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Murad Bakhsh
Bakhsh in the 1960s
Personal information
Full name Murad Bakhsh Makwa
Date of birth 1951
Place of birth Lyari, Pakistan
Date of death (aged 59)
Place of death Lyari, Pakistan
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Karachi Port Trust
PPWD
KMC
Habib Bank
1960–1963 Dhaka Wanderers
1962 Victoria SC
1978–1991 Sharjah Army
International career
1960s Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Murad Bakhsh Makwa (1951 – 11 January 2011) was a Pakistani footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Club career

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Nicknamed as Pencil due to his lanky physique, Bakhsh played as a left-in.[2]

Bakhsh sitting at the far right with Dhaka Wanderers Club at the Pakistan President's Gold Cup in Karachi in 1961

He represented the Karachi Port Trust, Pakistan Public Works Department, Karachi Municipal Corporation and Habib Bank football teams while also playing for clubs in Dhaka in East Pakistan.[2][3]

In 1960, Dhaka Wanderers brought Bakhsh in, winning their seventh First Division League title. In 1963, the club finished as runner-up of the Aga Khan Gold Cup after defeating Police AC, Nepal XI, Pakistan Western Railway and Indonesia XI in the semi-final. In the final, held on 29 October 1963, Wanderers lost 1–2 to Pakistan Railways, with Bakhsh included in the starting eleven of the game.[4]

In 1962, Bakhsh represented eventual winners, Victoria SC, at the Aga Khan Gold Cup in Dhaka.[5]

In 1978, he left for the United Arab Emirates and represented the Sharjah Army football team for 13 years.[2]

International career

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Bakhsh sitting at far right with Pakistan in 1966

Bakhsh was part of the Pakistan national football team in the late 1960s.[2] In 1967, he featured in the 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification in Burma.[6] In the late 1960s, he capained the national team during a tour to Russia.[7]

Coaching career

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Bakhsh served as head coach of the Pakistan Blues team at the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup.[6]

Death

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Bakhsh died after a prolonged illness on 11 January 2011, aged only 59. Suffering from cancer for the past several years, he was living in precarious conditions in Lyari, forcing his lone son to leave his football career in favour of becoming a motor mechanic. He left behind his son and a daughter.[2] A-minute silence was observed before a regional league football match, three hours after his death.[8][9]

Honours

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Dhaka Wanderers

Victoria SC

References

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  1. ^ "Editorial | Special Report | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e Newspaper, From the (2011-01-11). "Former footballer Murad Bakhsh passes away". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  3. ^ "The years of dreams | Special Report | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  4. ^ Dulal, Mahmud (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war in the playground) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
  5. ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Sunday 21 October 1962". p. 12. Retrieved 23 May 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ a b Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  7. ^ "روزنامہ دنیا :- کھیلوں کی دنیا:-انٹرنیشنل فٹبالر عبدالجبار کراچی میں انتقال کرگئے". Roznama Dunya: روزنامہ دنیا :-. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  8. ^ Agencies (2011-01-11). "Singolane overwhelm Winder 3-1 in Lyari League". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  9. ^ Newspaper, From the (2011-01-11). "Idrees claims hat-trick". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
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