Shahlyla Baloch Explained

Princess Shahlyla Baloch
Fullname:Princess Shahlyla Ahmadzai Baloch
Birth Date:1996 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Quetta, Pakistan
Death Place:Karachi, Pakistan
Position:Forward
Clubs1:Balochistan United
Caps1:6
Goals1:16
Years2:2015
Clubs2:→ Sun Hotels and Resorts (loan)
Caps2:10
Goals2:2
Nationalyears1:2010–2016
Nationalteam1:Pakistan
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:1
Pcupdate:23:03, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
Ntupdate:23:03, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Princess Shahlyla Ahmadzai Baloch (12 March 1996 – 12 October 2016) was a Pakistani professional footballer who played as a forward for Balochistan United and the Pakistan national women's team. She was granddaughter of Prince Agha Abdul Karim Khan Ahmedzai who was the younger brother of the Khan of Kalat, Mir Ahmedyar Khan.

Biography

Baloch was the first Pakistani woman to score a hat-trick in international club football when she did so during her stint in the Maldives.[1] She represented Pakistan at the 2014 SAFF Women's Championship in Islamabad, which was the last international event that the Pakistan women's team competed in. She made the score sheet in Pakistan's 4–1 victory over Bhutan at that tournament.[2]

She was the daughter of Pakistani women's football President and Senator Rubina Irfan and the sister of Balochistan United and National team manager Raheela Zarmeen.[3] Shahlyla Baloch died in a car accident on 12 October 2016 in Karachi.[4]

In 2018, PFF decided to name the National Women U-16 Football Championship in her honour.[5]

Honours

2014

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raheel . Natasha . 2022-09-06 . Remembering Shahlyla: 'She left us very soon', says Sahar . 2022-09-06 . . en.
  2. Web site: This Pakistani Women's Football Team Is Simply Drop Dead Gorgeous!. Pakistan Defence. 21 May 2015 . 2 February 2016.
  3. News: Wasim . Umaid . 22 November 2014 . Pakistan's slammed sisters throw down the gauntlet at critics . . 13 February 2016.
  4. News: Ali . Umaid Wasim . Shah . Syed Ali . 13 October 2016 . Pakistan football team striker Shahlyla Baloch dies in Karachi car crash . . 13 October 2016.
  5. Web site: 21 June 2018 . Shahlyla Baloch U16 Women Football from tomorrow . 2022-01-22 . . en.