Muhammad Saleem (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1942 (age 83–84) | ||
| Place of birth | Nathwala, Sheikhupura, British India | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1959–1960 | Board of Secondary Education | ||
| 1960–1961 | Islamia College Lahore | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–?? | Lahore Division | ||
| Pakistan Western Railway | |||
| International career | |||
| 1962 | Pakistan Youth | ||
| 1964–1965 | Pakistan | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Muhammad Saleem (born 1942) was a Pakistani football player who played as an inside left forward. Saleem captained Pakistan national youth team in the 1962 AFC Youth Championship, and represented the Pakistan national football team between 1964 and 1965.
Saleem was born in 1942, in the village of Nathwala, in the Sheikhupura district of Punjab province, British India.[1][2]
Club career
Saleem started playing football in his school in 1956. In 1959, he was selected as captain of the Board of Secondary Education Lahore team, and was sent for training in Dacca. During this time, he enrolled in Islamia College Lahore, and became captain of the football team of the institution in 1960.[1][2]
In 1961, he was selected by the Lahore Division for the National Football Championship.[1][2]
Saleem went on to play for Pakistan Western Railway.[3]
