Rashid Mehmood (born 15 August 1987)
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 Dutch club Schaerweijde and the
Pakistan national team.
[Pakistan at 2012 Olympic Games](_blank)
FIH Retrieved 17 July 2012
Club career
Rashid 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 expired in 2019, he joined Schaerweijde.
International career
2012
Mehmood was included in the squad for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, UK.
References
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1987 births
Living people
Field hockey players from Bahawalpur
Pakistani male field hockey players
Male field hockey defenders
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games
Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Olympic field hockey players of Pakistan
Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan
Asian Games medalists in field hockey
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Oranje Zwart players
HC Oranje-Rood players
Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
Expatriate field hockey players
Pakistani expatriates in the Netherlands
Hockey India League players