Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | Pakistan | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Pakistan Railways | |||
International career | |||
1981–?? | Pakistan | ||
Managerial career | |||
2007 | Pakistan U23 | ||
2008–2018 | Pakistan Railways | ||
2018 | Pakistan women U17 | ||
2018– | Muslim Hands | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Muhammad Rasheed, alternatively spelled Muhammad Rashid, is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a winger, [1] and manager. A regular starter during his playing days, [2] Rasheed is among the major players of the Pakistan national football team in the 1980s. [3]
Rasheed represented departmental side Pakistan Railways at the National Football Championship. He won the 1984 edition with the side, scoring the lone goal for Railways in the final against WAPDA. [4]
Rasheed served as a regular starter at the Pakistan national football team during the 1980s, making his debut at the 1981 King's Cup in Thailand. [2] [3] The next year he played at the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup. [5] He also played at the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification. [6]
In 2005, Rasheed served as member of the supervision staff for the Pakistan national team. [7]
In 2007, he served as head coach of the Pakistan under-23 team for the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian qualifiers, previously serving as assistant coach under Salman Sharida. [8] [2] [1] [9] [10] [11] [ excessive citations ]
Following the relegation of Pakistan Railways at the top-tier 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League under head coach Chaudhary Asghar, Rasheed was appointed as the successor for the post. [12] [13] [14] He retired from the Pakistan Railways department in 2018. [15] The same year he served as head coach of the Pakistan women's national under-17 football team. [16] [17]
He later started coaching the Muslim Hands Street Children Football Team, the football section of Nottingham-based Non-governmental organization Muslim Hands. [18] [19] [20] He also coached the side at the 2023–24 PFF National Challenge Cup. [21] [22]
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