Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu (Bengali: আশরাফ উদ্দিন আহমেদ চুন্নু) is a Bangladeshi former professional footballer who played for the Bangladesh national team^[2][3][4] for 10 years between 1975 and 1985. The left-winger represented Bangladesh in 50 international matches in which he scored 17 official goals during his 10-year long national career.^[5]

Chunnu started his football career with Dilkusha (first division) in 1973. He played for Abahani KC for a long period from 1975 to 1988 after playing for Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society in 1974, besides wearing the national team jersey. The winger, locally known as Chunnu, scored a hat-trick as the first-ever Bangladeshi footballer against Nepal at the President's Gold Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in 1983.

Chunnu was the first Bangladeshi goal scorer in a WC qualifier (against India). Later he scored the winner against Indonesia with a free kick just outside the penalty area. Bangladesh won 2–1, their first ever victory, and their first ever point in WC qualifying matches in the FIFA World Cup Qualifier in 1985.^[6] He participated in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup, scoring the second goal in the history of Bangladesh in the Asian Cup in the 88th minute, against North Korea. Bangladesh was eliminated in the first round, with four defeats in that tournament. Later, Chunnu scored two goals in the 1986 World Cup qualifier without progressing from the first round. He is the first Bangladeshi player to score a goal in FIFA World Cup qualification round.

Scores and results list Bangladesh's goal tally first.

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#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 March 1979	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Afghanistan	1–1	3–2	1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.	10 September 1979	Seoul Stadium, Seoul, South Korea	Sudan	1–3	1–4	1979 President's Cup
3.	14 September 1979	Cheongju Stadium, Cheongju, South Korea	Sri Lanka		3–1
4.	16 September 1980	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	North Korea	2–3	2–3	1980 AFC Asian Cup
5.	19 February 1982	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	Oman	1–3	1–3	1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup
6.	5 September 1983	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Nepal		4–2	1983 President's Gold Cup
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-	16 September 1983	Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia	Primera B Metropolitana XI‡		2–5	1983 Merdeka Tournament
-	26 September 1983	Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Indonesia	South Korea XI‡		1–3
9.	18 September 1984	Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu, Nepal	Bhutan		2–0	1984 South Asian Games
10.	19 September 1984		Maldives		5–0
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12.	23 September 1984		Nepal	1–1	2–4
13.				2–4
14.	30 March 1985	Army Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	India	1–1	1–2	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.	2 April 1985		Indonesia	2–1	2–1
16.	28 April 1985	Tehmas Khan Football Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan			1–1	1985 Quaid-E-Azam International Cup
-	30 April 1985		Pakistan B‡		3–0
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17.	2 May 1985		Pakistan		3–1

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In 1991 he contested in the Bangladesh general elections from Narayanganj-4 under the Awami League banner. Chunnu won the National Sports Award as a national footballer in 1996. In 2003, he served as the Abahani director^[7] and football secretary. In 2005, he was made the manager (team leader) of the Bangladesh national team.^[8][9] He also served as the joint secretary of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).^[10][11] He is the chairman of the football committee^[12] of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club.

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