Qadir Bakhsh

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Qadir Bakhsh
Personal information
Date of birth 1945
Place of birth Lyari, British India
Date of death 2008
Place of death Lyari, Pakistan
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1962– Victoria SC
–1967 Mohammedan SC
1968 EPIDC
1969 Dilkusha SC
– Sindh Red
International career
1965–1975 Pakistan ?? (?)
Managerial career
1986 President XI
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Qadir Bakhsh (born 1945), was a Pakistani footballer who was known as Putla during his heyday in the 1960s and 1970s. [1] [2]

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Club career

Nicknamed as Putla, Qadir was a fantastic midfielder in his hey days and he has honour of leading the national side on several occasions. [1] He also led Sindh Red that clinched the 1975 National Championship at Quetta. [3] He also played pro-football for Dhaka PIDC, Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC), Dilkusha SC, and Victoria SC. [1]

International career

Joining the national youth team in 1965, he was noticed while playing in the local Lyari side that beat Turkey’s visiting national team by 4–0 in a charitable match played to benefit the flood victims of East Pakistan. [4]

He was a member of the Pakistan national football team for 10 years, from 1965 to 1975. [1] He took part in tournaments: RCD Cup 1965, RCD Cup 1967, RCD Cup 1969 and was captain of RCD Cup 1970. [1] In 1967, he also featured for Pakistan in four friendly matches in Pakistan against Saudi Arabia, scoring in the last match equalising by 1–1. [5]

Managerial career

He was coach of President's Eleven that featured in the 1986 President's Gold Cup held under Pakistan Customs. [6] [1]

Death

After retirement from football, he served as sub engineer in the water board. [4] In 2008, it was reported that Bakhsh had been partially paralyzed at the age of 63, and been receiving treatment at the Lyari General Hospital. [3] [4] A stroke had left him unable to use his right leg, and in needs to undergo regular physiotherapy. [1] He passed away soon after. [1]

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