Mahmood Anwar

Mahmood Anwar
Anwar with Pakistan at the 1986 Fajr International Tournament
Personal information
Full name Mahmood Anwar
Date of birth (1960-01-01) 1 January 1960
Place of birth Peshawar, Pakistan
Position Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Pakistan Airlines
International career
1982 Pakistan Blues 6 (5)
1985–1986 Pakistan (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mahmood Anwar (Urdu: محمود انور; born 1 January 1960), is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a Winger.

Club career

Anwar played for Pakistan Airlines in the 1980s, helping the club win the Inter-Provincial Championship in 1984.[1]

International career

Anwar was selected to represent the second string Pakistan Blues for the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament held in Karachi.[2] He featured in all matches as a starter. In the tournament, he scored a brace against Oman and Shandong XI, and also a goal against Bangladesh, finishing the campaign as joint top goal-scorer alongside Iranian player Kamil Anjini with 5 goals.[2]

In 1985, Anwar received a call-up for the Pakistan national team for the 1985 South Asian Games, where he scored in the third-place play-off against Nepal.[3][4] He also played at the 1986 Fajr International Tournament in Tehran.[5]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Anwar goal.
List of international goals scored by Mahmood Anwar
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 25 December 1985 Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh    Nepal 2–2 1985 South Asian Games [3]

Honours

PIA

Individual

References

  1. ^ Pakistan Year Book. East & West Publishing Company. 1985. pp. 98–100. The first half failed to produce a goal and it was only after nine minutes of resumption that PIA succeeded in scoring the match winner through right - winger Mahmood Anwar.
  2. ^ a b "Quaid-E-Azam International Cup (Pakistan)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b Pakistan Year Book. East & West Publishing Company. 1986. pp. 162–163. Pakistan went into lead twice through Mahmood Anwar and Aga Saeed but Nepal, the holders of the title, staged a recovery to make the score two all at close of the play.
  4. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mahmood Anwar (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  5. ^ "1986 Fajr International Tournament". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 November 2025.