Alamgir Ali Khan Ghazi (Khowar: عالمگیر علی خان غازی, Urdu: عالمگیر علی خان غازی; born 9 May 2001) is a Pakistani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WAPDA and the Pakistan national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alamgir Ali Khan Ghazi | ||
| Date of birth | 9 May 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Charun, Chitral district, Pakistan | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | WAPDA | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Highlanders FC | |||
| Mehran | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Pakistan Television | ||
| 2020–2022 | Khan Research Laboratories | 12 | (9) |
| 2022– | WAPDA | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Pakistan U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | Pakistan U23 | 3 | (1) |
| 2022– | Pakistan | 13 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:47, 5 December 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 11 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Early and personal life
editGhazi was born in the town of Charun in the Chitral district of Pakistan.[1] He is son of the PTI politician Rehmat Ghazi,[1] and cousin of former international striker Muhammad Rasool. Ghazi started playing football at the age of 11.[2]
Club career
editEarly career
editGhazi played for Highlanders FC in Chitral at youth level. He later played for Mehran.[3] He was subsequently called by departmental side Pakistan Television for the 2019 PFF National Challenge Cup.[4] In the end of 2019, Ghazi participated in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Football Cup organised by Ufone, along with his older cousin Muhammad Rasool with district football team DFA Chitral, falling in the final in the penalties against Peshawar Combined FC.[5]
Khan Research Laboratories
editIn 2020, Ghazi joined Khan Research Laboratories. In September 2021, he netted a hat-trick in a 6–0 victory against Karachi United during the 2021–22 Pakistan Premier League at the Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium.[6] He scored 9 goals in 12 appearances, making him the leading top-scorer midway the 2021–22 season of the league,[7] until the league was cancelled shortly after starting.[4]
In December 2021, Ghazi again played with DFA Chitral with Muhammad Rasool as captain, winning the 2021 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Football Cup after winning in the final against Muslim FC.[8]
WAPDA
editBy 2022 Ghazi signed for WAPDA,[4] helping the team winning the 2023–24 PFF National Challenge Cup which was one of the competitions after years of inactivity in domestic football.[9][10]
International career
editGhazi represented Pakistan at the youth level in 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.[11] He went on to make four appearances in the campaign.[4]
In August 2022 Ghazi was called up for a trials with the senior national team.[12] In November the same year, he was included in Pakistan's squad for a friendly against Nepal, Pakistan's first fixture in nearly three-and-a-half years because of the Pakistan Football Federation's suspension by FIFA. He made his senior international debut in the starting lineup in the eventual 0–1 away defeat.
He was called in September 2023 for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification where he scored a long range goal from the half of the field on a 1–3 loss against Bahrain, as Pakistan exited the group losing three games in the group.[13]
Futsal career
editAlongside his football career, Ghazi also played futsal at club level. In July 2017, Ghazi participated in the Neymar Jr’s 5 tournament with the futsal section of his youth club Highlanders FC in Brazil.[a] Ghazi started playing for Team Eighteen in Islamabad since the establishment of the club in 2018. He also played for the futsal section of Karachi club Abdul FC.[16] In 2024, he participated in the Futsal National Cup with the club, finalizing as runner-up of the phase in Karachi after falling to Forza FC in the final in the penalties.[17]
Career statistics
editInternational
edit- As of 11 June 2024[18]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
Honours
editWAPDA
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Chitrali footballer makes it to national under 19 team". Chitral News. 2019-11-20. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25.
- ^ Sultan (2022-02-08). "Three Chitrali footballers picked in talent hunt". Chitral Today. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "Mehran Football Club - Islamabad - We are proud to announce that our Midfield Maestro Alamgir Ghazi has been selected in the Under 19 National Football Team to represent Pakistan in Oman. We wish him all the best for his tour with the National Team. Make us proud 🙂 | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ a b c d "Alamgir Ali Khan - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ "Peshawar Combined FC lift Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Football Cup". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "PPFL: KRL outplay Karachi United 6-0 - Sport bulletin". sports-bulletin.com. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
- ^ "Pakistan Premier League 2021/2022 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "Chitral edge Mardan to win KP Football Cup". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "WAPDA retain Challenge Cup". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ "SA Gardens, Wapda face-off in National Challenge Cup final today". Daily Ausaf. 2024-05-12. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ "Pakistan Football Federation announce 23-member squad for AFC U-19 championship qualifiers". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ Farrukh, Muneeb (2022-08-24). "Talented striker Waheed upbeat ahead of PFF Trials". Samaa. Archived from the original on 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ "Bahrain down Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2023-09-10. Archived from the original on 2023-09-11. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ^ "Abiha Haider - Team Pakistan is up against Poland tomorrow at Neymar Jr's Five World cup. Not an easy team but we have what it takes. We need your prayers. #Bleedgreeen #PakistanZindabad 🇵🇰 #HighlandersFamily | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ^ Hunzai, Imran Ahmed (2017-04-25). "Highlanders FC wins Neymar Jr's 5, ready for Global Final in Brazil". GBee. Archived from the original on 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "Abdul FC Reignite Hope For Pakistan Football With Biggest Futsal Event In History". 2023-06-03. Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Forza FC, Karachi City secure Men's and Women's Futsal Championship title in Karachi". The Nation. 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ^ "Alamgir Ghazi (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
External links
edit- Alamgir Ghazi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alamgir Ghazi at Global Sports Archive