Shahid Ali Khan
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- For the singer, see Shahid Ali Khan (Qawwal singer)
Shahid Ali Khan (Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
: شاہد علی خان) (born December 26, 1964)
is a retired field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
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from Pakistan
Pakistan
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, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team
Pakistan national field hockey team
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at the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
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in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
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and later became the Pakistan's goal keeping coach. Eight years later he was on the side that captured the bronze medal in Barcelona, Spain. At the age of 18, in 1982, he saved a penalty stroke to save Pakistan in the Final of World Cup. During his days, he was considered as one of the best goalkeepers in the game of field hockey, and was capped 135 times.
On 13 February 2009, Shahid Ali Khan was appointed the head coach of the national men's hockey team of Pakistan, the first (former) goalkeeper to be appointed to this prestigious post.
The team's first happiness with him was when the hockey team qualified for the 2010 Hockey World Cup. Pakistan also came home with silver medal after competing in the Hockey Challenge held in Salta, Argentina.
He is brother in Law of Muhammad Owais Qureshi.
He currently resides in Karachi with his wife and three children.