Enayetur Rahman Khan (Bengali: এনায়েতুর রহমান খান; born 28 February 1951) is a former Bangladeshi footballer who played as a striker.
[3] He holds the record of scoring Bangladesh national team's first-ever international goal, which came in a 2–2 draw against Thailand during the country's inaugural competitive game in 1973.
He is considered to be one of the finest strikers to play the domestic football league in Bangladesh, and was seen as the country's best player alongside Kazi Salahuddin in the 1970s.
Early on in the game BIDC had fallen 2 goals behind, Enayetur scored a knuckleball free kick past Shahidur Rahman Shantoo, who was the country's top goalkeeper at the time.
[7] During the start of the Bangladesh Liberation War, in 1971, Enayetur had returned to his hometown in Kaliganj as, the domestic league was postponed amidst the bloodshed.
Bangladesh Sports Association officials from Kolkata came to Agartala to select the players, and Enayetur was nominated along with several others for the newly formed Shadhin Bangla football team.
[10] Enayetur was a late call up to the Bangladesh national football team squad when they participated in the 1973 Merdeka Cup in Malaysia.
[8][13] Enayetur headed the ball in after meeting a chip from winger Sunil Krishna de Chowdhury.
[14] On 31 July 1973, Enayetur struck his second goal for his country by scoring against Kuwait, during the same Merdeka tournament.
[12][15] After that Enayetur was a common face in the national team, and took part in the 1975 edition of the Merdeka Cup, the 1976 Kings Cup and retired from national duty after the 1978 Asian Games, due attacking a referee in the First Division.
[2] In 1994, Enayetur left the country for the United States, and later settled in Canada with his family.