Islahuddin (field hockey)

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Islahuddin
اِصلاح الدین
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Personal information
Full name Islahuddin Siddiqui
Born 10 January 1948 (1948-01-10) (age 78)[1]
Medal record
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich[2] Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal[2] Team competition
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1971 Barcelona Team
Silver medal – second place 1975 Kuala Lumpur Team
Gold medal – first place 1978 Buenos Aires Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 1974 Tehran Team
Gold medal – first place 1978 Bangkok Team
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 1978 Lahore Team
Last updated on: 6 April 2024

Islahuddin (Urdu: اِصلاح الدین; born 10 January 1948) is a field hockey player from Pakistan.[1][3] He was born in Meerut, India.[citation needed]

A right winger from Pakistan, he led Pakistan to Hockey World Cup glory in 1978. Not only did Pakistan win the World Cup under his captaincy, it also completed a grand slam by winning the Champions Trophy and an Asian Games gold medal as well in 1978.[4]

Islahuddin played between 1967 and 1978. He was capped 130 times and scored 137 goals. He won the silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, W. Germany and a bronze medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics at Montreal.[1][3] Islahuddin was member of team that won 1971 World Cup under captaincy of Khalid Mahmood in Barcelona. He was captain of 1975 World Cup runner-up team and 1978 World Cup winning team. He was gold medalist in the 1970 Asian Games held at Bangkok, 1974 Asian Games held at Tehran and 1978 Asian Games at Bangkok.

After his retirement from the sport, he has been associated with hockey as a coach and manager of the Pakistan field hockey team along with commentator and member of the FIH rules board. In 1990, he was manager of Pakistan team that was runner up in the World Cup tournament played in Lahore, Pakistan.[citation needed] The FIH awarded him the greatest award in hockey services, the diploma of merit, in recognition of his international hockey services.[citation needed] He was the captain of the Pakistan hockey team in 45 international matches (43 matches were won and two ended in a draw).

Islahuddin is also author of book 'Dash Through My Life'.[5]

Career

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  • He was the manager and chief coach of 'Asian Eleven' in 1990 and then 'Asian Eleven' won the tournament of the five continents.

Awards and recognition

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See also

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References

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