Abdul Wahid Durrani
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdul Wahid Khan Durrani | ||
Date of birth | (1917-06-30)30 June 1917 | ||
Place of birth | Quetta, British India | ||
Date of death | 24 February 2008(2008-02-24) (aged 90) | ||
Place of death | Quetta, Pakistan | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1950–1952 | Pakistan | ?? | (??) |
Managerial career | |||
1955 | Pakistan |
Abdul Wahid Khan Durrani (Urdu, Pashto: عبدالوحید درانی; 30 June 1917 – 24 February 2008)[citation needed] was a Pakistani international footballer and manager. He became the second footballer to captain the Pakistan national football team after the goalkeeper Osman Jan.[1]
Playing career
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Durrani made his debut in Pakistan's first ever international match in 27 October 1950 against Iran in the Amjadiyeh Stadium in Teheran.[2][3] He later became captain of the Pakistan national football team in the 1952 Colombo Cup,[1] where he scored a goal against Ceylon.[4] Pakistan played its first match against India after victories over Ceylon and Burma, which ended in a goalless draw and emerged as joint winners of the tournament after finishing with the same points in the table.[4]
Managerial career
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Abdul Wahid was appointed as the manager of the Pakistan international team in the fourth 1955 Colombo Cup held in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).[1]
Personal life
During the violence of the partition of British India, Abdul Wahid Durrani provided burqas to Hindu men and women who had sought refuge in his home in Quetta, and escorted them to the station, effectively saving their lives.[5] In the bordering North-West Frontier Province, local people protected whole villages of Hindu and Sikh communities, where some still live today.[5]
Career statistics
International goals
Note: Exact figures of Pakistani players before 1989 are not yet known and yet to be researched. Below are goals recorded.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 18 March 1952 | Colombo Oval, Colombo, Ceylon | Ceylon ![]() | 2–0 | 1952 Colombo Cup | [4] |
Honours
Pakistan
- Colombo Quadrangular Cup:[4][6] 1952
See also
References
- ^ a b c Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part I". DAWN.com. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "Pakistan Tour of Iran and Iraq 1950". rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "Statistics: Iran [ Team Melli]". teammelli.com. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ a b c d "Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952–1955". rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ a b "BBC World Service | World Agenda – Separate Lives". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
Among the fighting, there were incidences where community feeling endured. Abdul Wahid Durrani was a young sportsman in 1947. He remembers how, during the violence in the southern Pakistan city of Quetta, where he lived, he provided burqas to Hindu men and women who had sought refuge in his home, and escorted them to the station, effectively saving their lives.
- ^ "The Indian National Team at the Colombo Cup". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 13 June 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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