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{{Short description|Pakistani footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Masood Fakhri
| image = Masood Fakhri.jpg
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| caption = Fakhri with [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] in 1955
| fullname = Masood Fakhri
| birth_date = 1932
| birth_place = [[Toba Tek Singh District|Toba Tek Singh]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|9|6|1932|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], Wales
| height =
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Pakistan Raiders Club
| years1 = 1952–1954
| clubs1 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 = 25
| years2 = 1955–1956
| clubs2 = [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
| caps2 =
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| years3 = 1956–1957
| clubs3 = [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1952–1956
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'''Masood Fakhri''' ({{lang-pa|{{Nastaliq|مسعود فخری}}}}; 1932 – 6 September 2016) was a Pakistani professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Ali|last=Ahsan|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/593095/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-part-i|title=A history of football in Pakistan – Part I|publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|website=www.dawn.com|date=23 December 2010|access-date=1 March 2014|location=Karachi, Pakistan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904220323/https://www.dawn.com/2010/12/23/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-part-i/|archive-date=4 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Ali|last=Ahsan|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/593096/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-part-ii|title=A history of football in Pakistan – Part II|publisher=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|website=www.dawn.com|date=23 December 2010|access-date=1 March 2014|location=Karachi, Pakistan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905115633/https://www.dawn.com/2010/12/23/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-part-ii/|archive-date=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=4 October 1953 |title=I.C.L. and East Bengal Draw for the Third Time - Pak Players Included in Calcuta Side - Bombay Team Lodge Protest After Match |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6586%2C427740 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705094824/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6586%2C427740 |url-status=live }}</ref> A former [[Pakistan national football team|Pakistani]] international, Fakhri was well known for his time with Indian [[Kolkata]] clubs [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] and [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]].<ref>{{cite web |author=soumen78 |url=https://eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/list-of-foreign-players-to-play-for-east-bengal-club-from-1942/ |title=List of Foreign Players to Play for East Bengal Club from 1942 – East Bengal Club, India – Records, Funs and Facts |publisher=Eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com |date=2016-03-31 |access-date=2018-12-18 |archive-date=19 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019001914/https://eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/list-of-foreign-players-to-play-for-east-bengal-club-from-1942/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="TeamArchives">{{cite web |url=https://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/team-archives.php |title=TEAM ARCHIVES - East Bengal FC |access-date=13 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609144422/https://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/team-archives.php |archive-date=9 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eastbengalclub.co.in/teamarchives.html |title=TEAM ARCHIVES - East Bengal FC |access-date=13 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108213722/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/teamarchives.html |archive-date=8 November 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://www.footballpakistan.com/2016/09/masood-fakhri-pakistans-football-wizard-who-captivated-kolkata-maidan-ndtv/ Masood Fakhri: Pakistan’s Football Wizard Who Captivated Kolkata Maidan [NDTV]] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182633/https://www.footballpakistan.com/2016/09/masood-fakhri-pakistans-football-wizard-who-captivated-kolkata-maidan-ndtv/ |date=9 July 2021 }} ''footballpakistan.com''. Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref> He also played in England with [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] before retiring.

==Early life==
Fakhri was born in 1932 in [[Toba Tek Singh District|Toba Tek Singh]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], In 1955 [[Saadat Hasan Manto]]’s highly-acclaimed [[Toba Tek Singh (short story)|short story ''Toba Tek Singh'']] immortalised this town.

