Sumbal Khan

Sumbal Khan
	Khan in 1953
Personal information
Date of birth	Unknown
Place of birth	Peshawar, British India
Date of death	December 2007
Place of death	Peshawar, Pakistan
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Warsak FC
1955–1956	East Bengal
??–1961	NWFP
International career
1952–1956	Pakistan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sumbal Khan (Urdu, Pashto: سنبل خان; died December 2007) was a Pakistani footballer who played as a centre-back. He was the sixth captain in the history of the Pakistan national football team after Osman Jan, Abdul Wahid Durrani, Muhammad Sharif, Moideen Kutty and Jamil Akhtar. Khan also played for East Bengal in India.^[1]

Early life

Khan hailed from Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province in British India.^[2]

Club career

Khan played as a centre-back, starting his career at Peshawar club Warsak FC. He was among the few players who played in the inaugural National Football League of Pakistan at YMCA Ground in Karachi in 1948. In the 1950s he played in India for East Bengal.^[1]^[3] He represented the NWFP provincial team until 1961 in Pakistan Football Federation's show piece event.

International career

Sumbal first represented Pakistan in the 1952 Colombo Cup in Ceylon. He later featured in the 1953 edition in Burma and the 1954 Asian Games at Philippines. Sumbal became the sixth captain in the history of the Pakistan national football team at the 1955 Colombo Cup at Dhaka. He also toured with national team at Ceylon, Singapore and China in 1956.^[4]

Personal life

Khan died in December 2007.^[5] The Sumbal Khan Football Ground in Peshawar was named after him.

Honours

Pakistan

Colombo Quadrangular Cup: 1952

References

^ ^a ^b "Team Archives – EAST BENGAL CLUB". eastbengalfootballclub.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09.
^ InpaperMagazine, From (2013-01-13). "In-depth: Pakistan football". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
^ "কলকাতায় দুইজন পাক খেলোয়াড়, ইস্টবেঙ্গলে খেলার কথা" [Two Pakistani players in Kolkata, Set to play for East Bengal]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 16 June 1955.
^ Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part I". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
^ "Death of footballer Sumbal Khan mourned". Brecorder. 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

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[eastbengalfootballclub1-1] "Team Archives – EAST BENGAL CLUB". eastbengalfootballclub.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09.

[2] InpaperMagazine, From (2013-01-13). "In-depth: Pakistan football". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

[pak55-3] "কলকাতায় দুইজন পাক খেলোয়াড়, ইস্টবেঙ্গলে খেলার কথা" [Two Pakistani players in Kolkata, Set to play for East Bengal]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 16 June 1955.

[4] Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part I". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

[5] "Death of footballer Sumbal Khan mourned". Brecorder. 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

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