{{Short description|Pakistani footballer (born 1978)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Farooq Aziz | image = | caption = | image_size = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|12|25}} | birth_place = Pakistan | height = | position = Forward | years1 = 1992–1994 | clubs1 = Wohaib | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1993 | clubs2 = → Defence FC (loan) | years3 = 1995–2000 | clubs3 = Pakistan Railways | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2001–2004 | clubs4 = Khan Research Laboratories | caps4 = | goals4 = | nationalyears1 = 1992–1993 | nationalteam1 = Pakistan | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Farooq Aziz''' (born 25 December 1977) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a forward. Aziz represented Wohaib at the 1992–93 Asian Club Championship, and played for the Pakistan national team in 1992–1993.
== Club career == Aziz played for Wohaib FC from 1992 till 1994 at the National Football Championship. He was also member of the Wohaib club which participated in the 1992–93 Asian Club Championship, where the team became the first Pakistani club to pass the qualifying round of the Asian Club Championship. Aziz also represented Defence Club at the 1993–94 Asian Club Championship qualifying round against Oman Club.
He later played for Pakistan Railways,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan 1999 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki99.html |access-date=2025-08-24 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> and later for the Khan Research Laboratories team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan 2002 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki02.html |access-date=2025-08-24 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan 2004 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki04.html |access-date=2025-08-24 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-10-25 |title=Sohail, Sarfaraz power KRL into knock-out stage |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/63423/sohail-sarfaraz-power-krl-into-knock-out-stage |access-date=2025-08-24 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>
== International career == Aziz made his international debut at the 1992 Jordan International Tournament. On 22 May 1993 he played against China at the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification, aged only 15 years and 148 days, becoming the youngest player in the world to have played in a World Cup qualifier.<ref>"Und außerdem...", Sport-Bild vom 2. Juni 1993, S. 49</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oldest and youngest players and goal-scorers in international football |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oldest-youngest.html |access-date=2025-08-24 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> He featured as a regular starter in several matches of the qualification stage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Matches 1993 - Asia |url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1993as.html |access-date=2025-08-24 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-03-31 |title=Pakistan-India football series to go ahead |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/387196/pakistan-india-football-series-to-go-ahead |access-date=2025-08-24 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aziz, Farooq}} Category:1977 births Category:Pakistan men's international footballers Category:Pakistani men's footballers Category:Wohaib FC players Category:Pakistan Railways F.C. players Category:Khan Research Laboratories FC players Category:Living people Category:Men's association football forwards