Shabbir Hussain

Shabbir Hussain
Hussain in 1987
Personal information
Full name Shabbir Hussain
Date of birth (1965-03-13)13 March 1965
Place of birth Quetta, Pakistan
Date of death 31 December 2024(2024-12-31) (aged 59)
Place of death Australia
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hazara Club Quetta
1982–1984 Pakistan Army
1985–1989 Pakistan Steel
1990–1995 WAPDA
1992 → Wohaib (loan)
International career
1987–1992 Pakistan (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shabbir Hussain (Urdu: شبیر حسین; 13 March 1965 – 31 December 2024) was a Pakistani footballer who played as a midfielder for the Pakistan national team during the 1980s and 1990s. He also contributed to the national team's first South Asian Games title in 1989.

Club career

Hussain began his career with Hazara Club Quetta, and later went on to play for Pakistan Army, Pakistan Steel, and WAPDA.[1] He was also crucial to WAPDA's victory in the 1991 National Football Championship, as well as their win for the 1992 National Games.[2]

He was also borrowed by Wohaib FC to take part in the qualifying round of the 1992–93 Asian Club Championship, where the team earned victories over Club Valencia from Maldives and Brothers Union from Bangladesh to qualify for Group B, becoming the first Pakistani club to pass the qualifying round of an Asian competition. However after the qualification, Hussain returned to WAPDA after the start of the 1992–93, held from 20 October 1992 to 14 February 1993.[3]

International career

In 1987, Hussain was first selected by the Pakistan national team for the 1988 Summer Olympics Qualification in Nepal. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification for Pakistan in 1989.[4] He also played as substitute in the 1989 South Asian Games final against Bangladesh, which Pakistan would go on to win by 1–0.[5] He then featured in the 1990 Asian Games.[6][7]

In 1992, Hussain played at the 1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification.[1][8] The same year, he participated with the national team at the 1992 Jordan International Tournament.

Honours

Player

References

  1. 1 2 Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Shabbir Hussain (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Wahidi, Akber (31 December 1992). "WAPDA clinch Soccer gold". The Pakistan Times.
  3. ↑ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part III". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "International Matches 1989 - Asia". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Pakistan vs. Bangladesh". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "The Straits Times, Singapore spring six-goal surprise, 28 September 1990, Page 39,".
  7. ↑ Bhatti, Mukhtar (1999). Pakistan Sports: An Almanac of Pakistan Sports with Complete Records 1947-1999. Bhatti Publications. pp. 237–250.
  8. ↑ "International Matches 1992 - Asia". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
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