Shamoo Abdul Ghani

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Shamoo Abdul Ghani
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Shamoo in 1953
Personal information
Date of birth Unknown
Place of birth Karachi, British India
Date of death Unknown
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1950s Karachi Port Trust
1950s Karachi
International career
1953–1954 Pakistan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shamoo Abdul Ghani was a Pakistani footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Karachi Port Trust (KPT). He also played for the Pakistan national team. Shamoo is regarded as one of the most prominent goalkeepers of Pakistan in the 1950s. [1]

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Club career

Shamoo started playing football in Keamari Islamia High School in Karachi. [2] He then joined Karachi Port Trust, where he played and captained the team throughout the 1950s. [3] [4] In 1959, he clinched the President's Gold Cup with the team. [5] In 1959, Shamoo was part of the KPT team which embarked on a tour of Portuguese-ruled Goa to play two friendly matches. [6] He also represented and captained the Karachi football team at the National Football Championship, being selected for the first time in 1952. [2]

International career

In 1953, Shamoo was selected to represent the Pakistan national football team for their participation in the 1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament. [2] The next year, he represented Pakistan at the 1954 Asian Games, where he played as starter against Burma. [2] [7]

Post-retirement

After retirement as player, Shamoo remained employed with Karachi Port Trust. In February 1967, Shamoo along with 9 fellow workers of Karachi Port Trust were arrested because of participating in strikes. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "فٹ بال ہیروز کی دُنیا:قومی فٹبال تاریخ کے عظیم گول کیپر جعفر خان" [World of Football Heroes: Jaffar Khan, the Great Goalkeeper in National Football History]. Daily Dunya (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025. پاکستان کی فٹبال تاریخ عظیم گول کیپرز سے بھری پڑی ہے۔ پاکستان کے پہلے گول کیپر و کپتان عثمان جان، اسمیٰعل درانی، ماسٹر صدیق، نیاز گل، استاد شموں، آغا لطیف[Pakistan's football history is full of great goalkeepers. Pakistan's first goalkeeper and captain Osman Jan, Ismail Durrani, Master Siddiq, Niaz Gul, Ustad Shamoo, Agha Latif ...]
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 17 April 1954" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 28 April 1951" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Monday 16 January 1961" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Monday 17 August 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "When Port Trust Club of Karachi came to Goa". The Times of India. 1 March 2020. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Asian Games 1954". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Pakistan Observer 28 February 1967 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
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