Abdul Wahid Durrani
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Abdul Wahid Khan Durrani born in Quetta
, Balochistan
, Pakistan
on 30 June 1917, was a former Pakistani international footballer.
He has had an illustrious and exemplary career as one of the greatest footballers of the South Asia. As a legend in the game in his era, he gained great popularity in Pakistan due to his great control, speed,and shot.
Abdul Wahid Khan Durrani, nicknamed Wahido, raised his game to perfection with regularly putting efforts for hours in the daily practice, with discipline, commitment, and by keeping consistently in all these.
He played in Pakistan's first international in 1950, in a match against Iran
. Durrani later became captain of the Pakistan national football team
and in his career he scored 15 international goals in 13 games.
Quetta
is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...
, Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
on 30 June 1917, was a former Pakistani international footballer.
He has had an illustrious and exemplary career as one of the greatest footballers of the South Asia. As a legend in the game in his era, he gained great popularity in Pakistan due to his great control, speed,and shot.
Abdul Wahid Khan Durrani, nicknamed Wahido, raised his game to perfection with regularly putting efforts for hours in the daily practice, with discipline, commitment, and by keeping consistently in all these.
He played in Pakistan's first international in 1950, in a match against Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. Durrani later became captain of the Pakistan national football team
Pakistan national football team
The Pakistan national football team is controlled by the Pakistan Football Federation and is a member of the Asian Football Confederation . The team has not yet qualified for either the FIFA World Cup or Asian Cup championships. Twice they have finished third in the South Asian Football Federation...
and in his career he scored 15 international goals in 13 games.