Gohar Zaman

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Gohar Zaman
Zaman in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gohar Zaman
Date of birth (1979-12-15) December 15, 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Peshawar, Pakistan
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Allied Bank
International career
2002 Pakistan U23
1999–2002 Pakistan 10 (5)
Managerial career
2007–2012 Pakistan (assistant)
2009 Pakistan U-20
2019–2021 Pakistan (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gohar Zaman (born December 15, 1979) is a Pakistani

footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Club career

Zaman won

National Football Challenge Cup four times with Allied Bank, winning in 1996
, 1998, 1999 and 2002.

International career

During the 2002 World Cup qualifiers he became the only Pakistani footballer to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match.[5] He completed hat-trick within 40 minutes against Sri Lanka in a 3–3 draw.[6]

Zaman retired in 2002, following a shin fracture injury against Hong Kong in the 2002 Asian games in Busan.[7]

Managerial career

Following his retirement, Zaman completed AFC "C" and "B" Certificate Football Coaching courses at Lahore in 2002 and 2006 respectively.[8][5] Later on, he attended several FIFA Special Coaching Courses under Jimmy Shoulder, Erich Rutemöller, Klaus Stark and George Kottan.[8]

Zaman was appointed as the assistant manager of the Pakistan national football team in 2007.[8] He was also appointed as manager of the Pakistan national under-20 football team in 2009.[8]

Zaman (second to left) as assistant manager of the Pakistan national team in 2011

In 2012, Gohar was dismissed from his position as assistant manager under the leadership of the Faisal Saleh Hayat, due to allegations of irresponsibility made by the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).[9][10] However, it was later discovered that the real reason for his dismissal was his refusal to hand over the salary he had received from the Asian Football Confederation's Aid-27 program to the PFF.[9][11] Over the years, the PFF had been consistently reclaiming the salaries of coaches, received from the Asian football governing body, under the pretense of these funds being "donations" intended to support Pakistan football.[9]

Following the expulsion of Hayat by FIFA, he was assigned the assistant role again in 2019, for a tour in Malaysia under head coach Tariq Lutfi.[9]

Career statistics

International statistics

Appearances and goals by year and competition[1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Pakistan
1999 2 2
2001 6 3
2002 2 0
Total 10 5

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 September 26, 1999 Dasharath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal  India 5–1 5–2 1999 South Asian Games
2 September 30, 1999    Nepal 1–1 3–1
3 April 8, 2009 Beirut Municipal Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon  Sri Lanka 1–2 3–3 2002 AFC FIFA World Cup qualification
4 2–2
5 3–3

Honours

Allied Bank

References

  1. ^ a b "Gohar Zaman (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  2. ^ "Pakistan 1997". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. ^ "Pakistan 1999". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  4. ^ "Pakistan 2000". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  5. ^ a b "PFF names Gohar as Pakistan U-19 coach". The Nation. 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  6. ^ "Searching for success: Pakistan's long wait for first FIFA World Cup qualifier win". FIFA. 28 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Sohail, Sarfaraz power KRL into knock-out stage". DAWN.COM. 2002-10-25. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  8. ^ a b c d "Gohar Zaman appointed U-19 football team coach". Brecorder. 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  9. ^ a b c d Editorial Staff (2019-12-27). "Ayaz, Lutfi and Gohar named officials for Pakistan's tour of Malaysia [Dawn]". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  10. ^ Editorial Staff (2012-05-01). "Gohar Zaman fired from manager post, Zavisa given role". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  11. ^ Editorial Staff (2015-12-09). "Emotionally-charged Nasir, Gohar lash out at PFF corruption [Dawn]". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-07-14.

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