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{{short description|Indian footballer}}

{{For|those of a similar name|Mohammad Rafiq (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mohammed Rafique
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = 26 March 1991
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], India
| height = {{convert|1.73|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="indiansuperleague.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/players/forward-10648-mohammed-rafique-profile|title=Mohammed Rafique profile - Goals, Passes and more|website=Indian Super League|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624214208/https://www.indiansuperleague.com/players/forward-10648-mohammed-rafique-profile|url-status=live}}</ref>
| currentclub = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| clubnumber = 8
| position = [[Central midfielder]], [[Right back (association football)|right back]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[Tollygunge Agragami]]
| years1 = 2010–2014
| clubs1 = [[Prayag United S.C.|United Sports Club]]
| caps1 = 49
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2014–2018
| clubs2 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| caps2 = 42
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2014
| clubs3 = → [[Atlético de Kolkata]] (loan)
| caps3 = 2
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2015
| clubs4 = → [[Atlético de Kolkata]] (loan)
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2016
| clubs5 = → [[Kerala Blasters]] (loan)
| caps5 = 10
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2018–2020
| clubs6 = [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
| caps6 = 18
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2020–
| clubs7 = [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
| caps7 = 21
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2016–
| nationalteam1 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| pcupdate = 23 December 2021
| ntupdate = 5 June 2018
}}

'''Mohammed Rafique''' (born 26 March 1991) is an [[India]]n [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Midfielder (association football)|Central midfielder]] for [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] in the [[Indian Super League]].

==Career==

===Prayag United===
After spending his youth years at [[Tollygunge Agragami]], Rafique joined [[Prayag United S.C.|Prayag United]] in 2010 and would go on to play 6 senior games in his debut season, scoring once against [[Chirag United Club Kerala|Chirag United Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerpunter.com/players/171891-Mohammed-Rafique|title=Mohammed Rafique - Profile and Statistics - SoccerPunter.com|website=www.soccerpunter.com|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202536/https://www.soccerpunter.com/players/171891-Mohammed-Rafique|url-status=live}}</ref> Rafique played five games during the [[2011-12 I-League]] season, his second at senior level for Prayag.<ref>{{cite news |author=goal.com |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/people/india/43539/mohammed-rafique |title=Mohammed Rafique |publisher=goal.com |access-date=2012-03-31 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023221351/http://www.goal.com/en-india/people/india/43539/mohammed-rafique |url-status=live }}</ref> Rafique established himself as a regular in the centre of midfield in his final two seasons at [[United S.C.|United SC]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/india/chirag-united-sc/8249/|title=India - United SC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=18 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018163435/http://int.soccerway.com/teams/india/chirag-united-sc/8249/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===East Bengal===
Rafique signed for [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] in May 2014 on a two-year deal <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2014/05/06/4798534/winning-the-i-league-will-be-our-aim-mohammed-rafique |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 March 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144405/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2014/05/06/4798534/winning-the-i-league-will-be-our-aim-mohammed-rafique |url-status=live }}</ref> and was loaned out to [[Atlético de Kolkata]] for the [[2014 Indian Super League]].<ref name="indiansuperleague.com"/> Rafique scored the title winning goal in the 90th minute from a corner in the [[2014 Indian Super League Final|final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiansuperleague.com/atletico-de-kolkata|publisher=ISL|access-date=20 December 2014|title=Archived copy|archive-date=20 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920211647/http://www.indiansuperleague.com/atletico-de-kolkata|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Rafique returned to parent club [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] for the [[2014-15 I-League]] season, making his debut for the team in the [[2014-15 Indian Federation Cup|2014-15 Federation Cup]].

==International==
Rafique made his debut for the [[Indian national football team]] against Laos on 2 June 2016 for the Asian Cup Qualifiers. He scored his first goal against [[Laos national football team|Laos]] on 7 June 2016 in the 85th minute of the match.

