Faisal Iqbal (footballer)

Faisal Iqbal
Personal information
Full name Faisal Iqbal
Date of birth (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Position(s) Left-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2019 National Bank 63 (0)
2015B.G. Sports Club (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2012–2014 Pakistan U23
2011–2018 Pakistan 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Faisal Iqbal (born 16 August 1992) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career

Iqbal started his career with National Bank in 2011.[1]

He briefly joined Dhivehi Premier League club B.G. Sports in 2015.[1][2] After returning to National Bank, he last represented the club in the 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League.[2]

International career

Iqbal earned his first senior international cap in a friendly against Palestine in 2011. He was subsequently called against Turkmenistan in the qualifiers for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup.[1] Iqbal also represented the Pakistan under-23 national side, scoring his first goal in the 84th minute in a 2–2 draw against Palestine in Al-Nakba International Football Cup 2012. In 2012, Iqbal played at the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification with the Pakistan under-23 team. He also played in three-match friendly series against India under-23 in 2014. He was last called during the 2018 SAFF Championship, where he remained an unused substitute.[3]

He was vice-captain of the national team from 2011 until 2014.

Coaching career

After stepping down from football, Iqbal became lecturer at the Faculty of Sports Sciences at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur in 2020. In early 2022, Iqbal conducted trials for the Global Soccer Ventures (GSV) talent hunt with the Irish Premier League Club St Patrick’s Athletic FC coaches along with former national teammate Muhammad Adil.[4] In later 2022, following Pakistan's return at football in nearly three-and-a-half years because of the Pakistan Football Federation's suspension by FIFA, Iqbal was member of the staff conducting tryouts for the Pakistan women's national football team and the Pakistan national under-17 football team in Karachi.[5][6]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by year and competition[1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Pakistan 2011 9 0
2012 1 0
2013 12 0
2014 2 0
Total 24 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Faisal Iqbal (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  2. ^ a b "Faisal Iqbal - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  3. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2018-09-01). "Pakistan squad named for SAFF Cup". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  4. ^ Raheel, Natasha (2022-02-12). "Adil's story of perseverance". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  5. ^ Faisal Iqbal [@faisy23] (2022-11-02). "Done tryouts in Karachi for the National Women's and National boys Under-16". Retrieved 2024-03-31 – via Instagram.
  6. ^ "First leg of Karachi's tryout concludes". The Nation. 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

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