Muhammad Nadeem Ahmed (also ''Muhammad Nadeem'', ur, محمد ندیم احمد; born 5 March 1972 in

Gojra Gojra ( Punjabi and ur, ), the administrative capital of Gojra Tehsil, is the city of Toba Tek Singh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Gojra is from Faisalabad, from Lahore and north of Toba Tek Singh. Founded in 1896 during the B ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

) is a retired

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

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. He represented

in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and he has served as a full-fledged member and single-time captain of the national field hockey team throughout his sporting career. Nadeem made his official debut at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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, where he and the Pakistanis missed a chance to claim a bronze medal against the Aussies in the men's field hockey tournament with an official score of 3–6. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, Nadeem qualified for the second time as a member of the Pakistani squad in the men's field hockey after receiving a wild card invitation from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

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. Narrowly missing out a slot for the semifinals by two points, Nadeem helped the Pakistanis scored a goal of 4–2 to defeat the notorious New Zealand team in the fifth place classification match. Serving as the team captain in field hockey, Nadeem was also appointed by the

Pakistan Olympic Association Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) or National Olympic Committee of Pakistan (NOC) ( ur, پاکستان اولمپک ایسوسی ایشن, acronym: POA) is the national olympic organization in Pakistan. It was established in 1948 to oversee the ...

to carry the Pakistani flag in the opening ceremony. Shortly after his second Olympics, Nadeem announced his official retirement from international hockey after intense pressures escalated him from the team's fifth-place finish at the concluded Games.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nadeem, Muhammad 1972 births Living people People from Toba Tek Singh District Pakistani male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1998 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2002 Asian Games Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Pakistan Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Beeston Hockey Club players Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games