Najeeb Ullah Najmi

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Najeeb Ullah Najmi
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Najeeb during the 1999 South Asian Games
Personal information
Full name Mirza Najeeb Ullah Najmi [1]
Date of birth Unknown
Place of birth Peshawar, Pakistan
Date of death 1 September 2021
Place of death Peshawar, Pakistan
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980s Pakistan Air Force
International career
1980s Pakistan
Managerial career
2010–2014 Zarai Taraqiati
2018–2019 Ashraf Sugar Mills
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mirza Najeeb Ullah Najmi (died 1 September 2021) was a Pakistani footballer and manager. A former captain, Najeeb represented the Pakistan national team in the 1980s. He also led Pakistan Air Force to their first National Football Championship title in 1986.

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Club career

Najeeb represented the Pakistan Air Force departmental team at the National Football Championship, where he led the club to win the title in the 1986 edition. [2]

International career

Najeeb represented the youth national side under the name of Pakistan Blues at the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup. [3]

Najeeb later represented the senior Pakistan national football team in the 1980s. He captained the national side at the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification held in Calcutta, during a match against North Yemen. [4] [5]

Managerial career

Najeeb was member of the coaching staff of the Pakistan national team at the 1999 South Asian Games held in Kathmandu. In 2010, Najeeb was appointed head coach of Zarai Taraqiati, which he led to its promotion to the top-tier from the 2011 PFF League. [2] [6] In 2012, he was also appointed manager of the Pakistan under-14 team. [7] In 2014, Najeeb attended the an Asian Football Confederation Licence A coaching course in Bahrain. [8] [9] In 2015, he was appointed as assistant to the Iranian instructor Ardeshir Pournemat Noudehi for the AFC License A coaching course held in Pakistan for the first time. [10] [11] [12] [13]

In 2018, he led the Ashraf Sugar Mills departmental team at the 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League. The team, owned by former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf, eventually withdrew from the league due to financial issues. [14]

Death

Najeeb died on 1 September 2021. [15]

Honours

Pakistan Air Force

See also

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