{{Short description|Pakistani footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Amin Baloch | image = File:Amin Baloch (cropped).jpg | caption = | fullname = Muhammad Amin Baloch | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1943}} | birth_place = Karachi, British India | height = | position = Defender | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1958 | clubs1 = Karachi Kickers | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1959–1966 | clubs2 = Dhaka Wanderers | caps2 = | goals2 = | nationalyears1 = 1967 | nationalteam1 = Pakistan | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = | nationalteam2 = | club-update = | nationalteam-update = | years3 = 1966–1971 | clubs3 = EPIDC | managerclubs1 = Pakistan (assistant) | manageryears1 = 1993 }}
'''Amin Baloch''' ({{langx|ur|امین بلوچ}}; born 1943), also known as '''Master Amin''', is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a defender, and manager.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=فٹ بال ہیروز کی دنیا |url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/sports/2013-05-07/126732 |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=Daily Dunya |language=ur|trans-title=World of football heroes}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Iqbal |first=Ayaz Khan {{!}} Nayir |date=2024-09-22 |title=FOOTBALL: GLORY DAYS, PASS ME BY |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1860358 |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref> He is regarded as one of the most prominent Pakistani footballers of the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Foul play with a ground that produced stars |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-10-102960-Foul-play-with-a-ground-that-produced-stars |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150601154633/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-10-102960-Foul-play-with-a-ground-that-produced-stars |archive-date=2015-06-01 |access-date=2026-03-27 |work=The News International, Pakistan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hasan |first=Shazia |date=2011-12-16 |title=Land mafia grabs historic Manghopir football ground |url=https://www.dawn.com/2011/12/16/land-mafia-grabs-historic-manghopir-football-ground/ |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=Dawn |language=en}}{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He represented the Pakistan national team in matches against Dallas Tornado during their tour in 1967. He also served as assistant coach of the Pakistan national team at the 1993 South Asian Games.<ref name=":0" />
== Early life == Amin was born in 1943 in Gul Muhammad Lane, in the Lyari locality of Karachi. He studied until the ninth grade, and began playing football since childhood.<ref name=":0" />
== Club career == [[File:Dhaka_Wanderers_Club_1961.png|left|thumb|Amin standing second from left with Dhaka Wanderers Club at the Pakistan President's Gold Cup in Karachi in 1961.]] Amin started his football career from SM Lyari School and soon got called up by Baloch Eleven football team. Later, he played for departmental side National Motors and in 1958, he played a crucial role helping Karachi Kickers to win the inaugural Aga Khan Gold Cup in Dhaka.<ref name=":0" />
Amin participated in the Dhaka First Division League from 1959 with Dhaka Wanderers, and for EPIDC from 1966 till 1970.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
He also played for the Karachi team in an exhibition match against the Pakistan national team in the 1970s.<ref name=":0" />
== International career == In 1967, Amin played for the Pakistan national team during one of the matches against Dallas Tornado during their tour, defeating the visitors by 5–2 at the Dhaka Stadium.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Observer 1967.11.01 — South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19671101-01.1.8 |access-date=2026-03-27 |website=gpa.eastview.com}}</ref>
== Coaching career == After retirement as player, Amin began his career as coach. Under his coaching, MCB defeated nine-time national champions PIA in the final of the All Pakistan Usman Ghani Football Tournament. He served as assistant coach of the Pakistan national team at the 1993 South Asian Games in Dhaka.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
== Personal life == Amin has four brothers. He is uncle of Pakistani international footballer Ali Nawaz Baloch .<ref name=":0" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baloch, Amin}} Category:Living people Category:1943 births Category:Pakistani men's footballers Category:Pakistan men's international footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Footballers from Karachi Category:People from Lyari Town Category:Dhaka Wanderers Club players Category:Team BJMC players Category:20th-century Pakistani sportsmen