Muhammad Akbar Raisani

Muhammad Akbar Raisani (Urdu: ; born 1953) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a defender. Akbar is among the major players of the Pakistan national football team in the 1980s, and served as captain of the national side in 1981–82.

Early life Akbar was born in 1953 in Quetta, capital of the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Club career Akbar started his career with Baloch Quetta, and later joined departmental side Ordnance Depot Quetta. In 1977, he joined National Football Championship departmental side National Bank.

International career Akbar was first selected for Pakistan in 1976 and played in the Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup and the 1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament the same year.

He also served as captain at the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament held in Karachi with the Pakistan national team, where he featured in all the matches as starter.

Post-retirement From 2001 till 2003, Akbar was chief selector of Balochistan province and part of the Pakistan Football Federation selection committee.

In March 2020, Akbar was selected as secretary of the Balochistan Football Association by the normalisation committee in charge of the Pakistan Football Federation installed by FIFA.