Masoodul Hassan Butt

Masoodul Hassan Butt
Hassan in 1959
Personal information
Date of birth 1933
Place of birth Lahore, British India
Date of death (aged 80)
Place of death Lahore, Pakistan
Position Center half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950s Olympians Club
International career
1956–1960 Pakistan
Managerial career
1978 Pakistan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Masoodul Hassan Butt (Urdu: مسعود الحسن بٹ; 1933 – 25 March 2013) was a Pakistani footballer who played as a midfielder, and manager. He represented the Pakistan national football team from 1956 to 1960, captaining in 1959. He also served as head coach of Pakistan at the 1978 Saudi Arabia Football Federation International Tournament.

Club career

Hailing from Lahore,[1] Hassan played football from 1948 to 1968. He played for Olympians Club of Lahore in the 1950s.[2] He also represented regional selections of Punjab and Lahore Division at the National Football Championship.

International career

Hassan (standing second from left) with the Pakistan national team, c. 1959

Hassan represented the Pakistan national football team from 1956 to 1962.[3] In 1959, he captained the national team in a tour to Burma under former Scottish goalkeeper turned guest coach/selector John McBride.[4] The same year, he played at the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification.[5] He last played with the national team at the 1960 Merdeka Tournament.[6]

Post-retirement

Following his retirement, he remained affiliated with the football working as coach of Sports Board Punjab, and leaded the national selection committee from 1984 to 1986.[3][7] In 1978, he acted as head coach for the Pakistan national team which participated in the Saudi Arabia Football Federation International Tournament in Riyadh.[8]

He was also guest along with German coach Holger Obermann at the 2006–07 Pakistan Premier League.[9]

Death

Hassan died on Monday of 25 March 2013 at the age of 80 after a protracted illness.[3] Asian Football Confederation General Secretary Dato' Alex Sooray and Russian Football Union President Nikolai Tolstykh sent condolence letters to Pakistan Football Federation President Faisal Saleh Hayat on his demise.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ InpaperMagazine, From (2013-01-13). "In-depth: Pakistan football". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  2. ↑ "OLYMPIANS ARRIVING TONIGHT". The Pakistan Observer. 4 November 1958. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 3 Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2013-03-26). "Former Pakistan football captain dies". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  4. ↑ Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part I". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  5. ↑ "Israel Official Games 1948-1959". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "MERDEKA SCCER: THE FULL PROGRAMME AND TEAMS The Straits Times, 5 August 1960, Page 15". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  7. ↑ "Wohaib Club trials". DAWN.COM. 2006-07-25. Archived from the original on 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  8. ↑ "Footballers for S. Arabia on 3rd". Dawn. 1 May 1978.
  9. ↑ "NBP posts first win". Brecorder. 2006-09-19. Archived from the original on 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  10. ↑ "Russian Football Union condoles former skipper's death". Brecorder. 2013-03-31. Archived from the original on 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  11. ↑ "Press Release-AFC General Secretary and The Football Union of Russia President Mr. Nikolai Tolstyykh send condoles Letter to PFF President Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat on the sad demise of Massod ul Hassan Butt-PFF-HASNAIN". Pakistan Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
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