Muhammad Qasim (born 1 May 1984) is a retired

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i professional footballer who played for

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throughout his professional career as a right-winger. He has also represented

on international level. Qasim has won league title with Khan Research Laboratories for four times, winning his first league title in 2009-10. Qasim won further three back to back league titles in 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13. Qasim has also won

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with KRL on six occasions including four back to back cup wins from

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and 2012. He won the two more cups in 2015 and

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. Qasim also won

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with Islamabad United in its inaugural season.

Early career

Ravi FC and Islamabad United

Qasim started his footballing career with Ravi FC Islamabad before joining Islamabad United for the

. Qasim won the inaugural season of Geo Super League, scoring 3 goals in 6 appearances.

KRL F.C.

2007-10: Debut year, injuries & first league title

Qasim joined

after conclusion of Geo Super League. He played his first national league game in 2007-08, where he ended the season on third position with KRL and scored 9 goals in 18 appearances. Qasim missed the 2008-09 season due to a knee-injury. Qasim along with Khan Research Laboratories won their first ever league in 2009-10 after drawing 0-0 with

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on the final day of the league. Both teams ended on 60 points each, with Khan Research Laboratories winning the league on goal differences.

2010–2011: Vice captaincy

Qasim was made club's vice-captain in the 2010-11 season. Qasim started his and KRL's season with a 2-0 victory against PAF, Qasim scored the opening goal in 37th minute. On 3 October 2010, Qasim scored his second goal of the season in the 6th minute, as KRL defeated

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2-0 in the game. Qasim netted his first hat-trick of the season in a 4-0 thumping of PEL scoring goals in 23rd, 33rd and 52nd minutes of the game, it marked as his ninth hat-trick of the career. On 3 December 2010, Qasim scored the only goal of the game against

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in the ninth minute. KRL defeated SSGC 3-0 with Qasim scoring second goal for the club in 54th after the left-winger

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broke the offside trap to assist the goal for him. On 12 December 2010, KRL defeated NBP 2-0 as Qasim scored goals in each half, scoring in 18th and 81st minutes respectively. Qasim ended the season as the top-scorer of KRL, scoring 11 goals in 30 games as KRL finished second in the table.

International career

He earned his first international cap by head coach

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against

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in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, a game which Pakistan famously drew 0-0 in

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with Qasim's strong running and work-rate giving a strong impression for the coaching staff and fans alike. His first goal came in a friendly against

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on March 27, 2008 which Pakistan won 2-0 after a long run from his own half before a powerful shot that beat the Nepalese keeper. Qasim later scored an international hat-trick in the 9-2 record win against

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in the

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qualifiers.

International

Goals for Senior National Team

Honours

;Islamabad United *

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;

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: 2009–10, 2011–12,

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, 2013–14 *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qasim, Muhammad 1984 births Living people Pakistani footballers Pakistan international footballers Association football forwards Association football midfielders Khan Research Laboratories F.C. players