| Abbas | |
| Fullname: | Ghulam Abbas Baloch |
| Birth Date: | October 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Lyari, Karachi, British India |
| Death Place: | Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan |
| Position: | Left-winger |
| Years1: | 1961 |
| Years2: | 1962–1965 |
| Years3: | 1966 |
| Years4: | 1967– |
| Clubs1: | Mohammedan SC |
| Clubs2: | Victoria SC |
| Clubs3: | Dhaka Wanderers |
| Clubs4: | KMC |
| Nationalyears1: | 1961–1963 |
| Nationalteam1: | Pakistan |
Ghulam Abbas Baloch (October 1942 – 4 April 2014), was a Pakistani professional footballer who played as a winger. Abbas represented the Pakistan national football team from 1961 to 1963.
Abbas grew up in a poor family in Saifi Lane, Baghdadi, Lyari. He completed his primary education at SM Lyari School and passed his matriculation examination privately. He studied up to the intermediate level at SM College, earned a BA from Urdu College, and obtained both an LLB and an MA from Karachi University.[1]
Abbas plied his trade in numerous clubs in West Pakistan (now Pakistan), such Baloch XI, Gul Muhammad Lane, Saifi Lane Club, Nisar Sports Club, Pakistan Tobacco Company, Karachi Port Trust FC, PIA FC.[1] [2]
In 1962, he joined the East Pakistan-based club Victoria SC and won the quadruple, including the Dhaka League, Aga Khan Gold Cup, Independence Day Cup, and the Mohammad Ali Bogra Shield. During the Aga Khan Gold Cup final against feeder team for South Korea, Abbas, who played as an inside-left, scored in a 5–1 victory.[3] Prior to his impressive stint at Victoria, Abbas represented Mohammedan SC in 1961, where he won the domestic double in his lone season.
In 1967, Abbas won the Mohammad Ali Bogra Shield while representing Karachi Municipal Corporation FC, toppling runners-up Mohammedan SC by two points in the four team round-robin tournament.[1]
Abbas received his first callup to the Pakistan national team for three exhibition matches against Burma on home soil.[1] In the second friendly, held in Karachi on 20 January 1961, he scored a brace in a 4–0. Abbas scored the first goal for Pakistan in the Summer Olympics qualifiers against Iran on 4 October 1963. The game held in Tehran ended in a 4–1 defeat, and after Pakistan won their home leg in Karachi by a single goal, they were knocked out of the qualifiers on aggregate score.[4]
Abbas was appointed Pakistan Football Federation General Secretary in 1995 and was also the founding general secretary and Chairman of the Sindh FA.[5] During his time as Sindh FA chairman, Abbas was accused of selecting provincial teams based on personal bias.[6]
On 31 December 2010, the Pakistan Football Federation awarded him with an honorary AFC gold medal.[4]
He died on 4 April 2014 due to a long-term illness.[4]
Victoria SC
1962, 1964
Mohammedan SC
1961