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Shamim Khan
Muhammad Shamim Khan (born 15 December 1955) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a midfielder, and former manager. Khan is among the major players of the Pakistan national football team in the 1980s.[1] Early lifeKhan was born on 15 December 1955 in Hyderabad, in the Sindh province of Pakistan.[2] Club careerKhan started his football career at Red Rose Club of Hyderabad. In 1977, he was selected for National Football Championship departmental side Pakistan Airlines.[2] Besides winning the domestic title four times, he also toured with the team to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Niger. He also participated with the team at the Aga Khan Gold Cup in Dhaka in 1978 and 1980.[2] International careerKhan was selected for the Pakistan national team in 1976, when the team toured Afghanistan at the Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup. The same year, he was selected for the 1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup held in Karachi.[3] He subsequently played in several matches in Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, and again competed in the Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup in 1977 with the Shaheen FC team. In 1978, he participated in a Youth Tournament in Saudi Arabia.[2] Khan also played at the next 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup edition, where he featured in all matches as regular starter.[3] Coaching careerAfter de facto retirement from the Pakistan Airlines football team in 1992, he became involved in the field of coaching through guidance of Tariq Lutfi. The same year, he participated in coaching course in Lahore, and later in Karachi in 1995, until receiving his coaching certificate.[2] After initially serving as assistant coach of PIA under Tariq Lutfi, he eventually assumed the head coach position.[4][5][6][7][8] In 2005, he served as head coach of the Pakistan national under-17 football team for the 2006 AFC U-17 Championship qualification.[9][10] He also worked for the Pakistan street child team for the 2014 edition of the Street Child World Cup held in Brazil.[11] Under a course under AFC in 2005, he obtained his C license, until acquiring the B license with the first position when AFC organized a coaching course in Lahore in 2010,[12] becoming the first ever B licensed coach from Sindh.[2] Nearing his retirement,[13] he served PIA as head coach till 2015.[14][15][16][17] He was replaced by former international Zafar Iqbal.[13] After years of football inactivity due to internal crisis within the Pakistan Football Federation, Khan briefly served as manager of SSGC during the 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League.[18] HonoursPakistan Airlines
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