Qayyum Changezi

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Qayyum Changezi
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Changezi in 1958
Personal information
Full name Qayyum Ali Changezi
Date of birth 1932
Place of birth Quetta, British India
Date of death Unknown
Place of death Quetta, Pakistan
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Hazara Club Quetta
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1950 Hazara Club Quetta
1950s Karachi Kickers
1950s Karachi Mohammedan
1953–1959 Balochistan
1956 Hazara Club Quetta
1960s Quetta
1960s Faisalabad
1963 Dhaka Mohammedan
1963–1965 Railways
International career
1955–1962 Pakistan ?? (??)
1963 East Pakistan Sports Board XI
Managerial career
1977 Shaheen FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Qayyum Changezi (born 1932) was a Pakistani footballer who played as a forward. Considered as one of the earliest legends in Pakistan football history, he was known for his leadership, free kicks, and goal-scoring abilities. [1] [2]

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Early life

Belonging to the ethnic Hazara community, Changezi was born in Quetta in the Baluchistan Agency of British India in 1932. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Club career

Nicknamed "Papa", Changezi played as a left back, forward or winger.

He developed an interest in football while attending high school, playing for Hazara Club Quetta in his youth until making his senior debut in 1950. [7] In the 1950s, he toured in club tournaments in Iran and India with Karachi Kickers and Karachi Mohammedan, and in 1956 again with Karachi Kickers and Hazara Club.

Changezi started playing in the National Football Championship from 1953 and was a member of the Balochistan team that won the title in 1956 by defeating Pakistan Railways in Karachi on 11 November 1956, where he scored one goal in the final 2–1 victory, and was declared player of the year. [8]

Later on in 1959 under his captainship, Balochistan defeated East Pakistan in Hyderabad on 7 November 1959, achieving their second league title. [8] In the same tournament, he scored 6 goals in the 9–0 victory against Sindh Green. When the football league structure in Pakistan transitioned from provincial to district based clubs, he subsequently represented Quetta, Railways and Faisalabad. Under his captainship, Railways ended up in the second position in 15th and 16th National Championship in 1963 and 1965, after falling twice to Karachi, in the finals held in the cities of Karachi and Peshawar respectively. [8] In 1963, Changezi represented Dhaka Mohammedan winning the Dhaka League and finishing top scorer of the tournament with 24 goals. [9]

International career

Changezi (second from top right), with the Pakistan national team in 1955 Pakistan National Football Team 1955.jpg
Changezi (second from top right), with the Pakistan national team in 1955

Changezi made his international debut with the Pakistan national team during the 1955 Colombo Cup. [2] In his debut match, Changezi scored a hat-trick including two penalty goals against Burma, becoming the second Pakistani player to do so after Masood Fakhri. [2] [10]

In 1959, Pakistan first participated in the 1960 Asian Cup qualifiers hosted by India in Kerala. Under the captainship of Changezi, Pakistan faced Iran, India and Israel twice each in the qualifiers. [2] Although Israel managed to qualify by topping the group, Pakistan achieved a memorable victory over Iran by 4–1 and secure a draw against Israel, finishing in third place in the group, ahead of hosts India but behind Iran. [11]

Changezi (second from middle right to left) with the Pakistan national team squad for the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification Pakistan national football team group picture.jpg
Changezi (second from middle right to left) with the Pakistan national team squad for the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Changezi also participated in various friendly tournaments, including the Merdeka Cup hosted in Malaysia after the country first participation in 1960. [12] Under his captaincy, [13] Pakistan recorded some famous victories including a 7–0 walloping of Thailand, [14] and a 3–1 win over then Asian powerhouses Japan. [14]

He was also present in the 1962 Merdeka Tournament, where Pakistan ended runner up after falling to Singapore by 1–2 in the final. [12]

Pakistan national team finalists in the 1962 Merdeka Tournament. Changezi standing third from left to right Pakistan National Football Team finalists in the 1962 Merdeka Cup.jpg
Pakistan national team finalists in the 1962 Merdeka Tournament. Changezi standing third from left to right

During a 1963 global tour, Germany's Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf faced aircraft issues, leading to an unexpected stay in Pakistan. [13] The Pakistan Football Federation invited the club to play friendly matches against select XI teams from East and West Pakistan. Fortuna enthusiastically accepted, competing against teams like East Pakistan Sports Board XI in Dacca, which included the veteran Changezi, drawing crowds of thousands. [13]

Managerial career

In 1977, Qayyum was appointed as manager of the Shaheen FC club which toured in the Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup in Kabul. [15]

Personal life

His younger cousin Younus Changezi also played for the Pakistan national team from the 1960s till early 1970s, and was later appointed as manager of the national team in the 1980s. In 2003, Qayyum Changezi replaced M.N. Jahan as chairman of the selection committee of the Pakistan Football Federation by Arshad Khan Lodhi, following the newly elected president Faisal Saleh Hayat. [16]

Legacy

Highly still praised by the local Hazara community, the Qayyum Papa Stadium in Mari Abad in Quetta is named after him. [17] [18]

Honours

Balochistan

Pakistan Railways

Dhaka Mohammedan

Individual

See also

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