# Showkat Ali Selim

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{{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](/source/Dhaka), [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh)
| height          = 
| position        = [Goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))
| currentclub     = 
| clubnumber      = 
| years1          = 1980–1981
| clubs1          = [Dhaka Abahani](/source/Dhaka_Abahani)
| caps1           =
| goals1          =
| years2          = 1982–1985
| clubs2          = [Victoria](/source/Victoria_SC)
| caps2           = 
| goals2          = 
| years3          = 1986–1989
| clubs3          = [Muktijoddha Sangsad](/source/Muktijoddha_Sangsad_KC)
| caps3           =  
| goals3          = 
| years4          = 1989–1993
| clubs4          = [Dhaka Abahani](/source/Dhaka_Abahani)
| caps4           = 
| goals4          = 
| years5          = 1994
| clubs5          = [Wari Club](/source/Wari_Club)
| caps5           = 
| goals5          = 
| nationalyears1  = 1988
| nationalteam1   = [Bangladesh U19](/source/Bangladesh_national_under-20_football_team)
| nationalcaps1   = 2
| nationalgoals1  = 0
| nationalyears2  = 1990
| nationalteam2   = [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps2   = 1
| nationalgoals2  = 0
}}

'''Showkat Ali Selim''' ({{langx|bn|শওকত আলী সেলিম}}; born 3 December 1963) is a retired Bangladeshi [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)). He represented the [Bangladesh national team](/source/Bangladesh_national_football_team) in 1990.

==Club career==
Selim won the [Dhaka First Division League](/source/Dhaka_First_Division_Football_League) with [Dhaka Abahani](/source/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](/source/Bangladesh_national_under-20_football_team) at the [1988 AFC Youth Championship qualifiers](/source/1988_AFC_Youth_Championship_qualification) against [North Korea U19](/source/North_Korea_national_under-20_football_team) 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](/source/Bangladesh_national_football_team) for the [1989 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup](/source/1989_Bangladesh_President's_Gold_Cup). He appeared in the final as replacement for the injured [Sayeed Hassan Kanan](/source/Sayeed_Hassan_Kanan), saving two penalties in the final shoot-out as Bangladesh defeated [Korea University](/source/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](/source/Seo_Jung-won), [Hong Myung-bo](/source/Hong_Myung-bo) and [Kim Byung-soo](/source/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](/source/Japan_national_football_team) on 26 September 1990, in the [Beijing Asian Games](/source/Football_at_the_1990_Asian_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament).<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](/source/Sheikh_Shaheb_Ali), former national footballer and the first coach of the [Bangladesh national team](/source/Bangladesh_national_football_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](/source/Dhaka_First_Division_Football_League): 1989–90, 1992
*[Independence Cup](/source/Independence_Cup_(Bangladesh)): 1989–90	

==References==
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Category:1963 deaths
Category:Footballers from Dhaka
Category:Bangladeshi men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Bangladesh men's international footballers
Category:Abahani Limited Dhaka players
Category:Victoria Sporting Club players
Category:Muktijoddha Sangsad KC players
Category:Asian Games footballers for Bangladesh
Category:Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games

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