Salman Akbar

Salman Akbar (born 3 January 1982, in Lahore)^[1] is a field hockey coach and former player from Pakistan. He is a former captain and goalkeeper of the Pakistan men's national field hockey team. A veteran of 230 games, he has represented Pakistan in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He lives in the Netherlands now.

Salman Akbar

Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Pakistan
Asian Games
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
Asia Cup
	2013 Ipoh	Team
Champions Trophy
	2003 Amstelveen	Team
	2004 Lahore	Team
Commonwealth Games
	2006 Melbourne	Team

In 2018, he was appointed Japan men's national field hockey team's goalkeeping coach.^[2]

Career

In 2001, Akbar was the captain of Pakistan junior hockey team; he represented Pakistan national senior team in Champions Trophy in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

He represented Pakistan in the World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2002, and in the Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, Netherlands, in 2003.

In 2004, he represented Pakistan at Athens in the Summer Olympics and also in the Champions Trophy in Lahore, Pakistan.

In 2005, he won the Robo Cup beating Australia in final Amstelveen, Holland.

In 2006, he won a silver medal in Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia, bronze in Asian Games Doha, Qatar and played world cup Mönchengladbach, Germany.

In 2007, he was the captain of Pakistan Hockey Team in the Champions Trophy, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In 2008, he represented Pakistan at the Beijing Summer Olympics.

In November 2010, Akbar was a part of the gold medal winning team at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. At the 2010 Asian Games he was rewarded as the best goalkeeper in the tournament in Beijing, China and played the World Cup in Delhi, India.

As of 2019, Salman Akbar plays for Victoria and also gives training to the Victoria and HC Pijnacker goalkeepers.

See also

Pakistan national field hockey team