Shakeel Abbasi

Shakeel Abbasi (b: 5 January 1984,[1] Quetta, Pakistan) is an international field hockey player from Pakistan. He plays centre forward. He made his international debut for Pakistan in 2003.[2]

Career

He was part of the team which won the silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia and the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.

Abbasi was part of the squad which placed 8th at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.[3]

Abbasi was awarded a Category A central contract for the year.

He toured Europe as part of the national team's preparations for the Commonwealth Games in September.

He was part of the sixth place team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India. In the first match, he scored Pakistan's opening goal in the 3–0 victory over Scotland.

In November 2010, Abbasi was part of the team at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Abbasi was part of the Pakistani team that won the silver medal at 2011 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, Ordos, China.

Abbasi was likely to be picked for the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics according to Pakistan Hockey Federation secretary Asif Bajwa's reported statement to the news media.[4][5]

"Shakeel Abbasi profile". London 2012 Olympics website. 18 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
A Brief History of Field Hockey in Pakistan Pak Tribune newspaper, Published 26 November 2018, Retrieved 8 July 2021
Pakistan's Olympic Campaign 2008 (Olympic team included Shakeel Abbasi) All Things Pakistan website, Published 7 August 2008, Retrieved 8 July 2021
Mohammad Yaqoob (19 June 2012). "Rehan Butt, Shakeel Abbasi likely for Olympic squad". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
Olympian Shakeel Abbasi asked to rejoin training camp The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 26 July 2013, Retrieved 18 July 2021

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