Place of birth Pakistan Name Tariq Lutfi Playing position Role Footballer | Years Team Position Midfielder 2011- KRL FC | |
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Full name Umar Farooq Tariq Lufti Date of birth (1951-09-20) September 20, 1951 (age 64) | ||
Wvpakistan interviewed tariq lutfi coach pakistan football team
Umar Farooq Tariq Lufti (born 20 September 1951) is a former Pakistani footballer, and subsequently a football manager and head coach. He was also the head coach of the Pakistan national football team. As a player, he represented PIA FC.
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- Wvpakistan interviewed tariq lutfi coach pakistan football team
- Tariq lutfi exclusive interview with fpdc 16 01 2011
- PIA FC
- Pakistan national team
- Pakistan women football team
- KRL FC
- Honours and accolades
- References
Tariq has the distinction of being the first-ever FIFA Coaching Instructor from South Asia. He is the current manager of KRL FC having previously managed PIA FC and the former head coach of the Pakistan Women Football team. He was also the manager of Karachi Bazigar in the Geo Super Football League 2007 campaign. Tariq is often described as arguably the most qualified football coach of Pakistan.
Tariq lutfi exclusive interview with fpdc 16 01 2011
PIA FC
As a player and coach of PIA FC, Tariq Lutfi has led the team to become National Champions a record nine times in the history of Pakistani club football.
Pakistan national team
Tariq Lutfi served as head coach of the Pakistan national team several times from 1985 to 2004, and, under his leadership, Pakistan had gold medal success in the 1989 South Asian Games, as well as in the 1991 South Asian Games and the 2004 South Asian Games. He returned a caretaker coach in 2011 but was replaced by Zaviša Milosavljević.
Pakistan women football team
Pakistan Football Federation's President Faisal Saleh Hayat had appointed Tariq Lutfi as coach of the Pakistan Women football team in 2010. Tariq coached the team for the first SAFF Women Championship in Bangladesh where the team reached the semi-finals for the first time in history.
KRL FC
For the 2011 season of the Pakistan Premier League Tariq Lutfi became Head Coach of KRL FC where he help them become national champions.
Honours and accolades
Tariq Lutfi is widely considered to be the most qualified and successful coach in Pakistan football. Shazia Hasan of Dawn describes Tariq as "arguably the most-qualified football official in Pakistan". He has several coaching qualifications through Bisham Abbey, Bert Trautmann, Holger Osieck, etc. and has the honour of attending several FIFA and Olympic courses. Tariq has the grand distinction of being the first-ever FIFA Coaching Instructor from South Asia.