Sarfraz Rasool

Sarfraz Rasool

Personal information
Full name	Sarfraz Rasool
Date of birth	(1975-07-10) 10 July 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Faisalabad, Pakistan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1999	Punjab Medical Center	?	(?)
1999–2008	Khan Research Laboratories	?	(?)
2008–2011	PMC Athletico	?	(?)
International career
1999–2003	Pakistan	17	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sarfraz Rasool (born 10 July 1975) is a Pakistani former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. ^[1] Rasool won the Golden Boot at 2003 SAFF Championship, where he finished as the top-scorer with 4 goals, and was named Asian Football Confederation Player of the Month for his performance in SAFF Cup held in March 2003. ^[2]

Club career

PMC

Rasool started his career with Punjab Medical Center club in 1994. ^[3]

Khan Research Laboratories

As a goal scoring midfielder, Rasool had been playing for departmental side Khan Research Laboratories between 1999 and 2003, when he was eyed by the national team. ^{[2] [4]} In the 1999 PFF National Challenge Cup played in Chaman, Rasool was nominated player of the tournament. ^[3]

PMC Athletico Faisalabad

Rasool controversially left Pakistan soon after and moved to England, which effectively ended his international career, but remained with Khan Research Laboratories for some seasons, before eventually returning his former club, now renamed PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad as founder member in August 2008. ^[2]

International career

Rasool was called by Pakistan in the 1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup held in Nepal. ^[3] He subsequently became a key part of the national team from 1999 to 2003. He was named as captain of the national team for the 2002 away friendly series against Sri Lanka, ^[5] and when South Korean club Ulsan HD FC visited Pakistan for test matches in 2002. ^[3]

Rasool won the Golden Boot during the 2003 SAFF Gold Cup by emerging as the leading goal-scorer with a total of 4 goals. ^[6] Additionally, he earned the title of Asian Football Confederation Player of the Month for his outstanding performance in the SAFF Cup held in March 2003. ^{[2] [7]}

In March 2003, he was selected as vice-captain for the national side at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification after Haroon Yousaf. ^[8]

Coaching career

After quitting playing and moving to England to settle down, Rasool earned the FA Level Two coaching certification, equivalent to UEFA C Licence. ^[3]

In the 2011–12 Pakistan Premier League, he was nominated assistant coach of PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad under head coach Akhtar Mohiuddin. ^[9]

On 26 July 2012, Rasool joined Total Football Academy FC in Loughton as youth coach of the under-9 team. ^[3]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by year and competition ^[1]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Pakistan	1999	1	0
	2001	6	0
	2002	3	1
	2003	7	5
Total		17	6

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	March 25, 2002	Kalutara Stadium, Kalautara, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	0–1	2–1	Friendly
2	January 10, 2003	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	India	0–1	0–1	2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
3	January 12, 2003		Sri Lanka	2–1	2–1
4	January 14, 2003		Afghanistan	1–0	1–0
5	January 20, 2003		India	1–1	2–1
6	March 21, 2003	Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	Macau	0–2	0–3	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification

References

1. "Sarfraz Rasool (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
2. Editorial Staff (2012-07-29). "Ex-Pakistan star Sarfraz Rasool joins Total Football Academy in UK". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
3. Editorial Staff (2013-02-08). "More legends profiled". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC) (in Urdu). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
4. "Sohail, Sarfaraz power KRL into knock-out stage". DAWN.COM. 2002-10-25. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
5. "Sri Lanka vs Pakistan test series 2002". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
6. "Pak beat India in Saff football tourney". The Times of India. 2003-01-10. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-03-12.
7. Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part III". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
8. "Yousuf Haroon to lead Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2003-03-12. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
9. Staff, Editorial (2011-06-10). "PMC Athletico announce squad for PPL 2011". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2024-03-10.

External links

• Sarfraz Rasool at National-Football-Teams.com
• Sarfraz Rasool at Global Sports Archive

Awards
Preceded by Naresh Joshi Baichung Bhutia Mizanur Rahman Dawn Mohamed Wildhan	SAFF Cup Golden Boot 2003	Succeeded by Ibrahim Fazeel Ali Ashfaq Ahmed Thariq