teams.com|access-date=25 November 2025}}</ref>
==International career== Selim represented Bangladesh U19 at the 1988 AFC Youth Championship qualifiers against North Korea U19 over two matches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ctgsangbad24.com/sports/17981/|title=লালবাগের সহীদ এক দশকে মাত্র দুটি দলেই খেলেছেন|trans-title=Lalbagh's Shahid has played for only two teams in a decade|language=bn|website=Ctgsangbad24|date=18 January 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206172327/https://ctgsangbad24.com/sports/17981/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/bangladesh-v-korea-dpr-03-april-1988-270380/|title=Bangladesh v Korea DPR, 03 April 1988|website=11v11.com|access-date=25 November 2025|archive-date=25 November 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251125183611/https://www.11v11.com/matches/bangladesh-v-korea-dpr-03-april-1988-270380/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was selected for the Bangladesh national team for the 1989 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup. He appeared in the final as replacement for the injured Sayeed Hassan Kanan, saving two penalties in the final shoot-out as Bangladesh defeated Korea University on penalties.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.shampratikdeshkal.com/sports/143131|script-title=bn:কায়সার হামিদের নেতৃত্বে ফুটেছিল ‘মে ফ্লাওয়ার’|trans-title=The 'May Flower' bloomed under the leadership of Kaiser Hamid|website=shampratikdeshkal.com|language=bn|date=5 May 2024|access-date=25 November 2025|archive-date=25 November 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251125181957/https://www.shampratikdeshkal.com/sports/143131|url-status=live}}</ref> The Korean side also included numerous notable players such as Seo Jung-won, Hong Myung-bo and Kim Byung-soo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.utpalshuvro.com/special-article/news/1073|date=26 July 2021|script-title=bn:লাল দলের রাঙিয়ে দেওয়া প্রেসিডেন্ট গোল্ড কাপ ফুটবল|trans-title=President's Gold Cup football painted by the red team|website=Utp al Shuvro |language=bn |access-date=24 March 2022 |archive-date=17 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217113847/https://www.utpalshuvro.com/special-article/news/1073 |url-status=live}}</ref> His only official appearance for the national team came in a 0–3 defeat against Japan on 26 September 1990, in the Beijing Asian Games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/31907/Japan_Bangladesh.html|title=Japan vs. Bangladesh|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=National-Football-Teams.com|access-date=25 November 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Selim is the son of Sheikh Shaheb Ali, former national footballer and the first coach of the Bangladesh national team.<ref name="book">{{cite book |last=Dulal |first=Mahmud |script-title=bn:পাকিস্তান জাতীয় দল বাঙালি খেলোয়াড় ({{Translation|Bengali players in the Pakistan national team}})|publisher=Bishhoshahitto Bhobon |pages=51–54|year=2014 |language=bn}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Dhaka Abahani''' *Dhaka First Division League: 1989–90, 1992 *Independence Cup: 1989–90
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