- 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 orMidfielder
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) (born23 September 1980 Fact|date=August 2008 inBradford ,England ) is a professional footballer who plays for Farsley Celtic. He has been capped byPakistan .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 theConference 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 theAFC Challenge Cup 2008 and was not called up forSAFF Cup 2008 due to club and work commitments.Personal life
Iqbal is also a part-time
chemistry lecturer atBradford 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
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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]
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