Abdul Wahid Durrani

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Abdul Wahid Khan Durrani (Urdu, Pashto: عبدالوحید درانی; 30 June 1917 – 24 February 2008)Script error: No such module "Unsubst". was a Pakistani international footballer and manager. He was the second captain of the Pakistan national football team after the goalkeeper Osman Jan.[1]

Playing career

Durrani was part of the Jinnah Gymkhana Football team which toured Burma and Ceylon in 1949.[2]

File:Pakistani footballer of the 1950s, Abdul Wahid Khan Durrani, shakes hands with Khawaja Nazimuddin.jpg
Abdul Wahid (right) shaking hands with the second governor and prime minister of Pakistan Khawaja Nazimuddin (left) during his playing days.

Durrani made his debut in Pakistan's first ever international match in 27 October 1950 against Iran at Amjadiyeh Stadium in Teheran.[3][4]

He later became captain of the Pakistan national football team in the 1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament,[1][2] where he scored a goal against Ceylon.[5] He also scored two headers against Burma in the following match but both were disallowed. Pakistan played its first match against India after victories over Ceylon and Burma, which ended in a goalless draw and emerged as joint winners of the tournament after finishing with the same points in the table.[5] He also captained the side in friendly home matches against Iran the same year.[1]

Managerial career

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Durrani in the bottom middle as manager of the Pakistan national team in 1955

Abdul Wahid was appointed as the manager of the Pakistan international team in the fourth 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament held in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).[1]

After serving several years as member of the Pakistan Football Federation selection committee, Durrani acted as assistant manager at the Merdeka Tournament in 1984.[6][7]

Personal life

During the violence of the partition of British India, Abdul Wahid Durrani provided burqas to Hindu men and women who had sought refuge in his home in Quetta, and escorted them to the station, effectively saving their lives.[8] In the bordering North-West Frontier Province, local people protected whole villages of Hindu and Sikh communities, where some still live today.[8]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wahid goal.
List of international goals scored by Abdul Wahid Durrani
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 18 March 1952 Colombo Oval, Colombo, Ceylon Template:Flagg 1-0 2–0 1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament [5]

Honours

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See also

References

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