{{Short description|Pakistani field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Muhammad Rizwan | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | full_name = Muhammad Rizwan Sr. | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|12|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Schaerweijde | years1 = 2012–2016 | clubs1 = Oranje Zwart | years2 = 2016–2019 | clubs2 = Oranje-Rood | years3 = 2019– | clubs3 = Schaerweijde | nationalyears1 = 2011– | nationalteam1 = Pakistan | nationalcaps1 = 184 (25) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{PAK}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Incheon|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Asia Cup}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Dhaka|}} {{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Bhubaneswar|}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Melbourne|}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Champions Trophy}} {{MedalGold|2012 Doha|}} {{MedalGold|2013 Kakamigahara|}} {{MedalGold|2018 Muscat|}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Ordos City|}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Kuantan|}} | updated = 1 July 2019 }} '''Muhammad Rizwan Sr.''' (born 31 December 1989) is a Pakistani field hockey player<ref name="fih">{{cite web | url = http://www.fih.ch/en/competitions-155-2012-mens-olympic-games-olympic-games/team-1267-pakistan-2012-mens-olympic-games | title = Pakistan at 2012 Olympic Games | publisher = FIH | access-date = 17 July 2012}}</ref> who plays as a midfielder for Dutch club Schaerweijde and the Pakistan national team.
==Club career== Rizwan Sr. has played club hockey in the Netherlands since 2012, when he was signed by Oranje Zwart.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oranje Zwart versterkt selectie met twee Pakistaanse internationals |url=https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/144810/Oranje-Zwart-versterkt-selectie-met-twee-Pakistaanse-internationals |website=omroepbrabant.nl |publisher=Omroep Brabant |access-date=4 December 2018 |language=Dutch |date=21 August 2012}}</ref> After Oranje Zwart merged with EMHC in 2016, he started playing for the newly formed club HC Oranje-Rood.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barreveld |first1=Merel |title=Muhammad en Mehmood verhuizen mee naar Oranje-Rood |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/hoofdklasse-heren/muhammad-en-mehmood-verhuizen-mee-naar-oranje-rood/ |website=hockey.nl |access-date=4 December 2018 |language=Dutch |date=22 April 2016}}</ref> After his contract at Oranje-Rood expired in 2019, he joined Schaerweijde.<ref>{{cite web |title=Schaerweijde hengelt Pakistanen Oranje-Rood binnen |url=https://www.ed.nl/andere-sporten/schaerweijde-hengelt-pakistanen-oranje-rood-binnen~a5217ec9/ |website=Eindhovens Dagblad |publisher=DPG Media |access-date=1 July 2019 |language=Dutch |date=17 May 2019}}</ref>
==International career== ===2012=== Rizwan was included in the squad for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, UK.<ref name="fih"/> He was in the runners-up squad of Pakistan at 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. At the 2018 World Cup, Rizwan was the captain of the Pakistan team, but only played two games after having to withdraw injured following the game against Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan's Arslan Qadir replaces Muhammad Rizwan Sr |url=https://www.worldcup2018.hockey/men/news/pakistans-arslan-qadir-replaces-muhammad-rizwan-sr__229 |website=worldcup2018.hockey |publisher=International Hockey Federation |date=8 December 2018}}</ref>
==See also== *Muhammad Rizwan Jr. (born 1991)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIH|990}}
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