Abdul Wahid Durrani

Abdul Wahid Khan Durrani (Urdu, Pashto: عبدالوحید درانی; 30 June 1917 – 24 February 2008)^{[citation needed]} was a Pakistani international footballer and manager. He was the second captain of the Pakistan national football team after the goalkeeper Osman Jan.^[1]

Abdul Wahid Durrani

Personal information
Full name	Abdul Wahid Khan Durrani
Date of birth	(1917-06-30)30 June 1917
Place of birth	Quetta, British India
Date of death	24 February 2008(2008-02-24) (aged 90)
Place of death	Quetta, Pakistan
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1940s	Jinnah Gymkhana F.C.
1950s	Balochistan
1950s	Hazara Club Quetta
International career
1950–1952	Pakistan	??	(??)
Managerial career
1955	Pakistan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Durrani was part of the Jinnah Gymkhana Football team which toured Burma and Ceylon in 1949.^[2]

Abdul Wahid (right) shaking hands with the second governor and prime minister of Pakistan Khawaja Nazimuddin (left) during his playing days.

Durrani made his debut in Pakistan's first ever international match in 27 October 1950 against Iran at Amjadiyeh Stadium in Teheran.^[3][4]

He later became captain of the Pakistan national football team in the 1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament,^[1][2] where he scored a goal against Ceylon.^[5] He also scored two headers against Burma in the following match but both were disallowed. Pakistan played its first match against India after victories over Ceylon and Burma, which ended in a goalless draw and emerged as joint winners of the tournament after finishing with the same points in the table.^[5] He also captained the side in friendly home matches against Iran the same year.^[1]

Managerial career

Durrani in the bottom middle as manager of the Pakistan national team in 1955

Abdul Wahid was appointed as the manager of the Pakistan international team in the fourth 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament held in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).^[1]

After serving several years as member of the Pakistan Football Federation selection committee, Durrani acted as assistant manager at the Merdeka Tournament in 1984.^[6][7]

Personal life

During the violence of the partition of British India, Abdul Wahid Durrani provided burqas to Hindu men and women who had sought refuge in his home in Quetta, and escorted them to the station, effectively saving their lives.^[8] In the bordering North-West Frontier Province, local people protected whole villages of Hindu and Sikh communities, where some still live today.^[8]

Career statistics

International goals

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

List of international goals scored by Abdul Wahid Durrani

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	18 March 1952	Colombo Oval, Colombo, Ceylon	Ceylon	1-0	2–0	1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament	[5]

Honours

Pakistan

• Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament:^[5][9] 1952

See also

• List of Pakistan national football team captains
• List of Pakistan national football team managers