Naeem Gul

Naeem Gul
Gul with Pakistan in 1978
Personal information
Full name Naeem Gul
Date of birth (1954-02-27) 27 February 1954 (age 72)
Place of birth Abbottabad, Pakistan
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
??–1976 Hazara Zamindar
1977–1987 Pakistan Airlines
International career
1978–1982 Pakistan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Naeem Gul (Urdu: نعیم گل; born 27 February 1954) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a defender. He is regarded as one of the best defenders to play for Pakistan in the 1980s. He also served as captain of the national team in 1982 –1983.

Early life

Gul was born on 27 February 1954 in Abbottabad, in the Hazara region of Pakistan.

Club career

Gul played for Abbottabad based club Hazara Zamindar, before joining Pakistan Airlines. He became one of the key players of the side winning the National Football Championship several times.

International career

Gul was part of the Pakistan Reds team at the 1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament. Two years later, he was part of the Pakistan national team for the Saudi Arabia Football Federation International Tournament in 1978.

In 1981, he toured Burma with the national team and featured at the 1981 King's Cup in Thailand. The next year, he was selected vice captain at the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament in Karachi, which included national teams from Bangladesh, Iran, Nepal, and Oman. He was a starter in all matches for Pakistan. He later captained the national team at the 1982 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup. He also captained the national team during the two matches against the touring Southwest German FA in January 1983. He last represented the national team at the 1984 Merdeka Tournament.

Post-retirement

Gul served as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assistant Director of Youth Affairs in 2022.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part III". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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  4. 1 2 "Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Naeem Gul (player)"".
  5. ↑ "ماضی کے نیشنل فٹبالر پاکستان کسٹم کے "شریف گل" کا مختصر تعارف". Daily Azadi Quetta (in Urdu). Retrieved 1 August 2026. 1973ء میں پی آئی اے یوتھ ٹیم کی تشکیل نو کے موقع پر شریف گل کو نواب کریم الدین جیسے اعلی پائے کے کوچ نے PIA یوتھ ٹیم کیلئے سلیکٹ کیا اور پی آئی اے کی ٹیم میں ماضی کے عظیم قومی ہیروز جن میں پاکستان کے سابق کپتان غلام سرور سینئر، عبدالواحد، ابو، نعیم گل اور نوشاد بلوچ جیسے نامور قومی ہیروز کیساتھ کھیلتے رہے [In 1973, on the occasion of the re-formation of the PIA Youth Team, Sharif Gul was selected for the PIA Youth Team by a high-profile coach like Nawab Karimuddin and played alongside great national heroes of the past in the PIA team, including former Pakistan captain Ghulam Sarwar Senior, Abdul Wahid Abbo, Naeem Gul and Naushad Baloch.]
  6. 1 2 "Quaid-E-Azam International Cup (Pakistan)". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Footballers for S. Arabia on 3rd". Dawn. 1 May 1978.
  8. ↑ Pakistan Year Book. East & West Publishing Company. 1983. p. 89. Pakistan football team, with Naeem Gul as skipper, participated in the second Bangladesh President's Gold Cup Tournament at Dhaka in August 1982.
  9. ↑ New Straits Times. New Straits Times.
  10. ↑ "Page 28, Singapore Monitor, 24 August 1984". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  11. ↑ "dailypakistan.com, دوستی فٹبال کپ دارلعلوم تعلیم القرآن نے جیت". 12 June 2022.