Naeem Gul

Naeem Gul
Personal information
Full name Naeem Gul
Date of birth 1954 (age 70–71)
Place of birth Abbottabad, Pakistan
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Hazara Zamindar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1987 Pakistan Airlines
International career
1981–1982 Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Naeem Gul (Urdu: نعیم گل) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a defender. He was one of the best defenders to play for Pakistan in the 1980s.[1][2][3]

Club career

Gul represented Hazara Zamindar, before joining Pakistan Airlines winning the National Football Championship several times.[4]

International career

Gul was part of the Pakistan Reds team at the 1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament.[5]

Gul received his first call-up for the Pakistan national team during the 1981 King's Cup in Thailand. The next year, he was selected vice captain at the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament in Karachi, which included national teams from Bangladesh, Iran, Nepal, and Oman. He was a starter in all matches for Pakistan.[5] He later captained the national team at the 1982 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup.[6] He last represented the national team at the 1984 Merdeka Tournament.[7][8]

Post-retirement

After retirement, He served as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assistant Director of Youth Affairs.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  2. ^ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part III". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  3. ^ "MTFA calls to arrest thieves". Brecorder. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Naeem Gul (player)"".
  5. ^ a b "Quaid-E-Azam International Cup (Pakistan)". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  6. ^ Pakistan Year Book. East & West Publishing Company. 1983. p. 89. Pakistan football team, with Naeem Gul as skipper, participated in the second Bangladesh President's Gold Cup Tournament at Dhaka in August 1982.
  7. ^ New Straits Times. New Straits Times.
  8. ^ "Page 28, Singapore Monitor, 24 August 1984". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  9. ^ "dailypakistan.com, دوستی فٹبال کپ دارلعلوم تعلیم القرآن نے جیت".
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