Yousuf Sr.

Muhammad Yousuf
Personal information
Date of birth 1939
Place of birth Lyari, Karachi, British India
Date of death (aged 81–82)
Place of death Karachi, Pakistan
Position Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952 Usmania
1952–1955 Pakistan Tobacco Company
1956 North-Western Railway
1957–1960 KMC
1962–1964 Victoria SC
1965–1972 Pakistan Airlines
International career
1959–1964 Pakistan
Managerial career
1972–1977 Sindh
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Muhammad Yousuf (1939 – 19 May 2021) commonly known as Yousuf Sr. or Yousuf Senior, was a Pakistani footballer who played as a right winger.

Early life

Yousuf was born in Gul Muhammad Lane, in the Lyari locality of Karachi in 1939.[1][2][3][4] He received his primary education from SM Lyari High School, and started playing football since his childhood. During his student days, he was selected in the school team with which he visited Lahore in 1950 and Quetta in 1951.[1]

Club career

Early career

Yousuf participated in the Karachi Championship with the Lyari Combined XI, after impressing the selectors, he travelled to India to play at the Rovers Cup with Karachi team in 1952. In the meantime, Yousuf joined his local Karachi club Usmania, which refused to give him playtime due to his young age years back.[1] The same year, he was included in the football team of Pakistan Tobacco Company.[1] At representative level, Yousuf played for Sindh in the National Football Championship from 1953 to 1955.[1]

KMC

He joined North-Western Railway in 1956, and subsequently played for KMC from 1957 to 1960, while also representing Karachi selection in the National Championship during the same period. In 1958, he travelled to Dacca with Karachi Kickers as guest player to compete in the Aga Khan Gold Cup in Dhaka, which the team eventually won.[1] In 1959, he also toured India with Makran Sports for three months, playing friendly matches in Madras, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Malabar.[1]

Victoria SC

Yousuf (left) with Ghulam Abbas Baloch during the Aga Khan Gold Cup

From 1962 till 1964 Yousuf represented Victoria SC from Dhaka.[5] winning the Dhaka League in 1962 and 1964, alongside with the 1962 Aga Khan Gold Cup. He also represented Dhaka Wanderers Club as a guest player at the 1963 Aga Khan Gold Cup, during which he managed to score four goals against Indonesia XI in the semi-finals.[6]

Pakistan Airlines

Yousuf then joined Pakistan Airlines in 1965, captaining the side from 1970 till 1972.[1]

International career

Yousuf sitting third from left with the Pakistan national team in 1964

In 1959, Yousuf was selected to represent Pakistan during a tour Burma.[7] In the same year, he represented the national team in the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification in Ernakulam, India.[8] Yousuf was then again selected in 1963, For a friendly series against China. Where he scored a brace in one of the matches,[9] alongside another goal in another.[10]

Post-playing career

After retiring as footballer in 1972, Yousuf was associated with the Sindh team as a coach and selector from 1972 till 1977 and was also a national team selector from 1980 till 1983. He was also member of the coaching staff of Pakistan Airlines in 1981, and of the Pakistan national team in 1983. Yousuf also occasionally supervised several matches along with Ghulam Abbas Baloch.[1]

In 1987, he entered the field of administration and was also the secretary of district football federations. He also served as chairman of the selection committee of the Sindh Sports Board and also a coach. He retired from the Pakistan Airlines department in 1997.[1] In the early 2000s, he also served as chief selector of Sindh province as part of the Pakistan Football Federation selection committee,[11] and later as guest in several football tournaments.[12]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yousuf goal.
List of international goals scored by Yousuf Sr.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 30 January 1963 Peshawar, Pakistan  China 1–0 3–2 Friendly [13]
2 [13]
3 3 February 1963 Lahore, Pakistan  China 1–1 1–1 Friendly [14]

Honours

Victoria SC

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "فٹ بال ہیروز کی دنیا" [World of Football Heroes]. Daily Dunya (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  2. ↑ InpaperMagazine, From (13 January 2013). "In-depth: Pakistan football". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Hasan, Shazia (19 April 2020). "FOOTBALL: LYARI'S HOUSE OF FOOTBALL". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "A Sliver Of Solace For Soccer In Pakistan Burns Brightly". firstandpen.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "Pakistan Observer 1963.10.27 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Soccer team to tour Burma announced". Pakistan Observer. 14 April 1959. p. 6.
  8. ↑ "Israel Official Games 1948-1959". rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Thursday 31 January 1963". Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Monday 04 February 1963". Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ Ali, Shazad (16 August 2003). "PFF reverts to old selection system". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Khyber Muslim down Nawab XI to clinch football crown". DAWN.COM. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  13. 1 2 "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Thursday 31 January 1963". Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Monday 04 February 1963". Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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