| Tanveer Ahmed | |
| Birth Date: | 15 April 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Faisalabad, Pakistan |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | WAPDA (manager) |
| Years1: | 1995–2002 |
| Clubs1: | CMF Sialkot |
| Years2: | 2002–2010 |
| Clubs2: | WAPDA |
| Nationalyears1: | 2002–2006 |
| Nationalteam1: | Pakistan U23 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1999–2008 |
| Nationalteam2: | Pakistan |
| Nationalcaps2: | 29 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 3 |
| Manageryears1: | 2012–2020 |
| Managerclubs1: | WAPDA (assistant) |
| Manageryears2: | 2014–2015 |
| Managerclubs2: | Pakistan (assistant) |
| Manageryears3: | 2021– |
| Managerclubs3: | WAPDA |
| Years3: | 2007 |
| Clubs3: | Lahore Lajpaals |
| Youthclubs1: | Pak Punjab FC |
Tanveer Ahmed (Urdu: تنویر احمد; born 15 April 1976) is a Pakistani football manager and former player who is the current head coach of WAPDA.[1] Ahmed played mainly as a centre-back, he also played as a right back.
Ahmed started his youth career at Pak Punjab Football Club Faisalabad. He started his senior career at CMF Sialkot, where his defensive ability was brought to attention and soon was called up to the national team.
He was transferred to WAPDA in the 2002 season, where he was given the captaincy and won the National Championship in 2003. In the new Pakistan Premier League in 2004, WAPDA were one of the favourites to win the title, but it took until the final day of the season before they were crowned champions. They lost the PPL the following year.
He also captained Lahore Lajpaals in the inaugural Geo Super Football League 2007 in defense where he was a semi-finalist with the team.
Ahmed captained Pakistan at the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games.[2] [3] [4] [5]
After initially retiring from international football after the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in 2007, Ahmed was once again called back to the national squad for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification by head coach Akhtar Mohiuddin. After failing to reach the AFC Challenge Cup he retired again.
After retiring from international football after the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in 2007, Ahmed became WAPDA assistant manager as well as retaining his squad player status, and helped them with the 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League. After his playing retirement, Ahmed continued as assistant manager of the team until 2020.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] He also acted as assistant coach of the Pakistan national team in 2014 and 2015.[11] [12]
He received the AFC Bronze Star Award by the Pakistan Football Federation in 2013 for his contributions to the national team.
He is the head coach at WAPDA since 2021.[13]
| Pakistan | 1999 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2006 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Total | 29 | 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first.
| 1 | 18 June 2005 | Punjab Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | ||
| 2 | 15 November 2006 | Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification | ||
| 3 | 6 April 2008 | 5–0 | 9–2 | 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification |
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