==Club career==
===Early career===
He began his career in his home country with Pakistan Raiders Club.<ref name="NDTV">{{cite news|last1=Sarmah|first1=Bhargab|title=Masood Fakhri: Pakistan's Football Wizard Who Captivated Kolkata Maidan|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/football/features/262902-masood-fakhri-pakistan-s-football-wizard-who-captivated-kolkata-maidan|access-date=18 September 2016|work=NDTV Sports|date=17 September 2016|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919073334/http://sports.ndtv.com/football/features/262902-masood-fakhri-pakistan-s-football-wizard-who-captivated-kolkata-maidan|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===East Bengal===
In 1952, when he moved to [[India]], was a 20-year-old youngster and signed with [[Calcutta Football League]] side [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]].<ref name=noor>{{cite web|author=The World Sports Today|date=1 August 2020|url=https://theworldsportstoday.com/100-years-of-east-bengal-a-timeline-of-kolkata-giants-key-milestones/|title=100 years of East Bengal: A timeline of Kolkata giant's key milestones|work=The World Sports Today|access-date=26 June 2021|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627161358/https://theworldsportstoday.com/100-years-of-east-bengal-a-timeline-of-kolkata-giants-key-milestones/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=scroll>{{Cite web|first=Joydeep|last=Basu|date=25 January 2021|url=https://scroll.in/field/985042/indian-football-fred-pugsley-chima-okorie-ranti-martins-the-foreign-strikers-who-shone-in-india|website=Scroll.in|access-date=26 June 2021|title=Indian football: Fred Pugsley, Chima Okorie, Ranti Martins – the foreign strikers who shone in India|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514105606/https://scroll.in/field/985042/indian-football-fred-pugsley-chima-okorie-ranti-martins-the-foreign-strikers-who-shone-in-india|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=tenbest>{{cite web|first=Ritabrata|last=Banerjee|date=16 May 2020|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/indian-football-east-bengal-10-best-foreigners/10npgrhj9eyrc1969hv0yp2uqf|title=Indian Football - The 10 best foreigners to have played for East Bengal|work=Goal|access-date=27 June 2021|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214231557/https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/indian-football-east-bengal-10-best-foreigners/10npgrhj9eyrc1969hv0yp2uqf|url-status=live}}</ref> During his first season with the club Fakhri helped his side win the Calcutta Football League alongside the prestigious [[Durand Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sen|first=Debayan|date=1 August 2020|url=https://www.espn.in/football/east-bengal/story/4139529/a-century-of-excellence-east-bengals-greatest-hits|title=A century of excellence: East Bengal's greatest hits|website=ESPN|access-date=24 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624211824/https://www.espn.in/football/east-bengal/story/4139529/a-century-of-excellence-east-bengals-greatest-hits|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=top5>{{cite web|first=Sayan|last=Chatterjee|date=6 April 2021|url=https://thebridge.in/football/top-5-foreign-footballers-india-20628|title=Top 5 foreign footballers to have played in India|access-date=26 June 2021|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627161354/https://thebridge.in/football/top-5-foreign-footballers-india-20628|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NDTV"/> Fakhri usually played as a left-winger and had scored 14 goals in the Calcutta Football League alongside scoring the winning goals in his first two matches against East Bengal's biggest rivals, [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]], and thus became a fan favorite among East Bengal supporters.<ref name="NDTV"/> Fakhri helped the team winning the DCM Trophy and was also part of the East Bengal side to play tournament and friendly matches in [[Europe]].<ref name="NDTV"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2017/stories/20030829007813300.htm|title=The saga of East Bengal – The Hindu|website=www.thehindu.com|access-date=9 June 2019|archive-date=2 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702111559/https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/sport/article30218648.ece}}</ref>

Fakhri went on to play for two more seasons at the club. In 1953, he was part of the senior team's tour to the Romanian Youth Festival in [[Bucharest]], where they faced teams like [[FC Torpedo Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewikihow.com/video_efPFVqY0BYU|title=Soccer Barefoot 1953 (21.08) Torpedo (Ussr) - East Bengal Club (India)- 3-3. Aleks Chistogan – thewikihow|website=www.thewikihow.com|access-date=3 July 2021|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609103141/https://thewikihow.com/video_efPFVqY0BYU|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Gautam|last1=Roy|first2=Swapan|last2=Ball|date=2007|url=http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/famousPlayers3.asp|title=East Bengal Football Club – Famous Players|access-date=25 February 2009|website=www.eastbengalfootballclub.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221072434/http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/famousPlayers3.asp|archive-date=21 February 2009}}</ref> He scored a goal against Lebanon XI in their 6–1 win in that tournament. He was also a part of the team that played against German side [[Kickers Offenbach]] in that year.<ref>{{cite web|author=Neil Morrison|date=12 November 2015|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ofckickers-asia53.html|title=Kickers Offenbach (West Germany) Asian tour 1953|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=24 June 2021|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019153551/http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ofckickers-asia53.html}}</ref>

===Mohammedan Sporting===
In 1955, Fakhri signed with another Kolkata club, [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]. In 1956, he helped Mohammedan winning the prestigious [[Rovers Cup]] title.<ref name="NDTV"/>

===Bradford City===
Bert Flatley, a coach with the [[Football Association]] (FA) in England, communicated to Fakhri the possibility of a move to [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]. The club then competed in the third tier of [[English football league system]]. After negotiations with the then manager Peter Jackson, Fakhri finally signed for the club on 8 August 1956 In 1956. After playing one season with the club, he prematurely quit football due to personal reasons in 1957.<ref name="NDTV"/><ref>[https://www.sportscrunch.in/legendary-pakistani-footballer-masood-fakhri-silently-passes-away-at-83-in-wales/ Legendary Pakistani footballer Masood Fakhri silently passes away at 83 in Wales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815145613/https://www.sportscrunch.in/legendary-pakistani-footballer-masood-fakhri-silently-passes-away-at-83-in-wales/ |date=15 August 2022 }} ''sportscrunch.in''. Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref>

