Atif Bashir
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Atif Bashir | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Barry Town F.C. | ||
Number | - | ||
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 8, 2008 |
Atif Bashir Qureishi (born on 3 April, 1985) is a Pakistani footballer, who plays for Barry Town F.C. in the Welsh Football League First Division.
Born to a British Pakistani father and a Turkish German mother, Atif could have theoretically played for Germany, Turkey, either of the British Home Nations, as well as Pakistan to whom he eventually chose to represent.
Although initially part of the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup squad, he could not join the team because of his Pakistani passport had not been made yet. Few months later, he made his International Debut for Pakistan in the 2008 SAFF Championship against the Maldives then encountering India and Nepal in the first round.
Atif has had spend 7 years as a youth in professional clubs such as Hertha BSC Berlin and Cardiff City.