Zia Us-Salam
Personal information
Full name Zia Us-Salam
Date of birth (1990-02-04) February 4, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Khan Research Laboratories
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008– Khan Research Laboratories 117 (10)
International career‡
2011–2012 Pakistan U23
2012–2013 Pakistan 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2013

Zia Us-Salam (born 4 February 1990) is a Pakistani footballer who plays as a midfielder for Khan Research Laboratories, where he is the captain.

Club career

Zia started his career with departmental side Khan Research Laboratories in 2008.[1][2] He won four league titles and five National Challenge Cup with the club.[3]

He also participated in the AFC President's Cup from 2012 to 2014. He was a member of the team which reached the 2013 AFC President's Cup final, after falling to Turkmen club Balkan FT by 0–1 in the final.[4][5]

International career

Following a football camp that was held in 2011 in Chitral, Zia-us-Salam was selected to play for Pakistan's national football team.[6] In January 2011, he was included in the probable list for the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifiers.[7] He also participated in the 2012 H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa Under-23 International Football Trophy with the Pakistan national under-23 team.[8]

Zia made his international debut on 19 November 2012 in a friendly match against Singapore in a 4–0 loss.[9] He made his competitive debut in 2013 SAFF Championship against Nepal in a 1–1 draw, coming on as a 72nd minute substitute for Muhammad Riaz. He played his first full international against Bangladesh in the competition, as Pakistan won the match 1–2. Zia has not made an appearance for national team since.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 January 2019[10]
Club Season League Cup Asia Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Khan Research Laboratories 2010–11 Pakistan Premier League 14 0 6 0 – – 20 0
2011–12 21 2 6 0 1 0 28 2
2012–13 27 5 4 0 6 1 37 6
2013–14 25 2 2 0 3 0 29 2
2014–15 4 0 5 0 – – 9 0
2015–16 – – 4 0 – – 4 0
2018–19 26 1 1 0 – – 27 1
Total 117 10 28 0 10 1 155 11
Career total 117 10 28 0 10 1 155 11

International

National team Year Apps Goals
Pakistan 2012 1 0
2013 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Club

Khan Research Laboratories

References

  1. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Zia Us-Salam (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  2. ^ "Three more matches decided in Football League". Brecorder. 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  3. ^ "Zia Us-Salam". us.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Staff, Editorial (2014-05-05). "KRL leave for Colombo to take part in AFC President's Cup [The News]". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  5. ^ Staff, Editorial (2017-01-30). "After President's Cup crown, KRL hungry for more glory [Dawn]". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  6. ^ "Chitral's Football Revolution: The 'Shuhada-e-Chitral Premier Football League 2023". The Friday Times. 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  7. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament: PFF okays 46 probables for youth team". Brecorder. 2011-01-15. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  8. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2012-11-30). "Kaleemullah to captain U23 team in SL". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  9. ^ Ahsan, Ali (2012-11-27). "Time for Pakistan to take a page out of the Filipino book". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  10. ^ "Zia-us-Salam - Player Info". Global Sports Archive. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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