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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2012}}{{Infobox field hockey player|name=Sameer Dad|image=|fullname=Mohammad Sameer Dad|birth_date={{birth date|1978|11|25|df=yes}}|birth_place=[[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]|currentclub=|youthclubs1=|youthyears1=|clubs1=|years1=|caps(goals)1=|nationalteam1=[[India men's national field hockey team|India]]|nationalyears1=|nationalcaps(goals)1=|updated=}}'''Mohammad Sameer Dad''' (born 25 November 1978 in [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]) is a former [[field hockey]] forward who played for [[India]].  

Dad made his international senior debut for the Indian [[India men's national field hockey team|Men's National Team]] in January 1998, during the test series against [[Germany]]. Prior to his entry into the senior team, he was a member of India's [[Hockey Junior World Cup]] team in 1997 in [[England]]. He was a member of the Indian team at the [[1998 Asian Games]], where India won the gold medal after 32 years at [[Bangkok]], and at the [[1998 Men's Hockey World Cup]] in Holland. He was part of India's team at the [[Men's Hockey Asia Cup]] at [[Malaysia]] in 1999 and represented India at the [[Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney, Australia]], where India finished seventh. He scored two goals in the tournament.  

His other notable matches include a 2002 World Cup qualifier in Scotland and India's 2003 Australia tour. After an injury in 2003, he was dropped from the team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/khiladi/2000/|title=Sameer Dad profile|last=|first=|date=2006-10-11|website=Bharatiya Hockey|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011092111/http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/khiladi/2000/|archive-date=2006-10-11|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref>

His brother Mohammad Yousuf played for the Indian team as a left-winger. His nephew Affan Yousuf was a member of the team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/affan-yousuf-hockey-hil-hockey-india-league-jaypee-punjab-warriors-mohammed-yousuf-sameer-dad-sameer-dad-imran-bhopal-youngster-185006-2014-03-15|title=Hockey: Bhopal youngster Affan Yousuf keen to carry family legacy forward|last=Bhaduri|first=Tushar|date=|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref>

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