Sumaya Matsushima
 Sumaya Matsushima | |||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Matsushima Sumaya | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 February 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nagoya, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Paro FC Women | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Bashundhara Kings | 11 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023-2024 | Nasrin Sporting Club | 8 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025- | Paro FC Women | 5 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Bangladesh | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Sumaya Matsushima (Bengali: সুমাইয়া মাতসুশিমা, Japanese: 松島 スマヤ; born 15 February 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Paro FC Women. Born in Japan, she represents the Bangladesh national team.
She is also considered to be the first professional woman freestyler in Bangladesh.[1][2][3][4] At the age of 2, she moved from Japan to Bangladesh in 2003 and became a permanent resident of Bangladesh, as her father was a Bangladeshi.[5][6]
Personal life
[edit]She was born in Japan. Her mother, Tomomi Matsushima, is Japanese while her father, Masudur Rahman, is Bangladeshi. She moved to Bangladesh at the age of 2. She became a permanent resident in 2008.[7][8]
Sumaya studied at Sea Breeze International School until 8th grade. She moved to Don Bosco School and college. In 2018, she formed a football team and participated in the Inter-English Medium School festival.[9] Her team participated in the competition six times and were champions four times in a row. Sumaya was the top goal scorer in the competition.[10]
Playing career
[edit]Club Career
[edit]She started playing professionally in the Maldives for Dhivehi Sifainge Club.[11] In 2020, she was selected by the Basundhara Kings to play as a forward.[9][12][13]
In 2025, she signed with Bhutan Women's National League club Paro FC.[14]
International Career
[edit]Sumaya made her national team debut for Bangladesh on 15 July 2023 against Nepal.[15]
Honours
[edit]Bashundhara Kings
Bangladesh
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 4 December 2023 | BSSSMK Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Singapore
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7–0 | 8–0 | Friendly |
References
[edit]- ^ "Matsushima Sumaya: If the girls love football, there is a way". Dhaka Tribune.
- ^ "Matsushima Sumaiya dreams of representing the nation". The Daily Observer.
- ^ "Matsushima Sumaiya all set to play for Kings". bangladeshpost.net.
- ^ "Cultivating flair". Dhaka Tribune. 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Biography of Sumaiya Matsushima". Samakal. Archived from the original on 30 October 2024.
- ^ "When did Sumaya move to Bangladesh?". Bangla Tribune.
- ^ "Biography of Sumaiya Matsushima". Samakal.
- ^ দেশের ফুটবলে জাপানি হাওয়া [Japanese gust in the country's football]. Khela 71 (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ a b "BFF eyeing on Matsushima Sumaiya". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ "BFF eyeing on Matsushima Sumaiya". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "DSC demolished defending champions MPL to win third title". clubmaldives.org. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ "Japanese-Bangladeshi Mathsushima in women's team's camp". The Business Standard. 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ "'I had to balance football and society'". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ^ "Five more Bangladeshi women footballer head to Bhutan for National League". The Business Standard. April 13, 2025. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
- ^ "Japan's Sumaya now belongs to Bangladesh".
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nagoya
- Japanese women's footballers
- Bangladeshi women's footballers
- 21st-century Bangladeshi sportswomen
- Bangladesh women's international footballers
- Sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Bashundhara Kings Women players
- Women's association football midfielders
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen