Muhammad Irfan Sr. (born 1 April 1990) is a Pakistani

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who plays as a defender for the Pakistan national team. He was a member of Pakistani team in the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

in New Delhi, India. In 2010 Irfan was suspended for three games for deliberately pushing a South African player. He has played in the

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and was selected for the

2018 World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...

. He also represented Pakistan at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He also played for Pakistan in the

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and 2014 Champions Trophy events.

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1990 births Living people Pakistani male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan male field hockey defenders People from Toba Tek Singh District Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in field hockey Commonwealth Games competitors for Pakistan 21st-century Pakistani people {{Pakistan-fieldhockey-bio-stub