Ansar Abbas

Ansar Abbas
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-03-15) 15 March 1989
Place of birth Faisalabad, Pakistan
Position Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2024 Pakistan Army 93 (50)
International career
2011 Pakistan 1 (0)
Medal record
Pakistan Army
National Football Challenge Cup 2015
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ansar Abbas (born 15 March 1989) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Pakistan Army. Abbas was the top scorer in the 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League, scoring 15 goals in 26 games.

Club career

Pakistan Army

2014–15

At the 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League, Ansar scored for Pakistan Army's opening game of the season against Pakistan Railways, netting his team's third goal in the 24th minute as Pakistan Army won the match 6–0.[1] He scored his second goal in Pakistan Army's second match of the season where he broke the deadlock in the 65th minutes as his team defeated Pakistan Air Force 1–0.[2] Ansar went on with three consecutive matches with goal after scoring the lone goal of the match against Muslim on 15 October 2014.[3] On 15 November 2015, Ansar scored a brace and got booked against Muslim.[4] Ansar's last goal of the season was against relegation bound Pakistan Railways.[5] Ansar scored his first National Football Challenge Cup goal in his second match 2015 NBP National Challenge Cup against Pakistan Navy.[6] His second match of the cup competition was against Karachi Port Trust.[7] Ansar scored the first penalty in penalty shootout against WAPDA as Pakistan Army won the third position match.[8] Ansar ended his season with 8 goals in 22 matches.[9]

2018–19

Ansar was made the captain of Pakistan Army for the 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League, he scored the equaliser against WAPDA in the first match of the season.[10] On 16 November 2018, Ansar scored his first career hat-trick, scoring four goals against Baloch Nushki in a 5–0 victory. Ansar scored goals in 15th, 50th, 85th and 91st of the game.[11] Ansar scored a brace against Karachi Port Trust on 17 December 2018 in 5–0 victory.[12] Ansar's last goal of the season was against K-Electric in the 91st minute.[13] Ansar ended his 2018–19 season with 15 goals in 29 appearances.[9] He also helped the team win the 2019 National Football Challenge Cup, scoring two goals in the final.[14][15]

Later career

After years of football inactivity due to the suspension on the Pakistan Football Federation by FIFA, Abbas played for the last time at the 2023 National Games,[16] and the 2023–24 National Football Challenge Cup.

International career

In 2011, Abbas represented the Pakistan under-23 team in the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualifiers,[17] and in a test series against Palestine.[18]

He made his sole senior international appearance at the 2011 SAFF Championship, in a match against Maldives.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 January 2019[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pakistan Army 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League 28 16 4 0 32 16
2013–14 23 13 4 3 27 16
2014–15 16 6 6 2 22 8
2018–19 26 15 3 0 29 15
Career total 93 50 17 5 110 55

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[20]
National team Year Apps Goals
Pakistan 2011 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Club

Pakistan Army

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Pakistan Army FC 6:0 Pakistan Railways FC". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. September 22, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "Pakistan Air Force FC 0:1 Pakistan Army FC". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. September 27, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "Pakistan Army FC 1:0 Muslim FC". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. October 15, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "Muslim FC 0:3 Pakistan Army FC". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. November 15, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "Pakistan Railways FC 1:3 Pakistan Army FC". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. November 29, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "Pakistan Army FC 1:1 Pakistan Navy FC". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. April 19, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  7. ^ "Pakistan Army FC 2:1 Karachi Port Trust". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. April 22, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  8. ^ "Pakistan Army FC 5:4, 5:4 PWAPDA FC". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. April 27, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Ansar Abbas". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  10. ^ "WAPDA FC 1:1 Pakistan Army FC". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. September 25, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  11. ^ "Baloch FC Noushki 0:5 Pakistan Army FC". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. November 16, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  12. ^ "Karachi Port Trust 0:5 Pakistan Army FC". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. December 17, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  13. ^ "K-Electric FC 0:1 Pakistan Army FC". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. January 7, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  14. ^ Report, Recorder (2019-08-06). "Pakistan Army win 28th PFF National Challenge Football Cup". Brecorder. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
  15. ^ "Army stun SSGC 3-2 to win National Challenge Football Cup". The Nation. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
  16. ^ "Boxers Zohaib, Naqeebullah storm into National Games finals". The News International. 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
  17. ^ Sport, Dawn (2011-02-23). "Pakistan stumble to 2-0 defeat against Malaysia". Dawn. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
  18. ^ Agencies (2011-03-03). "Pakistan eye series-levelling win over Palestine". Dawn. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
  19. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ansar Abbas (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  20. ^ "Ansar Abbas (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
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