{{short description|Pakistani footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Abdullah Akbar | fullname = Abdullah Akbar | image = File:Abdullah Akbar 1967.jpg | caption = | birth_date = 1945 | birth_place = Karachi, Pakistan | death_date = | death_place = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Forward, Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1963 | clubs1 = KMC | years2 = 1964–1970 | clubs2 = Dacca Division | years3 = 1964–1965 | clubs3 = Victoria SC | years4 = 1966–1970 | clubs4 = EPIDC | years5 = 1971 | clubs5 = KMC | nationalyears1 = 1967–1969 | nationalteam1 = Pakistan | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | clubs6 = Pakistan Airlines | years6 = 1972–1973 }}
'''Abdullah Akbar''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|عبداللہ اکبر}}}}; born 1945) was a footballer who represented the Pakistan national football team during the late 1960s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Observer 1970.06.10 — South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19700610-01.1.8&srpos=1&e=-------en-25--1--img-txIN-Abdullah+Akbar+Football+player+gallery--------- |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=gpa.eastview.com}}</ref>
==Career== ===Club=== Akbar's playing style was characterized as being fast, with his dribbling described as crisp and short.<ref name=":0" /> He began his professional career playing for KMC in 1963.<ref name=":0" />
In 1964, he joined Victoria SC, helping them win the First Division League that year. The team were runner-up the following year.
Akbar then joined EPIDC, playing alongside his brother Ali Nawaz Baloch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Observer 1970.04.15 — South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19700415-01.1.10 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=gpa.eastview.com}}</ref> He helped the club win First Division League in 1967, 1968, and 1970. During his time in the Dhaka League, he also represented the Dacca Division at the National Football Championship.
Towards the end of his career, Abdullah returned to his former club KMC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Observer 1971.10.14 — South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19711014-01.1.6 |access-date=2026-01-25 |website=gpa.eastview.com}}</ref> As well as Pakistan Airlines alongside his brother Ali Nawaz Baloch.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Abdullah Akbar (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/103010/Abdullah_Akbar.html |access-date=2026-02-07 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}}</ref>
===International=== Akbar started representing the Pakistan national football team at the 1967 RCD Cup. He also played for Pakistan in the 1969 RCD Cup, where he scored against Iran in a 2–4 defeat at the 1969 RCD Cup.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Observer 1969.09.15 — South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19690915-01.1.10&srpos=2&e=-------en-25-paob-1--img-txIN-Pakistan+Football+RCD+iran----1969----- |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=gpa.eastview.com}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Eastern Examiner 1969.09.15 — South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=teer19690915-01.1.6 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=gpa.eastview.com}}</ref> He was also present at the 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification.
== Personal life == Akbar was born in 1945, in Karachi, British India.<ref name=":0" />
Akbar's uncle Dad Muhammad was also an international footballer in the 1950s. Akbar played alongside his brother Ali Nawaz Baloch in the Pakistan national football team and EPIDC. His other brother, Ismail Roshoon, was also a footballer in the 1960s.<ref name=":0" />
==Career statistics==
=== International goals ===
: ''Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akbar goal.''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+List of international goals scored by Abdullah Akbar ! scope="col" |No. ! scope="col" |Date ! scope="col" |Venue ! scope="col" |Opponent ! scope="col" |Score ! scope="col" |Result ! scope="col" |Competition ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | align="center" |1 |13 September 1969 |Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara, Turkey |{{Fb|IRN}} | align="center" |'''2'''–4 |2–4 |1969 RCD Cup |<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> |}
==Honours==
; Victoria SC * Dhaka First Division League: ** Winners (1): 1964 ** Runners-up (1): 1965
; EPIDC * Dhaka First Division League: ** Winners (3): 1967, 1968, 1970
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT player|pid=103010}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Akbar, Abdullah}} Category:1945 births Category:Pakistani men's footballers Category:Pakistan men's international footballers Category:Pakistan International Airlines FC players Category:Victoria Sporting Club players Category:Team BJMC players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:20th-century Pakistani sportsmen Category:Footballers from Karachi Category:Living people