Abdul Jabbar (footballer)

Abdul Jabbar
Jabbar in 1967
Personal information
Full name Abdul Jabbar
Date of birth 1945
Place of birth Lyari, Karachi, British India
Date of death (aged 69)
Place of death Karachi, Pakistan
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Bijli Sports Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1963 Karachi Division
1964 PWD
1965 Victoria SC
1966 EPIDC
1967 Dhaka Mohammedan
1968 EPIDC
1968 Mersin İdman Yurdu
1971–?? Pakistan Airlines 2 (0)
International career
1967–1969 Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abdul Jabbar (Urdu: عبدالجبار; 1945 – 25 March 2014), was a Pakistani professional footballer who played as a forward. Jabbar played as an inside left forward. He represented the Pakistan national football team from 1967 to 1969, and is one of the first and few Pakistani footballers to play professional football abroad, joining a club in Turkey.