==International==
[[File:Pakistan_National_Football_Team_1955.jpg|left|thumb|Fakhri with the Pakistan national team in 1955 (second from right in middle)]]
Fakhri had represented [[Pakistan national football team|Pakistan]] at international level in the preceding years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kapadia |first1=Novy |date=24 April 1983 |title=Puran Bahadur Thapa: India's first hat-trick man |publisher=Sportskeeda |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/puran-bahadur-thapa-indias-first-hat-trick-man |url-status=live |access-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028070923/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/puran-bahadur-thapa-indias-first-hat-trick-man |archive-date=28 October 2021}}</ref> Fakhri had most notably scored a hat-trick and became the first player from [[Pakistan]] to do so as his national team thumped [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] 6–2 in a group match at the [[1954 Asian Games]] in [[Manila]], Philippines. He had also scored goals against [[India national football team|India]] and [[Myanmar national football team|Myanmar]] during the period.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Nilesh |date=13 September 2016 |title=Masood Fakhri, ex-East Bengal football star from Pakistan, no more |work=Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Masood-Fakhri-ex-East-Bengal-football-star-from-Pakistan-no-more/articleshow/54311890.cms |url-status=live |access-date=18 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114195219/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Masood-Fakhri-ex-East-Bengal-football-star-from-Pakistan-no-more/articleshow/54311890.cms |archive-date=14 January 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Fakhri married Rhoda Eileen and lived in Llanrwst, North Wales. His brother's family settled in [[Great Britain]] as well.

==Post-retirement==
After retiring from football, Fakhri lived out the rest of his life living in [[Bangor Teifi]], Wales.<ref name="NDTV"/>

He died in September 2016 in [[Wales]].<ref>[https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/football/top-stories/masood-fakhri-ex-east-bengal-football-star-from-pakistan-no-more/amp_articleshow/54311890.cms Masood Fakhri, ex-East Bengal football star from Pakistan, no more] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316030121/https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/football/top-stories/Masood-Fakhri-ex-East-Bengal-football-star-from-Pakistan-no-more/amp_articleshow/54311890.cms |date=16 March 2018 }} ''The Times of India''. Retrieved 3 July 2021</ref>

==Honours==

'''East Bengal'''
*[[Calcutta Football League]]: 1952<ref>{{Cite web|last=Armband|date=9 November 2019|title=East Bengal Football Club : History and Emergence|url=https://www.sports-nova.com/2019/11/09/east-bengal-football-club-history-and-emergence-as-indian-superpower/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609193043/https://www.sports-nova.com/2019/11/09/east-bengal-football-club-history-and-emergence-as-indian-superpower/|archive-date=9 June 2020|access-date=9 June 2020|website=Sports-nova|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[Durand Cup]]: 1952<ref>{{Cite web|last=Banerjee|first=Ritabrata|date=12 April 2020|title=Indian Football: Down the memory lane – East Bengal's 'Golden era' of 1970s|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-down-the-memory-lane-east-bengal-golden-era/sm5c7t807v011wmkp5wjj6zvs|access-date=1 August 2020|website=www.goal.com|publisher=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301125229/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-down-the-memory-lane-east-bengal-golden-era/sm5c7t807v011wmkp5wjj6zvs|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Mohammedan Sporting'''
*[[Rovers Cup]]: 1956

'''Pakistan'''
*[[Colombo Cup|Colombo Quadrangular Cup]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html|title=Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952-1955|website=RSSSF|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727145000/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/brindies-quad.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/colombocup.html|title=The Indian National Team at the Colombo Cup|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=13 June 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030613163424/http://indianfootball.de/data/colombocup.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 1952; runner-up: 1953, 1955; third-place: 1954<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html#54|title=Asian Quadrangular Tournament 1954 (Calcutta, India)|website=[[RSSSF]] |first=Neil|last=Morrison|date=1999|access-date=17 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927000411/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html|archive-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of foreign players for SC East Bengal]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=East Bengal 100|publisher=Allsport Foundation|date=1 January 2021|first=Gautam|last=Roy|isbn=978-8194763109}}
*{{cite book |last1=Kapadia |first1=Novy |year=2017|title=Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=978-0-143-42641-7 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Martinez| first=Dolores |last2=Mukharji |first2=Projit B|year=2009|title=Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&q=kerala+footballer+in+Burma |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-138-88353-6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702174505/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&dq=kerala+footballer+in+Burma&source=gbs_navlinks_s |archive-date=2 July 2022 }}
*{{cite book|title=Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora|year=2001|publisher=Frank Cass Publishers|location=[[London]], United Kingdom|isbn=978-0-7146-8170-2|page=33|last1=Dineo|first1=Paul|last2=Mills|first2=James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71JHZiiP3hoC|archive-date=25 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725072732/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Soccer_in_South_Asia.html?id=71JHZiiP3hoC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y}}
*[[Partha Chatterjee (scholar)|Chatterjee, Partha]]. ''The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Post-colonial Histories'' (Calcutta: [[Oxford University Press]], 1995).
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbUFaAEACAAJ|title=History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10|first=Nirmal|last=Nath|year=2011|publisher=Readers Service|isbn=9788187891963|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722172604/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/History_of_Indian_Football.html?id=QbUFaAEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y|archive-date=22 July 2022}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Pakistan|Biography|Association football}}
*[https://www.footballpakistan.com/2013/04/profile-masood-fakhri/ Profile: Masood Fakhri] at Football Pakistan

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