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Born | 1988 (age 35–36) Lyari Town, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1,75m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | −75 kg (−165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Al-Ittihad Kalba SC WAPDA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saadi Abbas Jalbani (born 1 January 1988 in Karachi) is a Pakistani karate competitor and captain of Pakistan National Karate team. In 2011, Saadi became the first ever Asian Champion in all South Asian region, he is currently[when?] playing as a professional from Al-Ittihad Kalba club.[citation needed]
Jalbani was born in 1988 in Lyari Town Karachi South.[1] He started Karate in 1996 when he was 7 years old, Saadi has earned a black belt in karate on 15 April 2001. In 2018, he became the captain of Pakistan National Karate Team and joined WAPDA Karate team in 2007[1] As of 2014, he was the only karate competitor from South Asia who has won a gold medal at an Asian Karate Championship.[2]