Wali Muhammad

Wali Muhammad (; died November 2020) was a Pakistani footballer who played as a defender. He served as captain of the Pakistan national football team.

Club career Wali rose through the ranks from college football. He later played for several teams at the National Football Championship including Pakistan Railways, and divisional teams of Lyallpur and Rawalpindi.

International career

In March 1967, Wali was among members of the junior string squad which served as backup for the Pakistan national team for the friendly matches against Saudi Arabia. He took over the captaincy during the competition, after captain Turab Ali got injured in the second match of the tournament against India. At the 1967 RCD Cup, however he was stripped out of captaincy in favour of goalkeeper Muhammad Latif, where he featured in both matches against Iran and Turkey.

In March 1969, he toured Iran for the Friendship Cup held in Tehran, but failed to make it to the team for the tour to Soviet Union in May 1969 due to knee injury. After five years, he was again selected for the national team for the 1974 RCD Cup and the 1974 Asian Games.

Death

"We will follow FIFA request but it was already decided on Friday to honor Maradona and an ex-Pakistan National Team player Wali Mohammad who passed away recently, as a sign of respect and mourn during the first fixtures of every team in the upcoming National Challenge Cup" — PFF Director Technical Daniel Limones on 27 November 2020.