Muzammil Hussain

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Muzammil Hussain
Personal information
Full name Muzammil Hussain
Date of birth (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
WAPDA
Number 24
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009– WAPDA
International career
2014–2015 Pakistan U23
2013–2015 Pakistan 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Muzammil Hussain (born 6 September 1993) [1] is a Pakistani footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for WAPDA. [2]

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Club career

Hussain made his debut with WAPDA in the 2009–10 season of the Pakistan Premier League. [1] The next season, he won the 2010–11 Pakistan Premier League title. He was declared goalkeeper of the year consecutively in the 2013–14, and 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League seasons. [3]

International career

Muzammil was first called in 2011 by the Pakistan national under-23 team for the 2012 Olympics qualifiers against Malaysia, but missed the event due to an injury. He played for the under 23 in a friendly series in August 2014 against India, the first match ending in a 0–1 loss and the second ending in a 2–0 win for Pakistan. [4] [5] [6] He also played in a friendly against Malaysia in 2015 ending in a 1–2 loss. [7]

He made his senior debut for the Pakistan national football team in 2013, in a friendly against Afghanistan which ended in a 3–0 loss. [1] He played as a starter in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Yemen. The first match ended in a 1–3 loss, after he saved the first shot in a penalty in the starting minutes of the game, until Abdulwasea Al Matari finally headed the ball in the net. [8] He received an injury in the second leg which ended in a 0–0 draw, where he was replaced by Saqib Hanif in the second half of the game. [9]

Career statistics

International

As of 28 June 2016 [1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Pakistan 201310
201410
201530
Total50

Honours

Club

National Bank

Individual

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