Salman Akbar

Salman Akbar (born 3 January 1982,[1] in Lahore)[2] is a Former Captain and Goalkeeper of the Pakistan Men's Hockey Team. He is a veteran of 230 games. He has represented Pakistan in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He lives in Holland.

Salman Akbar
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Pakistan
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouTeam
Asia Cup
2013 IpohTeam
Champions Trophy
2003 AmstelveenTeam
2004 LahoreTeam

In 2018, he was appointed as Japan's Men's Teams Goalkeeping Coach.[3]

Career

2001

Captain Pakistan Junior Hockey Team, Presented Pakistan national senior team in champions trophy Rotterdam,Holland

2002

Presented Pakistan in world cup Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

2003

Presented Pakistan in champions trophy Amstelveen,Holland

2004

Presented Pakistan in Athens,Greece Olympics and also champions trophy Lahore,Pakistan

2005

Won Robo Cup beating Australia in final Amstelveen,Holland

2006

Won silver medal in Common Wealth Games Melbourne,Australia. Bronze in Asian Games Doha,Qatar and played world cup Mönchengladbach, Germany.

2007

Captain of Pakistan Hockey Team in champions Trophy Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

2008

Presented Pakistan in Beijing,China Olympics

2010

In November, Akbar was a part of the gold medal winning team at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. At the 2010 Asian games he has rewarded as a best goal keeper in the tournament Beijing, China. Played world cup Delhi,India

2019

Salman Akbar play for Victoria and also give training to the Victoria and HC Pijnacker keepers

See also

Pakistan national field hockey team

References
  1. biography Asian Games website. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  2. Salman Akbar sports reference. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  3. thedragflick (21 February 2019). "Japan Hockey: "Asian Gold has given Japanese players massive confidence." Salman Akbar". TheDragflick™. Retrieved 20 March 2019.


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