Bahadur Khan (referee)
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| Born | Karachi, British India | ||
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| National Football Championship | Referee | ||
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Bahadur Khan (Urdu: بہادر خان) was a Pakistani FIFA football referee. He has been regarded as one of the most prominent football referees from Pakistan.[1][2][3]
At domestic level, Khan refereed at the National Football Championship.[4]
Khan was affiliated with FIFA as a referee.[5][6][7] He refereed at the 1960 Merdeka Tournament, where he refereed a group stage match between South Korea and Indonesia,[8][9] and the final between Malaya and South Korea.[10][11]
He also refereed at the 1962 AFC Youth Championship.[12] The same year, he published a book named "Pakistan Football" and presented it to the Malayan Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman.[3][13][14]
On 7 February 1963, Khan refereed the match between Pakistan and the touring China national team in Peshawar.[15]
On 10 January 1969, Khan officiated the Tehran derby between Persepolis and Taj in the 1968–69 Tehran Tournament, the first instance of a foreign referee being appointed to the fixture.[16][17][18][19]
He refereed the match between Iran and North Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics Qualifiers.[20]