Mohammad Kassim

Mohammad Kassim, alternatively spelled as Mohammad Qassim (;) was a former association footballer, who played as a forward for the Pakistan national team in 1950.

Club career

Kassim (front sitting row, extreme right) with Jinnah Gymkhana in 1949.

Kassim represented the Sindh football team at the National Football Championship in the late 1940s till the 1950s.

Kassim seen heading the ball towards the goalposts, guarded by goalkeeper Abid.

In 1949, Kassim was a part of the Jinnah Gymkhana football team's tour to Burma and Ceylon. In the tour, Kassim would be praised for his goal-scoring abilities, even scoring a hat-trick in one of the games, against the Ceylon football team.

International career Kassim was selected for the Pakistan national football team for their tours to Iran and Iraq in 1950. Being Included in the lineup for the national team's first ever match, which was against Iran, along with playing in the match against Al-Haras Al-Malaki for the national team's Iraq tour.