Dad Muhammad

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Dad Muhammad
Personal information
Full name Dad Muhammad
Date of birth Unknown
Place of birth Lyari, Karachi, British India
Date of death Unknown
Position(s)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1949 Jinnah Gymkhana
1950s Mohammedan SC
1950s Karachi Kickers
1950s Sindh
International career
1950–1954 Pakistan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dad Muhammad was a former Pakistani footballer who represented the Pakistan national team in the 1950s. Muhammad also played for the Mohammedan SC team in the early 1950s.

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Early life

Muhammad was born in the Lyari region of Karachi, British India.

Club career

In 1949, Muhammad was a part of the Jinnah Gymkhana football team, which toured visiting countries Ceylon and Burma. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

In the 1950s, Muhammad was recruited to play for Mohammedan SC. [7] He also played with the Karachi Kickers football team, captaining them on several occasions. In 1955, Under his captainship, the team toured south India, returning unbeaten after 32 games with 24 wins and 8 draws.

Muhammad also represented the Sindh football team at the National Football Championship in the 1950s.

International career

In 1950, Muhammad was selected to represent the Pakistan national football team on their tour to Iran and Iraq.

In 1954, Muhammad played for Pakistan in the 1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament. [8]

Personal life

Muhammads nephew, Ali Nawaz Baloch later represented the Pakistan national football team in the 1960s and 1970s. [9] Nawaz's elder brother Abdullah Akbar and other brother, Ismail Roshoon, were also professional footballers who represented the Pakistan national team. [10] [11]

References

  1. "Times of Ceylon 1949.11.28 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  2. "Times of Ceylon 1949.12.03 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  3. "Times of Ceylon 1949.12.05 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  4. "Times of Ceylon 1949.12.01 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  5. "Times of Ceylon 1949.12.01 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  6. "Times of Ceylon 1949.11.30 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  7. "পাকিস্তান জিততে পারেনি" [Pakistan unable to win]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 20 December 1954. p. 6.
  8. Bhatti, Mukhtar (1999). Pakistan Sports: An Almanac of Pakistan Sports with Complete Records 1947-1999. Bhatti Publications.
  9. natasha.raheel (30 June 2014). "The footballer within every Lyariite". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  10. "Pakistan Observer 1970.04.15 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  11. "Pakistan Observer 1966.11.25 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 6 January 2026.