sport.wikisort.org - AthleteShahbaz Ahmad (Urdu: شہباز احمد) (born September 1, 1968) is a former field hockey player from Pakistan who is also known by his nickname as "Shahbaz Ahmed Senior".[2] He was born in to Arain family.
Pakistani hockey player
Shahbaz Ahmad
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(1968-09-01) September 1, 1968 (age 54)[1] Faisalabad |
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Career
He is considered to be among the best forwards in the history of field hockey.[3] He joined the Pakistan National Hockey Team in 1986, and was captain of the national side, that led his team to the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup victory. "He played a major role in Pakistan victories in 1994 World Cup in Sydney, Australia and Champions Trophy 1994 in Lahore, Pakistan."[1] After the Atlanta Games in 1996, he played for Dutch club Oranje Zwart and for German club Harvestehuder THC from Hamburg for a couple of years.[1]
Called the Maradona of Hockey[4][5] he has represented Pakistan in the Champions Trophy tournaments held in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989; 3rd Asia Cup, New Delhi 1989; 7th Hockey World Cup, 1990 in Lahore, BMW Trophy Amsterdam, 1990, 11th Asian Games Beijing, 1990, 12th Champions Trophy, Melbourne and Hockey World Cup, Sydney, 1994. He made his world-famous run down against Australia in the same tournament.[1][6] " But in 1994, at the Sydney World Cup, in the pool match between Australia and Pakistan, Australia had a similar free hit just outside the Pakistan circle which was intercepted and moved onto Pakistan's Shahbaz who then executed his famous run with Australia's Ken Wark chasing him. Shahbaz drew a covering defender and reverse-sticked the ball to Kamran Ashraf, who scored." "Twenty years have passed, but the memories of his breathtaking runs against Australia, Germany and the Netherlands are etched in memories of millions."[7]
He played at three Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in 1992.[2]
Shahbaz Ahmad was declared the best player in the Seventh World Cup, Lahore, 1990, and received the BMW Trophy, Amsterdam, 1990. He has won gold medals in the 3rd Asia Cup, New Delhi, 1989; Gold Medal Asian Games, Beijing, 1990; Gold Medal 1994 Champions Trophy Lahore, Gold Medal 1994 World Cup, Sydney, silver medal in Champions Trophy, 1988; 7th world cup, Lahore, 1990; BMW Trophy, Amsterdam, 1990; and a bronze medal in 8th Champions Trophy, 1986. He was awarded the best player award in 1994 world cup Sydney as well.[1]
He played in 1998 and 2002 Men's hockey world cup not as a captain instead as a player.
Awards and recognition
Shahbaz Ahmad is regarded as one of the best forwards in the game for his agility, body dodge and ball control. He is the only player in the history of Field Hockey to win two consecutive 'Player of the Tournament' awards in the 1990 World Cup in Lahore, and at the 1994 World Cup in Sydney.[3] He leads the list of most-capped Pakistanis with 304 caps (a total of 304 games) in international field hockey.[2]
- Hilal-i-Pakistan (Crescent of Pakistan) Award by the President of Pakistan.[7]
- In recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of hockey, he was awarded the President's Pride of Performance Award in 1992 by the Government of Pakistan.[7]
- In 2002, Shahbaz Ahmed retired from playing the game of field hockey for good. In 2010, Shahbaz is performing his services as the district manager of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in Saudi Arabia.[5]
- In 2015, he was appointed Secretary General of Pakistan Hockey Federation.[3]
