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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Pakistani male field hockey players}}<br />
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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
| name = Saeed Kashani<br>سعید کاشانی<br />
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| birth_date = 26 January 1947<br />
| birth_place = [[Raipur]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[British Raj]]<br />
| death_date = 27 June 2025<br />
| death_place = [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]<br>Nationalities held:<br>{{flagicon|Britain}} [[British Indian]] (1946-1947)<br/>{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistani]] (1947-2025)<br />
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| position = Centre-forward<br />
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| years1 = 1963-64<br />
| clubs1 = [[Pakistan International Airlines|PIA]]<br />
| years2 = 1964-76<br />
| clubs2 = [[Pakistan Customs]]<br />
| nationalyears1 = 1967-69<br />
<ref>{{Cite book|title=Glory & Agony of Pakistan Hockey|last=Khan|first=Sardar|publisher=Hasanzai Publications, F-106, Block No.2, Khalid bin Waleed Road, PECHS, Karachi|year=|isbn=|edition=1st|location=Karachi, Pakistan|language=English|page=175}}</ref>| nationalteam1 = [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 10<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 0<br />
| updated = 10 December 2025<br />
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'''Saeed Kashani''' (Urdu: سعید کاشانی ) (26 January 1946 – 27 June 2025) was a Pakistani former international field hockey player.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phf.com.pk/int_record.php |title=279 Players who represented Pakistan national team in international hockey |publisher=Pakistan Hockey Federation website |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030206033223/http://www.phf.com.pk/int_record.php |archivedate=6 February 2003|accessdate=27 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=پاکستان ہاکی: 20 ویں صدی میں|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=znbaAAAAMAAJ&q=Sardar+Khan+%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86+%DB%81%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C:+20+%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%BA+%D8%B5%D8%AF%DB%8C+%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BA|last=Khan|first=Sardar|publisher=Hasanzai Publications, F-106, Block No.2, Khalid bin Waleed Road, PECHS, Karachi|date=15 February 2000|isbn=|edition=1st|location=Karachi, Pakistan|language=Urdu|page=134}}</ref> He played 10 international field hockey matches for Pakistan during 1960s. He was younger brother of former Pakistan field hockey centre-forward Olympian [[Abdul Waheed (field hockey)|Abdul Waheed]].<ref>https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/936927-a-hockey-genius-departs</ref><br />
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==Start of hockey==<br />
After migration from [[India]], his family settled in [[Karachi]]'s Pir Ilahi Bakhsh Colony. He got his early education at the Model School of [[Karachi]]'s Pakistan Chowk. He got opportunity to play from the school team. Later, he also captained the school team. He also continued playing from the Model Hockey Club. After school, he took admission in city's Islamia College. He became captain of the Islamia College hockey team in 1963. Soon, he started playing for Karachi Zone. He brought a number of successes for the college team. Later, he joined two top field hockey teams of the country one after another namely [[Pakistan International Airlines|PIA]] (1963) and [[Pakistan Customs]] (1964). He continued to play for the Pakistan Customs till 1976.<br />
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==Selection to Pakistan hockey team==<br />
Kashani was first called to the national training camp in 1964. He was included in the Multan Zone field hockey team to play against the visiting [[Japan men's national field hockey team|Japan]] in [[Multan]] in April 1964. He also scored a goal in this match. His selection to [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team]] only came after the retirement of his elder brother [[Abdul Waheed (field hockey)|Abdul Waheed]] since both of them played on the same position (centre-forward). He was first selected to the national team to play against the visiting teams of [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Netherlands]] in February 1967 and [[Australia men's national field hockey team|Australia]] in October 1967. Then he played in pre-Olympics festival in [[London]] in October 1967.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Twenty Years of Sports in Pakistan|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yExXAAAAMAAJ&q=twenty+years+of+sports+in+pakistan|last=Bhatti|first=Mukhtar|publisher=Pakistan Publications|year=1967|isbn=|edition=1st|location=Karachi, Pakistan|language=English|pages=307–308}}</ref> He was also member of Pakistan hockey team which played in pre-Olympics hockey festival in [[Lahore]], Pakistan in January 1968. Two months later, he was member of the Pakistan team which took part in the Nairobi International Tournament in [[Kenya]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Twenty Years of Sports in Pakistan|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yExXAAAAMAAJ&q=twenty+years+of+sports+in+pakistan|last=Bhatti|first=Mukhtar|publisher=Pakistan Publications|year=1967|isbn=|edition=1st|location=Karachi, Pakistan|language=English|page=309}}</ref><ref>https://jeeveypakistan.com/archives/218808</ref> He was replaced as centre-forward in the Pakistan field hockey team by [[Abdul Rashid (field hockey, born 1947)|Rashid Junior]]. Still, Kashani was included in the Pakistan team for Lahore International Tournament held in March 1969 and to play against the visiting [[Argentina men's national field hockey team|Argentina]] field hockey team later in the year.<br />
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==Memorable match==<br />
The memorable match of his life came at<br />
[[Lord's]], [[London]] on 21 October 1967. This was a match between India and Pakistan during the Pre-Olympic Hockey Tournament in London. Pakistan beat India by one goal to zero. The goal was scored by left-fullback [[Tariq Aziz (field hockey, born 1938)|Tariq Aziz]] on a penalty corner. This was Pakistan's first victory against India after the 1962 Asian Games hockey final. Pakistan team consisted of these players: [[Zakir Hussain (field hockey)|Zakir Hussain]], [[Riaz ud-Din (field hockey)|Riazuddin]], [[Tariq Aziz (field hockey, born 1938)|Tariq Aziz]], [[Muhammad Rashid (field hockey, born 1941)|Rashid Senior]], [[Saeed Anwar (field hockey)|Saeed Anwar]], [[Fazalur Rehman (field hockey)|Fazalur Rehman]], [[Khalid Mahmood (field hockey)|Khalid Mahmood]], [[Tariq Niazi]] (he played right-in in this match), Saeed Kashani, [[Muhammad Asad Malik]] and [[Jahangir Butt]].<ref><br />
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/field-hockey-match-between-indian-and-pakistan-at-stock-video-footage/mr_00103145</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1946 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Field hockey players from Karachi]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani men's field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:People from Barwani district]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Pakistani sportsmen]]</div>Averma