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| Full name | Ammad Shakeel Butt | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfield | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2013– | Pakistan | 137 | (6) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Ammad Shakeel Butt is a Pakistani professional field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Pakistan national field hockey team. [1] [2]
He was part of the 18-member squad of the men's hockey team at the 2014 Asian Games that won the silver medal. [3] [4]
He was named vice-captain of the Pakistan team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games [5] and the 2018 Asian Games. [6]
He was named vice-captain of the Pakistan team for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. [7] During the World Cup, following an incident at the 40th minute of the Malaysia-Pakistan game, Ammad Butt was reprimanded for carelessly running into an opponent. [8] [9] [10]
He was announced as part of the 18-member squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham. [11]
He was appointed as the captain of the national hockey team for the 2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. [12]
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