Shamoo Abdul Ghani
.jpg) Shamoo in 1953 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | Unknown | ||
| Place of birth | Karachi, British India | ||
| Date of death | Unknown | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950s | Karachi Port Trust | ||
| 1950s | Karachi | ||
| International career | |||
| 1953–1954 | Pakistan | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Shamoo Abdul Ghani was a Pakistani footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Karachi Port Trust (KPT). He also played for the Pakistan national team. Shamoo is regarded as one of the most prominent goalkeepers of Pakistan in the 1950s.[1]
Club career
[edit]Shamoo started playing football in Keamari Islamia High School in Karachi.[2] He then joined Karachi Port Trust, where he played and captained the team throughout the 1950s.[3][4] In 1959, he clinched the President's Gold Cup with the team.[5] In 1959, Shamoo was part of the KPT team which embarked on a tour of Portuguese-ruled Goa to play two friendly matches.[6] He also represented and captained the Karachi football team at the National Football Championship, being selected for the first time in 1952.[2]
International career
[edit]In 1953, Shamoo was selected to represent the Pakistan national football team for their participation in the 1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament.[2] The next year, he represented Pakistan at the 1954 Asian Games, where he played as starter against Burma.[2][7]
Post-retirement
[edit]After retirement as player, Shamoo remained employed with Karachi Port Trust. In February 1967, Shamoo along with 9 fellow workers of Karachi Port Trust were arrested because of participating in strikes.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "فٹ بال ہیروز کی دُنیا:قومی فٹبال تاریخ کے عظیم گول کیپر جعفر خان" [World of Football Heroes: Jaffar Khan, the Great Goalkeeper in National Football History]. Daily Dunya (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
پاکستان کی فٹبال تاریخ عظیم گول کیپرز سے بھری پڑی ہے۔ پاکستان کے پہلے گول کیپر و کپتان عثمان جان، اسمیٰعل درانی، ماسٹر صدیق، نیاز گل، استاد شموں، آغا لطیف
[Pakistan's football history is full of great goalkeepers. Pakistan's first goalkeeper and captain Osman Jan, Ismail Durrani, Master Siddiq, Niaz Gul, Ustad Shamoo, Agha Latif ...] - ^ a b c d "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 17 April 1954" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 28 April 1951" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Monday 16 January 1961" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Monday 17 August 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "When Port Trust Club of Karachi came to Goa". The Times of India. 1 March 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
- ^ "Asian Games 1954". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
- ^ "Pakistan Observer 28 February 1967 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
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