Hisham Abdeen
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Hisham Abdeen is a former Sri Lankan rugby sevens and rugby union player who played as a flanker in his playing career.
His sporting career began in Zahira College, Maradana where he took multiple sports including football, rugby, cricket and athletics.[1] He captained Zahira College's association football team in 1979, in effectively his last year with the college.[1] He was also a member of the Zahira College's cricket team from 1977 to 1979.[2] He later switched to Isipathana College and continued to ply his trade in both cricket and football. He made his mark in rugby at Isipathana College, where he endured a golden run in the 1980 school's rugby season, scoring 25 tries.[2][3][4]
He represented the Havelock Sports Club from 1979 to 1988 at the Sri Lanka Rugby Championship and he had a brief captaincy stint with the Havelock Sports Club in 1983 rugby season. He then switched his allegiance for Colombo Hockey and Football Club in 1990 and stayed with the club until 1994.[2]