See also
- Pakistan Hockey Federation
References
External links
Pakistan squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal |
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Pakistan squad – 2002 World Cup – 5th place |
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- 1 Qasim
- 3 Imran
- 5 Abbas
- 7 W. Ahmed
- 9 Usman
- 10 Saqlain
- 11 Raza
- 12 Akbar
- 13 Hussain
- 17 Ali
- 18 Nadeem
- 19 Ali Khan
- 23 Sarwar (C)
- 25 Jawad
- 27 S. Ahmed
- 28 Bashir
- 29 Muhammad
- 31 Saleem
- Coach: Khan
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Pride of Performance for Sports |
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1960s |
- Syed Abdus Samad (1960)
- Major Abdul Hamid (1960)
- Roshan Khan (1960)
- Brojen Das (1960)
- Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmed (1960)
- The Great Gama (1960)
- Captain Raja Javed Akhtar Khan (1961)
- Azam Khan (1961)
- Bholu Pahalwan (1962)
- Naseer Bunda(1962)
- Hafiz Rashid (1962)
- Saeed Ahmed (1962)
- Brigadier M.A. Baig (1962)
- Abbas Mirza (1963)
- Manzoor Hussain Aatif (1963)
- Mushtaq Muhammad (1963)
- Dafadar Mubarak Shah (1963)
- Khundker Nasim Ahmed (1964)
- Jamadar Ghulam Raziq (1964)
- Subedar Muhammad Nawaz (1966)
- Imtiaz Ahmad (1966)
- Shahab Ali (1966)
- Aslam Pahalwan (1967)
- Asif Iqbal (1968)
- Muhammad Bashir (1968)
- Khalid Mahmood Hussain (1968)
- Tariq Aziz (1968)
- Muhammad Asad Malik (1969)
- Flight Sergeant Moideen Kutty (1969)
- Mohammad Akhtar (1969)
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1990s |
- Honorary Lieutenant Mohammad Younis (1990)
- Arif Khan (1990)
- Nazo Anwar Miandad (1990)
- Mohammad Shehnaz Sheikh (1990)
- Wasim Akram (1992)
- Shahbaz Ahmed (1992)
- Ghulam Abbas (1992)
- Taimur Hasan (1992)
- Shahid Ali Khan (1992)
- Qazi Muhibur Rehman (1993)
- Rajab Shah (1993)
- Mohammad Yousuf (1994)
- Mohibullah Khan Junior (1994)
- Khwaja Mohammad Junaid (1994)
- Abdul Rashid (1994)
- Muhammad Saeed Khan (1994)
- Mansoor Ahmed (1994)
- Ahmed Alam (1994)
- Tahir Zaman (1994)
- Muhammad Shahbaz (1994)
- Muhammad Shafqat (1994)
- Irfan Mehmood (1994)
- Naveed Alam (1994)
- Asif Bajwa (1994)
- Muhammad Danish Kaleem (1994)
- Muhammad Usman (1994)
- Kamran Ashraf (1994)
- Rahim Khan (1994)
- Rana Mujahid Ali (1994)
- Waseem Feroze (1994)
- Aliya Rasheed (1995)
- Fareed Sehrai (1995)
- Waqar Younis (1995)
- Ali Nawaz Baloch (1995)
- Mohammad Sarwar (1995)
- Asghar Ali Changezi (1996)
- Sardar Azmarai Javaid Hissam el-Effendi (1996)* Ghulam Noorani Khan (1996)
- Munawwar uz Zaman (1997)
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2000s |
- Saeed Anwar (2000)
- Haider Ali (2003)
- Rozi Ali (2003)
- Mohammad Irfan Islam (2003)
- Grand Master Muhammad Ashraf Tai (2004)
- Zakir Hussain Syed (2004)
- Mehrullah Lassi (2004)
- Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (2005)
- Nida Waseem (2008)
- Zubair Ahmed Hundal (2008)
- Shahid Rehman (2008)
- Umer Khan Achakzai (2009)
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На других языках
- [en] Shahbaz Ahmed
[ru] Ахмед, Шахбаз
Шахбаз Ахмед (урду شہباز احمد, англ. Shahbaz Ahmed, 1 сентября 1968, Лайяллпур, Пакистан) — пакистанский хоккеист (хоккей на траве), нападающий. Бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1992 года, участник летних Олимпийских игр 1988 и 1996 годов, чемпион мира 1994 года, серебряный призёр чемпионата мира 1990 года, чемпион Азии 1989 года, чемпион летних Азиатских игр 1990 года, серебряный призёр летних Азиатских игр 1986 года, бронзовый призёр летних Азиатских игр 1994 года.
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