Abdul Rehman (footballer)

Abdul Rehman
Personal information
Full name	Abdul Rehman
Date of birth	7 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Karachi, Pakistan
Position(s)	Striker/winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2009	Karachi Port Trust
2009–2019	K-Electric
International career
2008–2014	Pakistan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdul Rehman (born 7 August 1982) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a forward.^[1]

Club career

Rehman started his career at departmental side Karachi Port Trust in 2006.^[2] In his last campaign with the club, He was the fourth top scorer of the 2008–09 Pakistan Premier League with 14 goals.

In 2009, Rehman moved to KESC, later rebranded as K-Electric.^[3]^[4]^[5] He finished as third top scorer of the 2009–10 and 2010–11 Pakistan Premier League, with 10 and 13 goals respectively. He won the maiden 2014-15 Pakistan Premier League title with the club.

Rehman made an appearance for the Pakistan national football team in the qualifying round of the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup against Guam on 6 April 2008, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Adnan Ahmed and scoring the ninth goal for Pakistan on 85th minute.^[6]

He was called once again in 2014 under Mohammad Al-Shamlan, in a friendly against Palestine.^[7]

Rehman hailed from the locality of Lyari in Karachi.^[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Pakistan	2008	1	1
Pakistan	2014	1	0
Total		2	1

Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Abdul Rehman
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 April 2008	Chungshan Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan	Guam	9–2	9–2	2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

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^ Sohail, Shahrukh (2014-11-02). "Comment: Aspiring for mediocrity". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
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