Muhammad Sohail
Pakistani footballer (born 2001)
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Muhammad Sohail Khan (born 4 September 2001[1]) is a Pakistani professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Khan Research Laboratories and the Pakistan national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Muhammad Sohail Khan | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Karachi, Pakistan | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Khan Research Laboratories | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority | ||
| 2023– | Khan Research Laboratories | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Pakistan U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023– | Pakistan U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Pakistan | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:00, 17 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:00, 21 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
In 2018, Sohail was a member of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. He made 23 appearances for the club in the 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League season.[2] In the middle of the crisis and bans on the Pakistan Football Federation by FIFA, he again participated in the 2021–22 season, making 12 appearances and scoring three goals, until the league was cancelled shortly after starting.[2]
Khan Research Laboratories
Sohail moved to Khan Research Laboratories in 2023.[2]
International career
Sohail was a member of the Pakistan street children football team during the Norway Cup in 2016. After having topped their group and reaching the knockout stages unbeaten at the Norway Cup, a youth football competition with more than 200 teams, the Pakistan team suffered a defeat as they failed to make it into the quarter-finals by losing 0–3 to Sotra SK youth team in their round-of-16 match in Oslo.[3]
Sohail represented Pakistan at the youth level in 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.[4] He went on to make four appearances in the campaign.[2]
In August 2022 Sohail was called up for a trials with the senior national team.[5] In November the same year, he was included in Pakistan's squad for a friendly against Nepal, Pakistan's first fixture in nearly three-and-a-half years because of the Pakistan Football Federation's suspension by FIFA.[6][7]
In October 2023 he represented Pakistan U23 in AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers.[2] He made his senior international debut with Pakistan in the second round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification in a 6–1 home defeat against Tajikistan.[8]
