Sarfraz Rasool

Rasool with Pakistan at the 1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name	Sarfraz Rasool Chaudhry[1]
Date of birth	(1975-07-10) 10 July 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Faisalabad, Pakistan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1999	Punjab Medical Center
1999–2008	Khan Research Laboratories
2008–2011	PMC Athletico
International career
1997–2003	Pakistan	23	(6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sarfraz Rasool (born 10 July 1975) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.^[2] Rasool won the Golden Boot at 2003 SAFF Championship, where he finished as the top-scorer with 4 goals, and was named Asian Football Confederation's Player of the Month for his performance at the SAFF Cup held in March 2003.^[3]

Early life

Rasool was born on 10 July 1975 in Faisalabad, in the Punjab province of Pakistan.^[1]

Club career

International career

Rasool was called by Pakistan in the 1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup held in Nepal. He subsequently became a key part of the national team from 1999 to 2003. At the 1999 SAFF Gold Cup, Rasool was nominated player of tournament.^[1]

He was named as captain of the national team for the 2002 away friendly series against Sri Lanka, and when South Korean club Ulsan HD FC visited Pakistan for test matches in 2002.^[5][6]

Rasool won the Golden Boot during the 2003 SAFF Gold Cup by emerging as the leading goal-scorer with a total of 4 goals.^[7] Additionally, he earned the title of Asian Football Confederation Player of the Month for his outstanding performance in the SAFF Cup held in March 2003.^[3][1]

In March 2003, he was selected as vice-captain for the national side at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification after Haroon Yousaf.^[8]

Coaching career

After quitting playing and settling in England, Rasool earned the FA Level Two coaching certification, equivalent to UEFA C Licence.

In the 2011–12 Pakistan Premier League, he was nominated assistant coach of PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad under head coach Akhtar Mohiuddin.

On 26 July 2012, Rasool joined Total Football Academy FC in Loughton as youth coach of the under-9 team.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Pakistan	1997	2	0
	1999	3	0
	2000	2	0
	2001	6	0
	2002	3	1
	2003	7	5
Total		23	6

Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rasool goal.

List of international goals scored by Sarfraz Rasool

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 March 2002	Kalutara Stadium, Kalautara, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	0–1	2–1	Friendly
2	10 January 2003	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	India	0–1	0–1	2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
3	12 January 2003	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	2–1	2–1	2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
4	14 January 2003	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Afghanistan	1–0	1–0	2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
5	20 January 2003	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh	India	1–1	2–1	2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
6	21 March 2003	Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	Macau	0–2	0–3	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification

References

External links

• Sarfraz Rasool at National-Football-Teams.com
• Sarfraz Rasool at Global Sports Archive

Awards
Preceded by Naresh Joshi Baichung Bhutia Mizanur Rahman Dawn Mohamed Wildhan	SAFF Cup Golden Boot 2003	Succeeded by Ibrahim Fazeel Ali Ashfaq Ahmed Thariq