Zesh Rehman
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Rehman with Bradford City in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zeshan Rehman | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2003 | Fulham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | Fulham | 30 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2006 | → Norwich City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Queens Park Rangers | 51 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Blackpool (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Bradford City (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Bradford City | 52 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Muangthong United | 30 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Kitchee | 65 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Pahang | 100 | (7) |
| 2017 | Gillingham | 10 | (0) |
| 2017–2022 | Southern | 110 | (1) |
| Total | 508 | (14) | |
| International career | |||
| England U18 | |||
| England U19 | |||
| England U20 | |||
| 2005–2019 | Pakistan | 22 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2022 | Southern (player-manager) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Portsmouth U18 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Zeshan Rehman (Urdu: ذيشان رحمان; born 14 October 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in England, he represented the Pakistan national team. He was the first British Asian to start a Premier League match and is the first to have played in all four divisions of professional football in England.
Rehman started his career at Fulham and made a total of 30 appearances, having loan spells at Brighton & Hove Albion and Norwich City. A transfer to Queens Park Rangers followed and he went on to make 50 appearances for the club. During his three years there he went on loan to Brighton & Hove Albion, Blackpool and Bradford City, moving permanently to the latter on a free transfer in June 2009.
Having previously represented England at under-18, under-19 and under-20 levels, in 2005 he made his debut for Pakistan national team.