Umar Farooq Tariq Lutfi (born 20 September 1951) is a Pakistani coach and former player. He is the manager of

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. He played his entire career at Pakistan Airlines. He was also the caretaker manager of the

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in 2011.Lutfi appointed Pakistan coach
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''. Tariq has the distinction of being the first-ever

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Coaching Instructor from

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. He is the current manager of

having previously managed his former club Pakistan Airlines and four times

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winners

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and the former head coach of the

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. He was also the manager of Karachi Bazigar in the Geo Super Football League 2007 campaign. Tariq is often described as arguably the most qualified football coach of Pakistan.Controversies will hurt Pakistan soccer: Lutfi
'' Daily Dawn.''

Pakistan Airlines

As a player and coach of Pakistan Airlines, Lutfi has led the team to become

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a record nine times in the history of Pakistani club football.Shazia Hasan
Coach upbeat to bring improvement: Lutfi given charge of football team
'' Daily Dawn.''

Managerial career

Pakistan women football team

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's President

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had appointed Tariq Lutfi as coach of the Pakistan Women football team in 2010. Tariq coached the team for the first SAFF Women Championship in Bangladesh where the team reached the semi-finals for the first time in history.

Pakistan national team

Tariq Lutfi served as head coach of the Pakistan national team several times from 1985 to 2004, and, under his leadership, Pakistan had

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success in the 1989 South Asian Games, as well as in the 1991 South Asian Games and the

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. He returned a caretaker coach in 2011 but was replaced by

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Khan Research Laboratories

Lutfi was appointed as the

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for

before the start of 2011-12 Pakistan Premier League season. Lufti went on to become the league title for three consecutive season, winning the league in 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and finished sixth in 2014-15 season. Lufti also won the

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on four occasions, winning the competition in

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and then successfully defending it in the edition, defeating

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on both occasions in the finals. Lutfi won the cup again in 2015, and went on to defend it in the next edition in

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Sui Southern Gas

In 2017, Lutfi was appointed as the head coach for second division side

after a successful tenure with

. Lutfi won three out four silverware they competed for after winning Major Tufail Shaheed Memorial Football Tournament, All Pakistan Salahuddin Dogar Memorial Football Tournament and winning the second division title to achieve the promotion to

Honours

Tariq Lutfi is widely considered to be the most qualified and successful coach in Pakistan football.Shazia Hasan
Absence of qualified coach hurts as PFF looks the other way
'' Daily Dawn''. "Meanwhile, the most experienced coaches of all here, Tariq Lutfi, was overlooked on the pretense of his not having the required qualifications from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) even though the man has served as coaching instructor for both FIFA and AFC and is confident that his qualifications from England, Germany, Brazil, etc., are enough to get him an honorary certification from AFC to do the needful. The PFF only saw him worthy of coaching the raw national girls’ team, which he helped reach the semi-finals in the recently-concluded inaugural SAFF Women Football Championship." Shazia Hasan of ''

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'' describes Tariq as "arguably the most-qualified football official in Pakistan". He has several coaching qualifications through

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, etc. and has the honour of attending several FIFA and Olympic courses. Tariq has the grand distinction of being the first-ever FIFA Coaching Instructor from South Asia. In 2019, he had the honour of winning the Pakistan Sports Awards for the Best Coach in Pakistan.

Manager

Khan Research Laboratories

: 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 *

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* Pakistan Football Federation League: 2017-18

References

External links

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