Amjad Iqbal

Amjad Iqbal (Urdu: ; born 2 May 1983) is a former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. Born and raised in England, he played for the Pakistan national team.

Club career Born to a British Pakistani family in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Iqbal started his career at youth level with Bradford City before moving to local non-league club, Thackley in the Northern Counties East Football League and signed for Farsley Celtic in 2002. He has twice won the Farsley Player of the Year award.

In August 2010, he returned to Farsley to play for the reformed Farsley AFC in the Northern Counties East Football League.

In 2013, Iqbal joined FC United of Manchester. He played in one league game and one cup game for the club.

International career Iqbal become Farsley's first international when he received a call up to the Pakistan squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Iraq, in October 2007. Pakistan lost 7–0 on aggregate over two matches, but held Iraq to a 0–0 draw in the second leg. However, Iqbal could not take part in the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 and was not called up for 2008 SAFF Championship due to club and work commitments. He did play in SAFF Cup 2009 for Pakistan after a two-year absence from national team.

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Personal life Iqbal is a British Pakistani and is born to Pakistani parents. Other than being a football player, Iqbal is also a part-time chemistry lecturer at Bradford College. His nickname was Ammers at Farsley.