===International statistics===
{{updated|27 November 2021}}<ref>{{NFT player|id=63632|name=Mohammed Rafique|accessdate=7 June 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[India national football team|India]]
| 2016 || 3 || 1
|-
| 2017 || 6 || 0
|-
| 2018 || 3 || 0
|-
!colspan=2| Total || 12 || 1
|}

====International goals====
:''As of match played 11 March 2018. India score listed first, score column indicates score after each Rafique goal.''<ref name=SW>{{Soccerway|mohammed-rafique/171891}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
|-
!scope=col|No.
!scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date
!scope=col|Venue
!scope=col|Cap
!scope=col|Opponent
!scope=col|Score
!scope=col|Result
!scope=col|Competition
|-
!scope=row|1
|7 June 2016||[[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]], [[Guwahati]], India||3||{{fb|Laos}}||5–1||6–1||[[2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification]]
|}

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{updated|23 December 2021}}<ref name="SW"/>


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Federation Cup/Super Cup
!colspan="2"|Others
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"| [[Prayag United S.C.|United Sports Club]]
|[[2010-11 I-League|2010–11]]
|rowspan="4"|[[I-League]]||6||1||0||0||0||0||–||–||6||1
|-
|[[2011-12 I-League|2011–12]]
|5||0||4||0||0||0||–||–||9||0
|-
|[[2012-13 I-League|2012–13]]
|20||3||3||2||0||0||–||–||23||5
|-
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]]
|18||0||0||0||0||0||–||–||18||0
|-
!colspan="2" | United SC total
!49!!4!!7!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!56!!6
|-
|rowspan="5"| [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|[[2014-15 I-League|2014–15]]
|rowspan="4"|[[I-League]]||11||0||3||0||3{{efn|Appearances in the [[Calcutta Football League]]|name="CFL"}}||0||6||0||23||0
|-
|[[2015-16 I-League|2015–16]]
|12||1||2||0||14{{efn|9 Appearances in the Calcutta Football League and 5 Appearances in the [[2015 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup]].}}||7||0||0||28||8
|-
|[[2016-17 I-League|2016–17]]
|5||0||3||0||7{{efn|name="CFL"}}||1||0||0||15||1
|-
|[[2017-18 I-League|2017–18]]
|14||1||0||0||5{{efn|name="CFL"}}||0||0||0||19||1
|-
!colspan="2" | East Bengal total
!42!!2!!8!!0!!29!!8!!6!!0!!85!!10
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Atlético de Kolkata|ATK]] (loan)
|[[2014 Indian Super League|2014]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Indian Super League]]||2||1||–||–||–||–||–||–||2||1
|-
|[[2015 Indian Super League season|2015]]
|5||0||–||–||–||–||–||–||5||0
|-
!colspan="2" | ATK total
!7!!1!!–!!–!!–!!–!!–!!–!!7!!1
|-
| [[Kerala Blasters]] (loan)
|[[2016 Indian Super League|2016]]
|[[Indian Super League]]||10||0||–||–||–||–||–||–||10||0
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Mumbai City FC]]
|[[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Indian Super League]]||11||0||0||0||–||–||–||–||11||0
|-
|[[2019–20 Indian Super League season|2019–20]]
|6||0||–||–||–||–||–||–||6||0
|-
!colspan="2" | Mumbai City total
!17!!0!!–!!–!!–!!–!!–!!–!!17!!0
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|[[2020–21 SC East Bengal season|2020–21]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Indian Super League]]||15||0||–||–||–||–||–||–||15||0
|-
|[[2021–22 SC East Bengal season|2021–22]]
|6||0||–||–||–||–||–||–||6||0
|-
!colspan="2" | East Bengal total
!21!!0!!–!!–!!–!!–!!–!!–!!21!!0
|-
!colspan="3" | Career total
!146!!7!!15!!2!!29!!8!!6!!0!!196!!17
|}

{{notelist}}

==Honours==
;[[United S.C.|United]]
*[[Durand Cup]]: [[2010 Durand Cup|2010]]
*[[IFA Shield]]: [[2013 IFA Shield|2013]]

;[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
*[[Calcutta Football League]]: [[2014-15 Calcutta Premier Division|2014]], [[2015-16 Calcutta Premier Division|2015]], [[2016-17 Calcutta Premier Division|2016]], [[2017-18 Calcutta Premier Division|2017]]

;[[ATK (football club)|Atlético de Kolkata]]
*[[Indian Super League]]: [[2014 Indian Super League season|2014]]

==References==
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{{East Bengal F.C. squad}}

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[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:1991 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:United SC players]]
[[Category:SC East Bengal players]]
[[Category:India international footballers]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:ATK (football club) players]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:21st-century Bengalis]]
[[Category:Kerala Blasters FC players]]
[[Category:Mumbai City FC players]]

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