Sarfraz_Rasool
Sarfraz Rasool
Pakistani footballer
Sarfraz Rasool (born 10 July 1975) is a Pakistani former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1] Rasool won the Golden Boot at 2003 SAFF Championship, where he finished as the top-scorer with 4 goals, and was named Asian Football Confederation's Player of the Month for his performance at the SAFF Cup held in March 2003.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sarfraz Rasool | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-07-10) 10 July 1975 (age 48) | ||
| Place of birth | Faisalabad, Pakistan | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1999 | Punjab Medical Center | ? | (?) |
| 1999–2008 | Khan Research Laboratories | ? | (?) |
| 2008–2011 | PMC Athletico | ? | (?) |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2003 | Pakistan | 17 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
PMC
Rasool started his career with Punjab Medical Center club in 1994.[3]
Khan Research Laboratories
As a goal scoring midfielder, Rasool had been playing for departmental side Khan Research Laboratories between 1999 and 2003, when he was eyed by the national team.[2][4] In the 1999 PFF National Challenge Cup played in Chaman, Rasool was nominated player of the tournament.[3]
PMC Athletico Faisalabad
Rasool controversially left Pakistan soon after and moved to England, which effectively ended his international career, but remained with Khan Research Laboratories for some seasons, before eventually returning his former club, now renamed PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad as founder member in August 2008.[2]
Rasool was called by Pakistan in the 1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup held in Nepal.[3] He subsequently became a key part of the national team from 1999 to 2003. He was named as captain of the national team for the 2002 away friendly series against Sri Lanka,[5] and when South Korean club Ulsan HD FC visited Pakistan for test matches in 2002.[3]
Rasool won the Golden Boot during the 2003 SAFF Gold Cup by emerging as the leading goal-scorer with a total of 4 goals.[6] Additionally, he earned the title of Asian Football Confederation Player of the Month for his outstanding performance in the SAFF Cup held in March 2003.[2][7]
In March 2003, he was selected as vice-captain for the national side at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification after Haroon Yousaf.[8]
After quitting playing and moving to England to settle down, Rasool earned the FA Level Two coaching certification, equivalent to UEFA C Licence.[3]
In the 2011–12 Pakistan Premier League, he was nominated assistant coach of PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad under head coach Akhtar Mohiuddin.[9]
On 26 July 2012, Rasool joined Total Football Academy FC in Loughton as youth coach of the under-9 team.[3]
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 5 | |
| Total | 17 | 6 | |
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 25, 2002 | Kalutara Stadium, Kalautara, Sri Lanka |  Sri Lanka |
0–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | January 10, 2003 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  India |
0–1 | 0–1 | 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup |
| 3 | January 12, 2003 | Sri Lanka |
2–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | January 14, 2003 |  Afghanistan |
1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | January 20, 2003 | India |
1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 6 | March 21, 2003 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore |  Macau |
0–2 | 0–3 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
- "Sarfraz Rasool (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
- Editorial Staff (2012-07-29). "Ex-Pakistan star Sarfraz Rasool joins Total Football Academy in UK". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
- Editorial Staff (2013-02-08). "More legends profiled". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC) (in Urdu). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- "Sohail, Sarfaraz power KRL into knock-out stage". DAWN.COM. 2002-10-25. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- "Sri Lanka vs Pakistan test series 2002". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- "Pak beat India in Saff football tourney". The Times of India. 2003-01-10. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part III". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- "Yousuf Haroon to lead Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2003-03-12. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- Staff, Editorial (2011-06-10). "PMC Athletico announce squad for PPL 2011". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- Sarfraz Rasool at National-Football-Teams.com
- Sarfraz Rasool at Global Sports Archive
