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Qadir Bakhsh

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Qadir Bakhsh
Bakhsh in 1968
Personal information
Full name Ghulam Qadir Bakhsh
Date of birth (1946-10-10)10 October 1946
Place of birth Lyari, Karachi, British India
Date of death 2008
Place of death Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Baghdad Sports
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962– Victoria SC
–1967 Mohammedan SC
1968 EPIDC
1969 Dilkusha SC
1971 PWD
1972 KMC
1975 Sindh Red
International career
1965–1975 Pakistan ?? (?)
Managerial career
1986 President XI
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ghulam Qadir Bakhsh (10 October 1946 – 2008), was a Pakistani footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] Nicknamed as Putla,[2][3] Qadir played in the 1960s and 1970s and captained the Pakistan national team in 1970.[1]

Early life

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Bakhsh was born on 10 October 1947 in the Lyari locality of Karachi. He studied at Jamia Islamia Khada School and Private Education till intermediate level, where he started playing football at school level.[4][5] He later joined local club Baghdad Sports.[6]

Club career

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Bakhsh played football at senior level for Dhaka PIDC, Dhaka Mohammedan, Dilkusha SC, and Victoria SC in the Dhaka League.[1] He also played for the Pakistan Public Works Department and Karachi Municipal Corporation football teams in 1971 and the latter in 1972.[6] He captained Sindh Red that clinched the 1975 National Football Championship at Quetta.[7]

International career

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Bakhsh standing at far left with Pakistan in 1966

Bakhsh was noticed while playing in the local Lyari side that beat Turkey’s visiting national team 4–0 in a charity match played to benefit the flood victims of East Pakistan.[8] He was subsequently called by the Pakistan national youth team in 1965 which toured Soviet Union. That same year, Qadir played with the national team in a three-test home series for the against FC Alga from the Soviet Union.[6]

In 1967, he featured for Pakistan in four friendly matches in Pakistan against Saudi Arabia, scoring the equalizer in the last match that ended in a 1–1 draw.[9] In the subsequent years, he also featured with the national team in test series against FC Kairat in 1968, and the Soviet Central Army team in 1969. In 1969, he featured in the Friendship Cup held in Iran, and the 1969 RCD Cup in Turkey.[6] In 1970, he was appointed as the vice-captain of the PFF XI team for the 1970 Friendship Cup in Iran after Younus Rana. Six months later, Bakhsh was appointed head captain for the 1970 RCD Cup, becoming the fourth player to captain the national team at the RCD Cup tournament after Muhammad Umer in 1965, Muhammad Lateef in 1967, and Sardar Aslam in 1969.[6]

Bakhsh also featured in other big tournaments and friendly matches against teams from the Soviet Union, Turkey, China, South Korea and Japan.[1]

Managerial career

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Bakhsh was coach of President's XI that featured in the 1986 President's Gold Cup in Karachi which finished second in the tournament.[1][6][10]

Later life

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After retirement from football, he served as sub engineer in the water board.[8] His sons Badr Qadir played football for Pakistan Airlines, Wasim Qadir for National Bank,[11] and Junaid Qadir for Karachi Port Trust, and are also Pakistan youth international players.[6]

His son Wasim Qadir played football for National Bank. In 2008, it was reported that Bakhsh had been partially paralyzed at the age of 63, and been receiving treatment at the Lyari General Hospital.[7][8] A stroke had left him unable to use his right leg, and in needs to undergo regular physiotherapy.[1] He passed away soon after.[1]

Honours

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Sindh Red

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Hasan, Shazia (2023-03-05). "REVIVING FOOTBALL IN LYARI". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 2023-08-04. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  2. ^ Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
  3. ^ "Football: Kottan on". DAWN.COM. 2009-03-22. Archived from the original on 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  4. ^ "Unique Star School edge Ibrahim Ali Bhai School". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  5. ^ "Leisure Leagues set to hold school football". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2024-06-04. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "فٹ بال ہیروز کی دُنیا:پتلا کے نام سے مشہور قومی کپتان قادر بخش" [World of Football Heroes: National captain Qadir Bakhsh, known as Putla]. Daily Dunya (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 2025-01-04. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  7. ^ a b "Ibad hailed for financially supporting Lyari footballer". Brecorder. 2008-06-10. Archived from the original on 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  8. ^ a b c Hasan, Shazia (2008-06-08). "Ailing football legend receives govt's assistance". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  9. ^ "Pakistan - National Team Players". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  10. ^ "President's Gold Cup 1986 (Karachi)". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  11. ^ "Pakistan Premier Football League: NBP, Afghan FC, Pak Navy register win". Brecorder. 2010-10-20. Archived from the original on 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2024-11-06.