Pakir Ali

Pakir Ali is a Sri Lankan retired professional footballer and football coach,^[2][3][4] who last managed Bangladesh Premier League club Bangladesh Police FC.^[5] His highest success as a coach was leading the Sheikh Jamal DC to the 2010–11 Bangladesh League title.^[6]

Pakir Ali

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Nizam Packeer Ally
Date of birth	(1953-07-05) 5 July 1953 (age 72)
Place of birth	Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Colombo FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980	Vasco Goa
1981–1989[1]	Dhaka Abahani
International career
1976–1986	Sri Lanka
Managerial career
1989–1992	PWD SC
1999	Dhaka Abahani
2001	Mohammedan SC
2011–2011	Sheikh Jamal DC
2011–2012	Chirag United Club Kerala
2015–2016	Team BJMC
2018–2020	Sri Lanka
2020–2021	Bangladesh Police
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

As a footballer, Ali spent almost a decade with Bangladeshi club Abahani Krira Chakra along with his compatriot Premlal.^[7][8][9] Prior to that, he played for Indian club Vasco SC in 1980, and appeared in the Goa Professional League.^[10][11]

Biography

Pakir was a passionate footballer and currently a successful football coach. He holds AFC A coaching license. Since 2016, he has been working as the head coach of the Sri Lanka national football team.^[12][13] He was also in charge of Chirag United Kerala FC in the I-League, but his team relegated form the 2011–12 season.^{[14][15][16][17]} In February 2012, he was sacked by the club and was succeeded by Ananta Kumar Ghosh.^[18][19]

Honours

Player

Abahani Limited Dhka

• Dhaka First Division League: 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985
• Federation Cup: 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988

Manager

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club

• Bangladesh Premier League: 2010–11

Abahani Limited Dhaka

• Federation Cup: 1999

Further reading

• "Chirag United Kerala 1–1 Salgaocar SC – Packeer Ali's Side Pick A Point Against The Defending Champions". goal.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.