Ayub Dar

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Ayub Dar
File:Ayub Dar 1967.png
Ayub Dar in 1967
Personal information
Full name Ayub Dar
Date of birth (1947-12-05) 5 December 1947 (age 78)
Place of birth Quetta, Pakistan
Position Right winger
Youth career
1962–1963 Young Afghan Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 Quetta Division
1966–1967 Pakistan Western Railway
1968–1970 Dacca Division
1968–1969 EPIDC
1970 Mohammedan SC
1971–? Pakistan Railways
International career
1966–1975 Pakistan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ayub Dar (Urdu: ایوب ڈار; born 5 December 1947) is a former Pakistani footballer, who played as a right winger. Ayub represented the Pakistan national team from 1966 to 1975, and was the country's 25th international captain.

Early life

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Ayub Dar was born on 5 December 1947 in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.[1][2] His father, Muhammad Hussain, had migrated from Kashmir in 1919.[3]

Club career

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Early career

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He completed his matriculation from Government Special High School Quetta, where he represented the school football team from 1962 to 1965.[3][4][5] Ayub began his domestic football journey with Young Afghan Club Quetta in 1962–63. In 1964, he was selected for the youth team of Balochistan, and the following year he was selected to the national youth team during a tour of Russia. In the five matches played there, Ayub scored a goal in every match.[3]

Pakistan Western Railway

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In 1966, Jamil Akhtar, the former captain of then North-Western Railway, saw Ayub playing in the All-Pakistan Commissioner's Cup in Larkana, offering him a job in the Pakistan Western Railway in Quetta where he would also represent Pakistan Western Railway. With the help of Ayub's scoring prowess, Railways would go on to win the final of the All Pakistan Silver Shield tournament against PIA by 0–2 in its first participation. They later won both the All Pakistan Floodlit Football Tournament in Peshawar and the All Pakistan Nishtar Memorial Football Tournament in Karachi.[3]

East Pakistan

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File:EPIDC football team during the 1960s.jpg
Dar third sitting from right with EPIDC in the 1960s

In 1968, Ayub represented PIA as a guest player during the Ismael Gold Shield Tournament, where his team lost 0–2 to Dhaka based club EPIDC. Nonetheless, seeing his performances during the tournament, Ayub was offered to play for EPIDC in the Dhaka First Division League in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). During his first season, he scored 31 goals and guided the club to a consecutive league title as top scorer.[6] EPIDC officials rewarded Ayub with Rs 10,000. Ayub made a name for himself in East Pakistan, and in 1970, joined the regions biggest club, Mohammedan SC.[7] In the same year, he represented the East Pakistan football team during their King Mahendra Cup triumph in Nepal, and also recorded seven goals in a 9–0 victory against Nepal XI during the tournament.[3]

Ayub returned to Pakistan Railways following the Independence of Bangladesh, and went onto represent the team until his retirement.[8]

International career

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File:Pakistani footballers Maula Bakhsh, Ayub Dar and Ali Nawaz Baloch during the the 1967 Asian Cup qualifiers held in Burma.jpg
Dar (centre) with Pakistan during the 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification in Burma in 1967

In his first year playing for Pakistan Railways FC and a year after representing the youth national team, Ayub was selected for the Pakistan national team to play a series of friendly matches against Soviet club Alga in Karachi, Lahore and Dhaka.[9]

In 1967, Ayub featured for Pakistan in four friendly matches in home against Saudi Arabia. He also participated in two friendly matches against Dallas Tornado in Lahore and Karachi. The same year, Dar was praised by German coach Dettmar Cramer when he came to Pakistan to train the players at the invitation of the Pakistan Football Federation.[8]

Dar also found the net against Iran in a record 1–9 defeat during the 1969 Friendship Cup in Tehran. Six months later, Dar again scored against Iran in a 2–4 defeat in the 1969 RCD Cup.[10] In 1974, Ayub became the 22nd captain of the national team taking over from Maula Bakhsh, and despite being fit a year later, the national coaches made room for younger players.[3]

Career statistics

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International goals

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Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dar goal.
List of international goals scored by Ayub Dar
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 12 March 1969 Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran File:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran 1–8 1–9 1969 Friendship Cup [11]
2 13 September 1969 Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara, Turkey File:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran 1–4 2–4 1969 RCD Cup [12]

Honours

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EPIDC

East Pakistan

  • King Mahendra Cup: 1970[6]

Individual

  • Dhaka First Division League top scorer: 1968

See also

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References

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