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Cavalry's Shamit Shome hoping to suit up for Bangladesh

Article content Shamit Shome has banged the drum to play footie for his parents' home country of Bangladesh. Article content And FIFA has answered that call, allowing the Cavalry FC star midfielder the opportunity to become a select player for the Asian nation. Article content Shome is now eligible to represent the Bangladesh national team after soccer's governing body, FIFA, approved his application for a one-time change of association from Canada. Article content Article content The move comes hours before Shome and Cavalry (1W-2L-1D) play Saturday against host — and unbeaten — HFX Wanderers FC (3-0-2) in Halifax (3:30 p.m., TSN5, Article content Article content Shome, born in Edmonton to Bangladeshi parents, represented Canada at several youth levels before earning two senior caps in 2020. Article content Because of his previous association with the country of his birth, he was required to apply for a one-time switch to be eligible to join the Bangladesh national team at the international level. Article content 'I was raised with Begali culture, and I'm very excited by the chance to represent Bangladesh, the birth country of my parents and a country I hold very close to heart,' Shome said. 'I will forever be grateful for the opportunities I received within the Canadian men's national team program, from the under-18 level to the senior level. I feel now it sht right time to test myself with Bagnladesh at an international level and within the Asian Football Confederation.' Article content Shome is eligible to be sleected by Bangladesh during the upcoming FIFA international window, which will include a 2027 Asia Cup qualifying match against Singapore on June 10 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.