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Jamil Akhtar
	Akhtar in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth	Unknown
Place of birth	British India
Date of death	Unknown
Place of death	Pakistan
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1950–1954	Rangers FC
1950–1953	Punjab
1954–1955	East Bengal
	Pakistan Railways
International career
1952–1955	Pakistan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jamil Akhtar (Urdu: جمیل اختر) was a Pakistani footballer who played as a forward. Considered as one of the earliest pioneering footballers in Pakistan history,^[1] he was the fifth captain in the history of the Pakistan national football team after Osman Jan, Abdul Wahid Durrani, Muhammad Sharif and Moideen Kutty.^[2] Akhtar also played for East Bengal in India.^[3]

Club career

Akhtar played for Lahore club Rangers FC throughout his career.^[4] He represented Punjab University football team from 1948 to 1951.^[4] In 1950, he played for Rangers FC at the Rovers Cup in 1951 in Bombay.^[4] He won the Lahore District Soccer Championship with the club in June 1951.^[5] He also represented Punjab in the National Football Championship from 1950 to 1953, captaining the team in the last year.^[4] He also played for Pakistan Railways at the National Football Championship.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

In 1954, he played in India for the Calcutta Football League club East Bengal.^[10] In 1958, Akhtar played for Lahore club Zamindars FC.^[11]

International career

Akhtar first represented Pakistan in the 1952 Colombo Cup in Ceylon.^[4] He also played for Pakistan at the 1953 Colombo Cup.^[12]

He also represented Pakistan at the 1954 Asian Games at Philippines. In a preparation match, he scored against a Singapore combined Colony XI in a 4–1 victory on 24 April 1954.^[13] He scored a brace against Singapore 6–2 in a group match, where Masood Fakhri had notably scored a hat-trick, and Moideen Kutty scoring the resting goal of the match.^[14]^[15]

Akhtar subsequently became the fifth captain in the history of the Pakistan national football team at the 1954 Colombo Cup,^[2] scoring a goal against Ceylon in a 2–1 victory.^[16] He also scored in a 4–2 victory against Burma at the next 1955 Colombo Cup.^[16] At the exhibition matches at the beginning of the tournament, he scored a hat trick against an East Pakistan XI on 14 December in a 3–1 victory.^[16]

Career statistics

International goals

Note: Exact figures of Pakistani players before 1989 are not yet known and yet to be researched. There is also some conjecture on the status of several games regarding recognition by FIFA as "A" internationals during that period. Below are goals recorded.

Key
‡ = Unofficial Fixture

List of international goals scored by Jamil Akhtar
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
-	25 April 1954	Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	Singapore ‡		2–2	Friendly	^[17]
1	2 May 1954	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Singapore	1–1	6–2	1954 Asian Games	^[14]^[15]
2	2 May 1954	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Singapore	2–1	6–2	1954 Asian Games	^[14]^[15]
3	21 December 1954	Calcutta FC Ground, Kolkata, India	Ceylon		2–1	1954 Colombo Cup	^[16]
4	17 December 1955	Dacca Stadium, Dhaka, East Pakistan	Burma		4–2	1955 Colombo Cup	^[16]