Naveed Akram

Naveed Akram (Urdu: نوید اکرم; born May 16, 1984) is a Pakistani former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

Naveed Akram
Personal information
Full name Muhammad Naveed Akram
Date of birth (1984-05-10) 10 May 1984
Place of birth Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2014 WAPDA
2007 Lahore Lajpaals
2014–2015 Lyallpur
International career
2004–2006 Pakistan U23
2004–2009 Pakistan 18 (1)
Medal record
Pakistan
WinnerSouth Asian Games2004 Islamabad
WinnerSouth Asian Games2006 Colombo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Akram won three league titles with WAPDA.

He was part of the Lahore Lajpaal team that lost in the semi-finals of Geo Super Football League.

International career

Akram was called by the Pakistan under-23 national team for the 2004 and 2006 South Asian Games, where he helped Pakistan win the gold medal.[1][2]

He made his senior international debut on 16 June 2005 during the India-Pakistan friendly series.[3]

Playing style

Naveed plays as an attacking right back on the pitch, and always tends to assist in the attacking plays as well as having a knack of scoring goals himself.

He is most known for his memorable long range goal in the 2006 Asian games football when Pakistan came close to a huge upset against Japan.[4]

Career statistics

International
Appearances and goals by year and competition[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Pakistan 2005 6 0
2006 8 1
2007 1 0
2008 3 0
Total 18 0

U-23
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 November 29, 2006 Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Japan 2–3 2–3 2006 Asian Games

Senior
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1November 15, 2007Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE United Arab Emirates1–02–32007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

WAPDA

Pakistan U-23

References
  1. "9th South Asian Federation Games 2004 (Pakistan)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  2. "Football team to be honoured". DAWN.COM. 2006-11-25. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  3. "Indo-Pak 2005 - The Indian national team tours Pakistan - presented by IndianFootball.Com and footballpakistan.com". www.indianfootball.de. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  4. "rediff.com: Doha Asian Games". m.rediff.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  5. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Naveed Akram (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2023-10-17.


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