Jamil Akhtar

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Jamil Akhtar
File:Jamil Akhtar.png
Akhtar in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth 1930
Place of birth British India
Date of death Unknown
Place of death Pakistan
Position Forward
Youth career
1948–1951 Punjab University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1953 Punjab
1954 East Bengal
1954–?? North-Western Railway
International career
1952–1955 Pakistan
Managerial career
Pakistan Western Railway
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jamil Akhtar (Urdu: جمیل اختر; born 1930) was a Pakistani footballer who played as an inside left forward. Considered as one of the earliest pioneering footballers in Pakistan history,[1] he was the fifth captain in the history of the Pakistan national football team after Osman Jan, Abdul Wahid Durrani, Muhammad Sharif and Moideen Kutty.[2] Akhtar also played for East Bengal in India.[3]

Club career

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Akhtar was member of Lahore club Rangers FC throughout his career.[4] He represented Punjab University football team from 1948 to 1951.[4][5] In 1950, he played for Rangers FC at the Rovers Cup in 1951 in Bombay.[4] He won the Lahore District Soccer Championship with the club in June 1951.[6]

He also represented Punjab in the National Football Championship from 1950 to 1953, captaining the team in the last year.[4] He later played for Pakistan Railways at the National Football Championship.[7][8][9]

In 1954, he played in India for the Calcutta Football League club East Bengal.[3] In 1958, Akhtar played for Lahore club Zamindars FC.[10]

International career

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File:Pakistan National Football Team 1953.jpg
Akhtar with the Pakistan national team in 1953 (second sitting from right)

Akhtar first represented Pakistan in the 1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament in Ceylon.[4] He also played for Pakistan at the 1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament.[11]

He also represented Pakistan at the 1954 Asian Games in the Philippines. In a preparation match, he scored against a Singapore combined Colony XI in a 4–1 victory on 24 April 1954.[12] He scored a brace in a 6–2 win against Singapore in a group match, where Masood Fakhri had notably scored a hat-trick, and Moideen Kutty also scored a goal.[13][14]

Akhtar subsequently became the fifth captain in the history of the Pakistan national football team at the 1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament,[2] scoring a goal against Ceylon in a 2–1 victory.[15]

He also scored in a 4–2 victory against Burma at the next 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament.[15] At the exhibition matches at the beginning of the tournament, he scored a hat trick against an East Pakistan XI on 14 December in a 3–1 victory.[15]

Coaching career

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File:1969 National Football Championship-winning Pakistan Western Railway team.jpg
Akhtar standing fifth from left as coach of Pakistan Railways

After retirement as player, Akhtar served as coach of the Pakistan Western Railway football team.[16]

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 Akhtar goal.
List of international goals scored by Jamil Akhtar
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 25 April 1954 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore File:Flag of Singapore in the Straits Settlements.svg Singapore 2–2 Friendly [17]
2 2 May 1954 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines File:Flag of Singapore in the Straits Settlements.svg Singapore 1–1 6–2 1954 Asian Games [13][14]
3 2–1 [13][14]
4 21 December 1954 Calcutta FC Ground, Kolkata, India File:Flag of Ceylon 1951-1972.svg Ceylon 2–1 1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament [15]
5 17 December 1955 Dacca Stadium, Dhaka, East Pakistan File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma 4–2 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament [15]

Honours

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Pakistan Pakistan

See also

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References

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