Imtiaz Butt Explained
Muhammad Imtiaz Butt (born 1973) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for WAPDA and Pakistan Airlines at the National Football Championship. Butt is among the major players of the Pakistan national football team in the 1990s,[1] [2] [3] and also helped the national team retain gold at the 1991 South Asian Games.
Club career
Butt played for WAPDA at the National Football Championship from 1987 to 1994. In 1990, Butt also participated in the National Youth Championship held in Faisalabad and represented Punjab, where his team secured the second position.[4] [5] [6]
Butt joined Pakistan Airlines in 1994 and helped the team win the National Football Championship title in 1997.[7]
International career
Butt got selected by the national under-23 side for the 1992 Summer Olympics qualifiers in 1991. He also featured for the Pakistan under-19 national team at the 1992 AFC Youth Championship qualifiers in Kannur, India.
Butt was first called by the senior Pakistan national team at the 1991 South Asian Games in Sri Lanka. Butt made his first bench appearance for the senior national team in the opening game against Maldives. He featured as starter in the final against Maldives, winning the match by 2–0 and clinching the title.[8]
Coaching career
After his retirement as player, Butt served as manager of the Pakistan national under-19 team for the 2008 AFC U-19 Championship qualification in November 2007 in Tehran.[9]
Later on, he opened a football academy in Faisalabad that engages veteran players while also training young footballers.[10] [11]
Honours
Pakistan
Pakistan Airlines
Notes and References
- Web site: Ahsan . Ali . 2010-12-23 . A history of football in Pakistan — Part III . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20240924015225/https://www.dawn.com/news/593100/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-part-iii . 2024-09-24 . 2024-09-24 . DAWN.COM . en.
- Web site: 2010-09-05 . PFF chief's efforts for Asian Games football hailed . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20240924015225/https://www.brecorder.com/news/3798032/pff-chiefs-efforts-for-asian-games-football-hailed-201009051099878 . 2024-09-24 . 2024-09-24 . Brecorder . en.
- Web site: 2005-03-31 . Pakistan-India football series to go ahead . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20240924015224/https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/387196 . 2024-09-24 . 2024-09-24 . DAWN.COM . en.
- News: 28 August 2007 . U-18 Football Championship starts . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240807173625/http://www.brecorder.com/news/3428625 . 7 August 2024 . 7 August 2024 . . en.
- Web site: 2009-10-01 . PFF approves Lahore as championship host . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20240924003729/https://www.dawn.com/news/493696/pff-approves-lahore-as-championship-host . 2024-09-24 . 2024-09-24 . DAWN.COM . en.
- News: 8 September 2007 . Faisalabad win U-18 soccer final . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240807174337/http://www.brecorder.com/news/3432425 . 7 August 2024 . 7 August 2024 . Business Recorder . en.
- Web site: Strack-Zimmermann . Benjamin . Imtiaz Mohamed Butt (Player) . 2024-09-24 . www.national-football-teams.com . en.
- Web site: Strack-Zimmermann . Benjamin . Pakistan vs. Maldives . 2024-09-24 . www.national-football-teams.com . en.
- Web site: 2007-11-09 . U-19 football championship: Pakistan to take on Oman today . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20240924015227/https://www.brecorder.com/news/3451976 . 2024-09-24 . 2024-09-24 . Brecorder . en.
- Web site: Pakistan International Veterans Football Mela Kicks Off on August 14 - Sport bulletin . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20240924015225/https://sports-bulletin.com/news-detail/pakistan-international-veterans-football-mela-kicks-off-on-august-14 . 2024-09-24 . 2024-09-24 . sports-bulletin.com.
- Web site: Committee Formed To Revive Football . live . http://web.archive.org/web/20240924015225/https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/committee-formed-to-revive-football-18934.html . 2024-09-24 . 2024-09-24 . UrduPoint . en.
