The Best Soccer Players from Pakistan

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Updated June 15, 2019 1.8K votes 418 voters 31.8K views

List of the best soccer players from Pakistan. List includes the top soccer (or “football”) players from Pakistan, along with photos when available. This list of best Pakistani soccer players is ordered by popularity, so only the greatest players are at the top of the list. If you're searching for a particular famous Pakistani soccer player you can use the "search" box to find what you're looking for.

List is made up of many different players, including Farooq Shah and Atiq Ullah.

This list answers the questions, "Who are the best Pakistani footballers?" and "Who is the greatest Pakistani soccer player of all time?"

You can click on the names of these popular soccer players of Pakistan in order to get more information about each one. If you're a sports lover then you can use this list of popular Pakistani soccer players to discover some new athletes that you might really enjoy watching.
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  • Amjad Iqbal
    1

    Amjad Iqbal

    Defender, Midfielder
    122 votes
    • Nationality: Pakistan, United Kingdom
    Amjad Iqbal (Urdu: امجد اقبال) (born 2 May 1983) is a footballer. Born and raised in England, he has been capped by Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Essa
    2

    Muhammad Essa

    Forward
    95 votes
    • Nationality: Pakistan
    Muhammad Essa Khan (Urdu/Pashto: محمد عیسیٰ خان; born on 20 November 1983) is a former Pakistani footballer and current assistant coach of Pakistan national football team and K-Electric F.C. He was ...more
  • Kalim Ullah
    3

    Kalim Ullah

    Forward
    76 votes
    • Nationality: Pakistan
    Kaleemullah Khan is a Pakistani footballer who plays for Dordoi Bishkek and the Pakistan national team. Khan plays as a midfielder or forward, and has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles – ...more
  • Muhammad Shahid
    4

    Muhammad Shahid

    Defender
    22 votes
    • Nationality: Pakistan
    Mohammad or Muhammmad Shahid may refer to: Mohammed Shahid (1960–2016), Indian hockey player Mohammad Shahid (Bangladeshi cricketer) (born 1988), Bangladeshi cricketer Mohammad Shahid (Indian ...more
  • Hassan Bashir
    5

    Hassan Bashir

    Forward
    14 votes
    • Nationality: Pakistan, Denmark
    Hassan Bashir is a Pakistani international footballer, who plays as a striker. A well travelled footballer, he been at several clubs in Demark and has also had a stint in Thailand. In August 2013 ...more
  • Saddam Hussain
    6

    Saddam Hussain

    Midfielder
    31 votes
    • Nationality: Pakistan
    Saddam Hussain is a Pakistani footballer who plays for Kyrgyz club FC Dordoi Bishkek as a central midfielder. Hussain began his career at Pakistan International Airlines, one of the main teams' of ...more