Naveed Akram

Naveed Akram
Medal record
Representing Pakistan
South Asian Games
Men’s Football

Naveed Akram
Personal information
Full name	Muhammad Naveed Akram
Date of birth	May 16, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Multan, Pakistan
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	WAPDA FC
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–	WAPDA FC
2007	Lahore Lajpaals F.C.
International career‡
2004–present	Pakistan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 5, 2008

Naveed Akram (Urdu: نوید اکرم; born May 16, 1984) is a Pakistani international footballer playing currently for WAPDA FC.

He made his international debut during the 2005 Indo-Pak series.

The right back won the Pakistan Premier League with WAPDA in 2003, 2004 and the recent one in 2007/08. He also played in the Geo Super Football League 2007 with Lahore Lajpaals F.C. which topped the league round but lost in the semi-finals of the knock-out stage.

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.