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{{short description|Indian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date = October 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rahim Ali
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|4|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Barrackpore]], [[West Bengal]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.84}}
| currentclub = [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
| clubnumber = 24
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 2012–2013
| youthclubs1 = Mohun Bagan Nursery Football
| youthyears2 = 2013–2016
| youthclubs2 = [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
| youthyears3 = 2016
| youthclubs3 = [[AIFF Elite Academy]]
| years1 = 2017–2019
| clubs1 = [[Indian Arrows]]
| caps1 = 30
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 2019–
| clubs2 = [[Chennaiyin F.C.|Chennaiyin]]
| caps2 = 22
| goals2 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2017
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-17 football team|India U17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2017
| nationalteam2 = [[India national under-20 football team|India U20]]
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2019–
| nationalteam3 = [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| nationalcaps3 = 5
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2021–
| nationalteam4 = [[India national football team|India]]
| nationalcaps4 = 3
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 26 February 2021
| ntupdate = 17:37, 05 September 2021 (UTC)
}}

'''Rahim Ali''' (born 21 April 2000) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Chennaiyin F.C.|Chennaiyin]] in [[Indian Super League]] and [[India national football team|Indian national football team]].

==Career==
Born in [[Barrackpore]], [[West Bengal]], Ali was part of the [[AIFF Elite Academy]] batch that was preparing for the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] to be hosted in India.<ref name="U17">{{cite news|last1=Selvaraj|first1=Jonathan|title=How 14,000 became 21: The story of India's history boys|url=http://www.espn.in/football/u-17-world-cup/story/3218395/how-14,000-became-21-the-story-of-indias-history-boys|access-date=29 November 2017|work=ESPN.in|date=3 October 2017}}</ref> After the tournament, Ali was selected to play for the [[Indian Arrows]], an [[All India Football Federation]]-owned team that would consist of [[India national under-20 football team|India under-20]] players to give them playing time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Matos Names 25-member Indian Arrows Squad for Hero I-league 2017-18|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8674|access-date=29 November 2017|work=The All India Football Federation|date=29 November 2017}}</ref> He made his professional debut for the side in the Arrow's first match of the season against [[Chennai City F.C.|Chennai City]]. He came on as a 73rd-minute substitute for [[Rahul Praveen]] as Indian Arrows won 3–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Arrows 3-0 Chennai City|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/11/29/india/i-league/aiff-xi/chennai-city/2683965/?ICID=PL_MS_04|website=Soccerway}}</ref>

==International==
Ali represented the [[India national under-17 football team|India under-17]] side which participated in the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] which was hosted in India.<ref name="U17"/>

==Career statistics==

=== Club ===
{{updated|26 February 2021}}<ref name="soccerway|rahim-ali/513920">{{soccerway|rahim-ali/513920}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian Arrows]]
|[[2017–18 I-League|2017–18]]
| rowspan="2" |[[I-League]]||16||0||0||0||—||—||16||0
|-
|[[2018–19 I-League|2018-19]]
|14||1||1||0||—||—||15||1
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Chennaiyin FC|Chennayin]]
|[[2019–20 Indian Super League season|2019-20]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian Super League]]
|6||0||0||0||—||—||6||0
|-
|[[2020–21 Indian Super League season|2020-21]]
|16||2||0||0||—||—||16||2
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!52!!3!!1!!0!!0!!0!!53!!3
|}

=== International ===
{{updated|4 October 2021}}<ref name="soccerway|rahim-ali/513920"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!National team
!Year
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|[[India national football team|India]]
|2021
|3
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!1
!0
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}{{Chennaiyin FC squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Rahim}}
[[Category:2000 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:AIFF Elite Academy players]]
[[Category:Indian Arrows players]]
[[Category:Association football forwards]]
[[Category:Footballers from West Bengal]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:India youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:Chennaiyin FC players]]
[[Category:India international footballers]]

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