Tanveer Ahmed ( ur, تنویر احمد; born 15 April 1976) is a

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and former

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who is the current head coach of

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in the

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Club career

Ahmed started his career at CMF Sialkot, where his defensive ability was brought to attention and soon was called up to the national team. He was transferred to

in the 2002 season, where he was given the captaincy and won the National Championship in 2003. In the new

in 2004, WAPDA were one of the favourites to win the title, but it took until the final day of the season before they were crowned champions. They lost the PPL the following year.

Managerial career

After retiring from international football after the 2010 World Cup qualifiers in 2007, Ahmed became

Assistant Manager as well as retaining his squad player status, and helped them with the

2007–08 Pakistan Premier League The 2007–08 season is the 53rd season of Pakistan domestic football and the 4th season of the Pakistan Premier League and was held from November 1, 2007, to February 6, 2008, under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation. Changes Recently, ...

. As a result of these displays on and off the pitch, Tanveer Ahmed was once again called back to the national squad for the

AFC Challenge Cup 2008 The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament was organised by AFC and was hosted by India.The tournament was played from 30 July – 13 August 2008. India won the final against Tajikistan. India was also the winner of the fair play award and ...

qualifiers by head coach

Akhtar Mohiuddin Akhtar Mohiuddin (Urdu: ) (born 1 March 1956 in Chaman, Pakistan), is a Pakistani professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of PMC Athletico. Mohiuddin was also the head coach of the Pakistan footbal ...

. After failing to reach the AFC Challenge Cup he retired again. He is the head coach at WAPDA since 2021.

Career statistics

International

International goals

Honours

WAPDA

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: 2003, 2004–05, 2007–08

References

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* * 1976 births Living people Pakistani men's footballers Pakistan men's international footballers WAPDA F.C. players Pakistani football managers Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Men's association football defenders Asian Games competitors for Pakistan {{Pakistan-footy-bio-stub