Naveed Akram (Urdu: نوید اکرم; born May 16, 1984) is a Pakistani international footballer who plays as a right-back for Lyallpur. Akram won three national titles with WAPDA. He was part of the Lahore Lajpaal team that lost in the semi-finals of Geo Super Football League.
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Full name | Muhammad Naveed Akram | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1984-05-10) 10 May 1984 (age 38) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Multan, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||
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Current team | Lyallpur | ||||||||||||
Number | 3 | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2003–2014 | WAPDA | ||||||||||||
2007 | Lahore Lajpaals | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
2014– | Lyallpur | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2004–2009 | Pakistan | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 22, 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 8, 2009 |
He made his international debut on 16 June 2005 during the Indo-Pak series.[1]
Naveed plays as an attacking right back on the pitch, and always tends to assist in the attacking plays as well as having a knack of scoring goals himself.
He is most known for his memorable long range goal in the 2006 Asian games football when Pakistan came close to a huge upset against Japan.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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November 29, 2006 | Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2006 Asian Games | |
November 15, 2007 | Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
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