Muhammad Sohail
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Muhammad Sohail Khan | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Karachi, Pakistan | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Khan Research Laboratories | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority | ||
| 2023– | Khan Research Laboratories | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Pakistan U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023– | Pakistan U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Pakistan | 2 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 17 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 21 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Muhammad Sohail Khan (born 4 September 2001[1]) is a Pakistani professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Khan Research Laboratories and the Pakistan national team.
Club career
[edit]Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
[edit]In 2018, Sohail was a member of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. He made 23 appearances for the club in the 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League season.[2] In the middle of the crisis and bans on the Pakistan Football Federation by FIFA, he again participated in the 2021–22 season, making 12 appearances and scoring three goals, until the league was cancelled shortly after starting.[2]
Khan Research Laboratories
[edit]Sohail moved to Khan Research Laboratories in 2023.[2]
International career
[edit]Sohail was a member of the Pakistan street children football team during the Norway Cup in 2016. After having topped their group and reaching the knockout stages unbeaten at the Norway Cup, a youth football competition with more than 200 teams, the Pakistan team suffered a defeat as they failed to make it into the quarter-finals by losing 0–3 to Sotra SK youth team in their round-of-16 match in Oslo.[3]
Sohail represented Pakistan at the youth level in 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.[4] He went on to make four appearances in the campaign.[2]
In August 2022 Sohail was called up for a trials with the senior national team.[5] In November the same year, he was included in Pakistan's squad for a friendly against Nepal, Pakistan's first fixture in nearly three-and-a-half years because of the Pakistan Football Federation's suspension by FIFA.[6][7]
In October 2023 he represented Pakistan U23 in AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers.[2] He made his senior international debut with Pakistan in the second round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification in a 6–1 home defeat against Tajikistan.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of 21 March 2024[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Muhammad Sohail Stats, Info and performances". FootballCritic. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Muhammad Sohail - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ natasha.raheel (4 August 2016). "Norway Cup: Pakistan street children team knocked out". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Lakhani, Faizan. "Pakistan Football Federation announce 23-member squad for AFC U-19 championship qualifiers". geo.tv. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Farrukh, Muneeb. "Talented striker Waheed upbeat ahead of PFF Trials". SAMAA. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "PFF announces squad for Nepal friendly". Geo Super. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Pakistan back on international circuit after three years". The Nation. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ a b Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Muhammad Sohail Khan (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Muhammad Sohail at National-Football-Teams.com
- Muhammad Sohail at Global Sports Archive
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