Islahuddin Siddiquee

Islahuddin Siddiquee (born 10 January 1948), also spelled Islah-ud-Din Siddiqui, is a field hockey player from Pakistan.[1][3] He was born in Meerut, India.

Islahuddin Siddiquee
Personal information
Born10 January 1948 (1948-01-10) (age 75)[1]
Medal record
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Pakistan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich[2] Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal[2] Team competition
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1971 Barcelona Team
Silver medal – second place 1975 Kuala Lumpur Team
Gold medal – first place 1978 Buenos Aires Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1970 BangkokTeam
Gold medal – first place1974 TehranTeam

A right winger from Pakistan , he led Pakistan to Hockey World Cup glory in 1978. Not only did Pakistan win the World Cup under his captaincy, it also completed a grand slam by winning the Champions Trophy and an Asian Games gold medal as well in 1978.[4]

Islahuddin Siddiquee played between 1967 and 1978. He was capped 130 times and scored 137 goals. He won the silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, W. Germany and a bronze medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics at Montreal.[1][3] Islahuddin was member of team that won 1971 World Cup under captaincy of Khalid Mahmood in Barcelona. He was captain of 1975 World Cup runner-up team and 1978 World Cup winning team. In 1990, he was manager of Pakistan team that was runner up in the World Cup tournament played in Lahore, Pakistan.

After his retirement from the sport, he has been associated with hockey as a coach and manager of the Pakistan field hockey team along with commentator and member of the FIH rules board. The FIH awarded him the greatest award in hockey services, the diploma of merit, in recognition of his international hockey services. He was also the captain of the Pakistan hockey team in 45 test matches (43 matches were won and two ended in a draw). He was a gold medalist in the 1970 Asian Games (Bangkok). Islahuddin Siddiquee is also author of book 'Dash Through My Life'.

Career
  • Islahuddin Siddiquee was capped 130 times and scored 137 goals
  • He was a gold medalist in the 1970 Asian Games held at Bangkok
  • Islahuddin Siddiquee won a gold medal in the first world cup in Barcelona (1971)
  • He was also the manager and chief coach of 'Asian Eleven' in 1990 and then 'Asian Eleven' won the tournament of the five continents.

Awards and recognition

See also

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Islahuddin (full name: Islahuddin Siddiqui)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. "Munawwaruz Zaman Profile". sports-reference.com website. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Islah-ud-Din (full name: Islah-ud-Din Siddiqui)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. "Islahuddin Siddique". Topendsports.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. "Sitara-i-Imtiaz award in 2010 info for Islahuddin Siddique". Dawn. 16 August 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. "Hockey academy to be built in Karachi". Dawn. 30 January 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.