Khandaker Rakibul Islam

Since retiring, Rakib has worked for the Bangladesh Football Federation and most recently in 2021, when he assisted a talent hunt program for the BFF Elite Football Academy.

In 2016, Rakib received the National Sports Award for his decade-long service to Bangladeshi football.

In 1973, Rakib made debut in the Dhaka League for Mohammedan SC. Rakib, an important and proud member of the Mohammedan team that won the league in 1975 and 1976, would have left a huge gap in his life if he had not won these two league titles in his playing career. He became Mohammedan captain in 1977 at the age of only 22. In 1975, Rakib made it to the Bangladesh U19 squad for the 1975 AFC Youth Championship. The following year, Rakib made his senior international debut for Bangladesh during the 1976 King's Cup, in Bangkok. In 1978, Rakib joined Abahani Krira Chakra, and athough during his time at the club Abahani failed to win the league title, Rakib's performance at the 1979 Aga Khan Gold Cup helped him keep a place in the national team. German coach Werner Bickelhaupt, selected Rakib in the national team for both the 1978 Asian Games and 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. However, after veteran defender Monwar Hossain Nannu had his captaincy taken away by the Federation (BFF), Rakib along with five other Abahani players decided not to participate at the 1978 Asian Games in protest. Rakib returned to the team in 1979, to play the AFC qualifiers, and was later selected as the vice-captain for Bangladesh at the main stage of the 1980 AFC Asian Cup, in Kuwait. In 1981, he joined defending league champions Team BJMC, however, his stay at the club was cut short, after BJMC suffered releagtion in 1983. In 1994, Rakib announced his retirement while playing for Rahmatganj MFS in the Dhaka League.

Khandaker Rakibul Islam (Bengali: খন্দকার রকিবুল ইসলাম; born 1 January 1956), better known as Rakib, is a retired Bangladeshi footballer who played as a left-back.