Masood Fakhri

Masood Fakhri
Fakhri with Mohammedan Sporting in 1955
Personal information
Full name Masood Fakhri
Date of birth (1932-11-16)16 November 1932
Place of birth Toba Tek Singh, Punjab, British India
Date of death 6 September 2016(2016-09-06) (aged 83)
Place of death Bangor Teifi, Wales
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position Left winger
Youth career
1949–1950 Raiders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1952 Punjab
1952 Raiders
1952–1954 East Bengal 30+ (25)
1953 North-Western Railway
1954 Punjab
1955–1956 Kolkata Mohammedan
1956–1957 Bradford City (0)
International career
1952–1955 Pakistan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Masood Fakhri (Punjabi: مسعود فخری; 16 November 1932 – 6 September 2016) was a Pakistani professional footballer who played as a left winger. A former Pakistani international, Fakhri was well known for his time with Indian Kolkata clubs East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting. He was the first Pakistani footballer to score a hat trick in an international game at the 1954 Asian Games, and the first player from South Asia to play in England, where he played for Bradford City before prematurely retiring.