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| Full name | Islahuddin Siddiqui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 1948 (1948-01-10) (age 76)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Islahuddin (Urdu: اِصلاح الدین; born 10 January 1948) is a field hockey player from Pakistan.[1][3] He was born in Meerut, India.[citation needed]
A right winger from Pakistan , he led PakistantoHockey World Cup glory in 1978. Not only did Pakistan win the World Cup under his captaincy, it also completed a grand slam by winning the Champions Trophy and an Asian Games gold medal as well in 1978.[4]
Islahuddin played between 1967 and 1978. He was capped 130 times and scored 137 goals. He won the silver medal in the 1972 Summer OlympicsatMunich, W. Germany and a bronze medal in the 1976 Summer OlympicsatMontreal.[1][3] Islahuddin was member of team that won 1971 World Cup under captaincy of Khalid MahmoodinBarcelona. He was captain of 1975 World Cup runner-up team and 1978 World Cup winning team. He was gold medalist in the 1970 Asian Games held at Bangkok, 1974 Asian Games held at Tehran and 1978 Asian GamesatBangkok.
After his retirement from the sport, he has been associated with hockey as a coach and manager of the Pakistan field hockey team along with commentator and member of the FIH rules board. In 1990, he was manager of Pakistan team that was runner up in the World Cup tournament played in Lahore, Pakistan.[citation needed] The FIH awarded him the greatest award in hockey services, the diploma of merit, in recognition of his international hockey services.[citation needed] He was the captain of the Pakistan hockey team in 45 international matches (43 matches were won and two ended in a draw).
Islahuddin is also author of book 'Dash Through My Life'.[5]
