Mujahid Tareen

Mujahidullah Khan Tareen (born 11 August 1949), commonly known as Mujahid Tareen, is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a defender. Tareen played for Pakistan Army throughout his career, and later also coached the team. He was member of the Pakistan national team in the 1970s. He also served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Pakistan Army.

Early life Tareen was born on 11 August 1949 in Maqsooda, in the Vehari district of Pakistan. left Tareen receiving best player award at the Pakistan Military Academy in July 1972He later joined the Pakistan Army in 1972, where he became member of the Pakistan Army football team and participated in the National Championship with the team for ten consecutive years from 1973 till 1982. In 1973, he toured China, Hong Kong and North Korea with the national team.

He was also member of the team which participated at the 1974 RCD Cup and the 1974 Asian Games.

Coaching career In 1985, Tareen was appointed as head coach of Pakistan Army, where he led the team to win the National Football Championship for the first time in 1993. He retired from the Army in 1994. From 2003 till 2007, Tareen worked with the next PFF president Faisal Saleh Hayat as technical director, and was behind the successful launch of the Pakistan Premier League in 2004, before quitting the post after differences with the PFF chief.

Tareen was appointed member of the Normalization Committee for the Pakistan Football Federation in September 2019, whose task was to hold elections of the country's football governing body and bring it would bring an end to a four-year crisis that resulted in Pakistan suffering significantly in the game. He replaced Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi, assuming the role of interim secretary general. He was replaced in January 2021, when FIFA appointed Pakistani Canadian Haroon Malik as new chairman of the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee.