Amjad Iqbal
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| Amjad Iqbal | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Amjad Iqbal | |
| Date of birth | 23 September 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Bradford, England | |
| Playing position | Defender or Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Farsley Celtic | |
| Number | 4 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Bradford City | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
2003– |
Thackley Farsley Celtic |
? (?) 68 (8) |
| National team | ||
| 2007– | Pakistan | 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Amjad Iqbal (born 23 September 1979 in Bradford, England) is a semi-professional footballer who plays for Farsley Celtic. He has been capped by Pakistan.
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[edit] Club career
Iqbal started his career at youth level with Bradford City before moving to local non-league club, Thackley in the Northern Counties East Football League and signed for Farsley Celtic in 2002.[1]
Iqbal helped Farsley achieve three promotions in four years, the last promotion being in the 2006–07 season when they were promoted to the Conference National with Iqbal as club captain.[2] Iqbal played 20 consecutive games for Farsley in their 2006–07 promotion season in which they finished in fifth place in the Conference North and beat Hinckley United in the play off final to earn promotion to the Conference National. He has also been recently team captain in many games. [1] He has twice won the Farsley Player of the year award.[1]
[edit] International career
Iqbal become Farsley's first international when he received a call up to the Pakistan squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Iraq, in October 2007. Pakistan lost 7–0 on aggregate over two matches, but held Iraq to a nil-nil draw in the second leg.[3] However, Amjad could not take part in the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 and was not called up for SAFF Cup 2008 due to club commitments and overlooking by Pakistan coach Akhtar Mohiuddin respectively.
[edit] Personal life
Iqbal is also a part-time chemistry lecturer at Bradford College.[2][4] His nickname is Ammers.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Amjad sees Celtic home", Asian Image, 2007-06-20. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ a b "Call up for Amjad and Adam", Asian Image, 2007-10-07. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ "Bradford pair star for Pakistan", Bradford Telegraph and Argus, 2007-10-30. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ "Busy Iqbal asks to work part-time", Bradford Telegraph and Argus, 2007-09-21. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
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