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Mohammad Siddiq
Siddiq in 1960
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Siddiq Tajik
Date of birth 1933
Place of birth Quetta, British India
Date of death (aged 86–87)
Place of death Quetta, Pakistan
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Hazara FC Quetta
Baloch Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Balochistan
Pakistan Railways
Ordnance Depot Quetta
Dhaka Mohammedan
International career
1958–1961 Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mohammad Siddiq (Urdu: محمد صدیق; 1933 – 26 May 2020), also known as Master Siddiq[1][2] or Siddiq Tajik,[3] was a Pakistani footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Siddiq is among the major players of the Pakistan national football team in the 1950s and 1960s,[4] and is considered one of the most successful goalkeepers to play for Pakistan in the nation's early years.[3]

Early life

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Siddiq was born in Quetta, the capital in the Baluchistan Agency of British India in 1933.[3][1]

Club career

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East Pakistan and Balochistan teams pictured at the 1959 National Championship final. Siddiq sitting third from left

Siddiq started his youth career with Hazara Club Quetta, and later played for Baloch Club. He also played out of position as a centre-half and inside-right in his school team.[3]

He later represented the Balochistan provincial team, Pakistan Railways, and Ordnance Depot Quetta at the National Football Championship. He also played at Dhaka Mohammedan at the Dhaka League in East Pakistan.[3]

International career

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Siddiq (standing third from left) with the Pakistan national team, c. 1959

Siddiq represented the Pakistan national team as a regular starter from 1958 till 1961.[3]

After impressing national team selector and coach John McBride, he was included as of the goalkeepers of the squad along with East Pakistani Manzur Hasan Mintu for the 1958 Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan.[3][5][6]

The next year, he toured Burma with the national team, where his fellow goalkeeper was Raza from Karachi. The same year, he featured at the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification held in Kochi, India.[7]

Siddiq stopping a shot during a friendly match against Indonesia in 1960

The next year, he featured at the 1960 Merdeka Tournament in Malaya,[8] and at post-tournament friendlies.[9][10] He last represented the national team in 1961, when Burma toured East Pakistan for friendly matches.[3]

Personal life

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After his retirement as player, Siddiq worked as teacher in a school in Quetta. On 14 February 2017, at the age of 84, Siddiq was handed a lifetime award in the yearly sport festival at the Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University by Muhammad Khan Achakzai, the Governor of Balochistan.[3]

Honours

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Balochistan

References

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  1. ^ a b InpaperMagazine, From (13 January 2013). "In-depth: Pakistan football". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ "فٹ بال ہیروز کی دُنیا:قومی فٹبال تاریخ کے عظیم گول کیپر جعفر خان" [World of Football Heroes: Jaffar Khan, the Great Goalkeeper in National Football History]. Daily Dunya (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025. اکستان کی فٹبال تاریخ عظیم گول کیپرز سے بھری پڑی ہے۔ پاکستان کے پہلے گول کیپر و کپتان عثمان جان، اسمیٰعل درانی، ماسٹر صدیق [Pakistan's football history is full of great goalkeepers. Pakistan's first goalkeeper and captain Osman Jan, Ismail Durrani, Master Siddiq...]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "محمد صدیق تاجک، پاکستان کے لیجنڈری گول کیپر" [Muhammad Siddiq Tajik, Pakistan's legendary goalkeeper]. Nawaiwaqt (in Urdu). 22 February 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  4. ^ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part I". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  5. ^ "FED XI PASS TEST WITH 4-2 MARGIN The Straits Times, 15 May 1958, Page 16". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  6. ^ "MALAYA TROUNCES PAKISTAN Singapore Standard, 15 May 1958, Page 11". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  7. ^ "Israel Official Games 1948-1959". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  8. ^ "But they don't look the best, The Straits Times, 6 August 1960, Page 16". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  9. ^ "Pakistanis lose, and squabble with ref. The Singapore Free Press, 20 August 1960, Page 12". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  10. ^ "MALAYA IN FINAL AGAIN The Straits Times, 13 August 1960, Page 14". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
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