Naveed Akram

Naveed Akram

Personal information
Full name	Muhammad Naveed Akram
Date of birth	(1984-05-10) 10 May 1984
Place of birth	Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Position(s)	Right-back
Club information
Current team	Lyallpur
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2014	WAPDA
2007	Lahore Lajpaals	4	(0)
2014–	Lyallpur	4	(0)
National team‡
2004–2009	Pakistan	18	(2)
Honours Pakistan Winner South Asian Games 2004 Islamabad Winner South Asian Games 2006 Colombo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 22, 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 8, 2009

Naveed Akram (Urdu: نوید اکرم; born May 16, 1984) is a Pakistani international footballer who plays as a right-back for Lyallpur. Akram won three national titles with WAPDA. He was part of the Lahore Lajpaal team that lost in the semi-finals of Geo Super Football League.

He made his international debut on 16 June 2005 during the Indo-Pak series.

Playing style

Naveed plays as an attacking right back on the pitch, and always tends to assist in the attacking plays as well as having a knack of scoring goals himself.

He is most known for his memorable long range goal in the 2006 Asian games football when Pakistan came close to a huge upset against Japan.

International career stats

Goals for Senior National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
	November 29, 2006	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Japan	2–3	2–3	2006 Asian Games
	November 15, 2007	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE	United Arab Emirates	1–0	2–3	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

Club

WAPDA

• National Championship/Pakistan Premier League: 2003, 2004–05, 2007–08

International

Pakistan

• South Asian Games: 2004, 2006

External links

• Naveed Akram scores for Pakistan