Muzammil Hussain should not be confused with Muzammil Hussain (Lt Gen (R)).
| Muzammil Hussain | |
| Fullname: | Muzammil Hussain |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | WAPDA |
| Clubnumber: | 24 |
| Years1: | 2009– |
| Clubs1: | WAPDA |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Pakistan U23 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013–2015 |
| Nationalteam2: | Pakistan |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 28 August 2023 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 00:00, 27 June 2016 (UTC) |
Muzammil Hussain (born 6 September 1993)[1] is a Pakistani footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for WAPDA.[2]
Hussain made his debut with WAPDA in the 2009–10 season of the Pakistan Premier League. The next season, he won the 2010–11 Pakistan Premier League title. He was declared goalkeeper of the year consecutively in the 2013–14, and 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League seasons.[3]
Muzammil was first called in 2011 by the Pakistan national under-23 team for the 2012 Olympics qualifiers against Malaysia, but missed the event due to an injury. He played for the under 23 in a friendly series in August 2014 against India, the first match ending in a 0–1 loss and the second ending in a 2–0 win for Pakistan.[4] [5] [6] He also played in a friendly against Malaysia in 2015 ending in a 1–2 loss.[7]
He made his senior debut for the Pakistan national football team in 2013, in a friendly against Afghanistan which ended in a 3–0 loss. He played as a starter in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Yemen. The first match ended in a 1–3 loss, after he saved the first shot in a penalty in the starting minutes of the game, until Abdulwasea Al Matari finally headed the ball in the net.[8] He received an injury in the second leg which ended in a 0–0 draw, where he was replaced by Saqib Hanif in the second half of the game.[9]
| Pakistan | 2013 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 5 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|