Mohammad Tariq Hussain

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Mohammad Tariq Hussain
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Tariq Hussain
Date of birth (1970-09-15) 15 September 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Lyari, Pakistan
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Lyari Star
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–2006 Habib Bank
International career
1987–2003 Pakistan
Managerial career
2012–2016 Habib Bank (assistant)
2018–2019 Civil Aviation Authority (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohammad Tariq Hussain (born 15 September 1970) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a defender. He played for Habib Bank throughout his career, serving as assistant coach of the team later on. Tariq is among the major players of the Pakistan national football team in the 1990s, [1] [2] and also captained the national team. [3]

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Early life

Hussain was born on 15 September 1970 in Lyari. [4] He started playing football since the age of 10, starting his youth career with Lyari Star. [2]

Club career

In 1985, Tariq featured in the National Youth Football Championship. [5] [6] [7]

Tariq played for Habib Bank throughout his career at the National Football Championship and later the Pakistan Premier League. [8] [9]

International career

Tariq started playing for the Pakistan national team when the Quaid-e-Azam International Cup was held in Lahore in 1987. [2] In 1989, he featured at the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification in the country's first participation in the tournament. [10] He also featured in Pakistan's second participation at the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification in 1993, playing in all eight matches where Pakistan again ended up unsuccessful. [11]

He also featured as a starter in several tournaments including the 1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification, 1991 South Asian Games where he helped the side win the gold medal, 1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification, 1995 SAFF Gold Cup, 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, 1999 SAFF Gold Cup among others. He last played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification in November 2003 in both legs against Kyrgyzstan. [12] [13] He also captained the national team on several occasions. [3] [14] [15] [2] Although several records of Pakistani football before 1999 are not exactly known and yet to researched, Tariq reportedly represented Pakistan in more than 40 or 50 international matches. [2]

Coaching career

After his retirement as player, Tariq served as assistant coach of the Habib Bank football team. [16] He was later appointed as assistant coach of the newly formed Civil Aviation Authority team. [17]

Honours

Pakistan

See also

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