Muhammad Rizwan Sr. (born 31 December 1989) 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 midfielder for Dutch club Schaerweijde and the
Pakistan national team.
Club career
Rizwan Sr. plays club hockey in the Netherlands since 2012 when he was signed by
Oranje Zwart
Mixed Hockeyclub Oranje Zwart was a Dutch professional field hockey club located in Eindhoven, North Brabant, which was founded on 1 September 1933. With around 1,700 members – as of 3 May 2006 – it is one of the biggest clubs in the ...
. After Oranje Zwart merged in 2016 with
EMHC, he started playing for the newly formed club
HC Oranje-Rood
Hockeyclub Oranje-Rood (), also known as HC Oranje-Rood or simply Oranje-Rood, is a Dutch field hockey club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. The club was founded on 1 July 2016 as a merger of Oranje Zwart and EMHC.
In May 2019, the first wome ...
. After his contract at Oranje-Rood expired in 2019, he joined Schaerweijde.
International career
2012
Rizwan was included in the squad for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, UK.
He was in the runners-up squad of Pakistan at
2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 35th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held between in Bhubaneswar, India. From this year on the tournament began to be held biennially due to the introduc ...
. At 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 ...
, Rizwan was the captain of the Pakistan team, but he only played two games because he had to withdraw injured after the game against
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
.
See also
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Muhammad Rizwan Jr. (born 1991)
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Pakistani male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan
Male field hockey midfielders
People from Toba Tek Singh District
Asian Games medalists in field hockey
Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games
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
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Hockey India League players
Oranje Zwart players
HC Oranje-Rood players
Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
21st-century Pakistani people
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