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Ali Nawaz Baloch
Nawaz in 1967
Personal information
Full name Ali Nawaz Baloch
Date of birth (1949-07-03)3 July 1949
Place of birth Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan
Date of death 28 October 2022(2022-10-28) (aged 73)
Place of death Karachi, Pakistan
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960s Dhaka Mohammedan
1970s Emirates
1970s Pakistan Airlines
International career
1967–1974 Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ali Nawaz Baloch (3 July 1949 – 28 October 2022) was a Pakistani professional footballer who played as a striker. Nawaz represented the Pakistan national football team from 1967 to 1974, captaining the team in the last year. Renowned for his goal-scoring abilities and hat-tricks, he is widely considered as one of the greatest Pakistani footballers of all time.[1][2][3]

Early life

Nawaz was born in Lyari on 3 July 1949.[3][4][5]

Club career

Nawaz started playing football since young. The school he attended, the Jamia Islamia Khadda Haji Sir Abdullah Haroon School, catered specially to aspiring footballers.[3]

Nawaz second sitting from left to right with the 1969 unbeaten league champions Dhaka Mohammedan

Nawaz was also revered for his goal-scoring abilities in East Pakistan, where he played for Dhaka Mohammedan during the late 1960s, scoring a triple hat-trick while playing for the club against a Middle-Eastern outfit.[6][7][8] The feat earned him the name of 'Goal-making machine' after.[3]

During the 1970s, several local leagues were launched across the Middle East, where several Pakistani players represented club sides in these leagues and some of these players even coached the clubs’ new youth setups.[9] Subsequently Nawaz moved to the United Arab Emirates, where he featured for Emirates FC in the mid 1970s.[10][11] He played for the Abu Dhabi based club for five years.[12][13] He emerged as the top-scorer of the 1975–76 UAE Football League season with 13 goals.[14]

He played for Pakistan Airlines in his later years.[15] He also played for local Karachi club Meher Sports FC during the 1970s.[16]

International career

Nawaz (left) with Turkey national team captain at the 1974 RCD Cup

Nawaz represented Pakistan from 1967 to 1974.[12] He captained the national team at the 1974 RCD Cup.[17]

Coaching career

He began his coaching career in the United Arab Emirates before returning to Pakistan where he was coach and manager of the Pakistan Airlines football team.[10][18] He served as a coach in the United Arab Emirates for five years.[7][12][13] Nawaz also took the Pakistan youth football team to UAE in 1993.[19] In 2001, he was member of the coaching staff during the tour of the Pakistan national team to England.[20][21][22]

Personal life

Nawaz's uncle, Dad Muhammad, also played as a striker in Pakistani football.[23]

During his stay in the United Arab Emirates, Nawaz was offered nationality of the country, which he reportedly turned down. He returned to Karachi in 1980 after coaching in the gulf.[3] He remained vice president of the Pakistan Football Federation for 16 years beginning in 1986 and as manager of sports in Pakistan Airlines football team, also coaching the club.[3][7]

Nawaz has cited Maradona as his idol, and was present in the crowd during the opening match of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, during a match between Argentina against Cameroon.[6] He also served as the member of AFC Expert Committee from 1990 till 1993.[7]

Nawaz was awarded the Pride of Performance Award from the Pakistan government in 1996, due to his contributions to the sport.[10][24]

In his honour, the D Chaudhary Road in Lyari where the house in which Baloch was born, was renamed as Ali Nawaz Baloch Road on 4 August 2008.[3][8]

Nawaz received the AFC Distinguished Service Award in 2013, which was presented by FIFA President Sepp Blatter and AFC President Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa.[7][25] He also served as member of the Sindh Football Association,[3][26] and as match commissioner of the Pakistan Premier League in his late years.[27][28][29][30]

On 28 June 2013, Nawaz's nephew Saqib Baloch who was a practising boxer was killed in Lyari, allegedly by the Pakistan Rangers.[31]

Death

Nawaz died on 28 October 2022 in Karachi. He had been in hospital for the past several days after suffering a brain haemorrhage.[32] The KMC Stadium where Nawaz played often in the 1960s and 1970s while playing for the Pakistan national team and Pakistan Airlines saw a large gathering of former players, coaches, referees and officials in his funeral prayers.[10]

Honours

Individual

See also

References

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  32. ^ "Haroon Malik, NC members express grief over the death of Ali Nawaz". The Nation. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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