Amjad Iqbal

Football player infobox
playername = Amjad Iqbal


fullname = Amjad Iqbal
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|9|23|df=y
cityofbirth = Bradford
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Farsley Celtic
clubnumber = 4
position = Defender or Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Bradford City
years =
2003–
clubs = Thackley
Farsley Celtic
caps(goals) = 0? (?)
68 (8)
nationalyears = 2007–
nationalteam = Pakistan
nationalcaps(goals) = 02 (0)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =

Amjad Iqbal (Urdu: Nastaliq|امجد اقبال) (born 23 September 1980Fact|date=August 2008 in Bradford, England) is a professional footballer who plays for Farsley Celtic. He has been capped by Pakistan.

Club career

Iqbal started his career at youth level with Bradford City before moving to local non-league club, Thackley in the Northern Counties East Football League and signed for Farsley Celtic in 2002.

Iqbal helped Farsley achieve three promotions in four years, the last promotion being in the 2006–07 season when they were promoted to the Conference National with Iqbal as club captain. Iqbal played 20 consecutive games for Farsley in their 2006–07 promotion season in which they finished in fifth place in the Conference North and beat Hinckley United in the play off final to earn promotion to the Conference National. He has also been recently team captain in many games.cite news
title =Amjad sees Celtic home
publisher = Asian Image
date = 2007-06-20
url = http://www.asianimage.co.uk/search/display.var.1466179.0.amjad_sees_celtic_home.php
accessdate = 2008-01-03 ] He has twice won the Farsley Player of the year award.

International career

Iqbal become Farsley's first international when he received a call up to the Pakistan squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Iraq, in October 2007. Pakistan lost 7–0 on aggregate over two matches, but held Iraq to a nil-nil draw in the second leg.cite news
title = Bradford pair star for Pakistan
publisher = Bradford Telegraph and Argus
date = 2007-10-30
url =http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.1795827.0.php
accessdate = 2008-01-03 ] However, Amjad could not take part in the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 and was not called up for SAFF Cup 2008 due to club and work commitments.

Personal life

Iqbal is also a part-time chemistry lecturer at Bradford College.cite news
title =Call up for Amjad and Adam
publisher = Asian Image
date = 2007-10-07
url = http://www.asianimage.co.uk/sport/latest/display.var.1745722.0.call_up_for_amjad_and_adam.php
accessdate = 2008-01-03 ] cite news
last name=Whiting
first name=Ian
title = Busy Iqbal asks to work part-time
publisher = Bradford Telegraph and Argus
date = 2007-09-21
url =http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.1705987.0.busy_iqbal_asks_to_work_parttime.php
accessdate = 2008-01-03 ] His nickname is Ammers.

ee also

*Pakistan Football Federation

References

External links

*soccerbase|46940|Amjad Iqbal
* [http://www.farsley-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadpcrr.asp?pid=121421 Stats]
* [http://farsley.bpweb.net/firstteam.html Farsley Celtic first team]