Rizwan Asif
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Muhammad Rizwan Asif | ||
| Date of birth | January 8, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Narowal, Pakistan | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wohaib | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Wohaib | ||
| 2008 | Pak Elektron | ||
| 2009–2021 | Khan Research Laboratories | 136 | (21) |
| International career | |||
| 2010–2011 | Pakistan U23 | ||
| 2011–2013 | Pakistan | 7 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Muhammad Rizwan Asif (born 8 January 1990) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a winger for the Pakistan under-23 team and the senior national team.
He was praised for his dribbling, tracking and passing skills. Asif won five league titles and five National Challenge Cup with KRL.
Early career
Asif started his career with Wohaib at the 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League,[1][2] and later played for Pak Elektron.[3]
Khan Research Laboratories
Asif later joined Khan Research Laboratories in 2009,[3] winning his first ever league title in his debut season. He further won three more back to back league titles with the club. He also won the National Football Challenge Cup trophies five times. He missed the whole 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League season because of a leg injury.[4][5]
He also participated in the AFC President's Cup from 2012 to 2014. He was a member of the team which reached the 2013 AFC President's Cup final, after falling to Turkmen club Balkan FT by 0–1 in the final.[6] He received an injury ahead of the 2013 President's Cup while playing a practice game, after developing a hair-line fracture in his leg, the same injury which had previously kept him out of action for almost a year.[4]
International career
Rizwan featured in the 2010 Asian Games with the Pakistan under-23 team. He was selected as vice-captain of the under-23 side at the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualifiers against Malaysia in 2011. The same year, he also played in a test series against Palestine with the under-23 team.[7][8][9] He impressed in both competitions, creating chances down the right wing.
After subsequently featuring at the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification with the senior team, he was controversially excluded for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification in 2011.
