Background and career
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.
