 Abbas during the interview by BBC in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
9 June 1977 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | ||
| Playing position | Defender Full-back | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1997-2002 | Habib Bank | ||
| 2002 | BS Nasional HC | ||
| 2003-2017 | WAPDA | ||
| 2003-2004 | Harvestehuder THC | ||
| 2005 | Hyderabad Sultans | ||
| 2005-2009 | HC Rotterdam | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 1998-2012 | Pakistan | 311 | (348) |
| Last updated on: 9 August 2012 | |||
Sohail Abbas, (born 9 June 1977) is a former professional field hockey player from Pakistan who played as a Full-back. Regarded as one of the greatest players of all time he is the all-time second highest goal scorer in international field hockey and highest goal scorer in modern field hockey (artificial turf) with 348 international goals.[1] A drag-flick specialist noted for his lethal flicks with great accuracy and speed in front of goal from penalty corners he is widely regarded as the 'King of the drag flick'.[2][3]
Abbas started his professional career in Pakistan and played professional hockey in Malaysia, Netherlands, Germany and India in his career most notably for Dutch side HC Rotterdam. After representing Pakistan at junior levels Abbas made his international debut in the Test series against India in February 1998. He scored his first senior international goal in the second match of the series in a 2–1 win. Abbas has 315 caps for Pakistan and in which he scored 348 goals including 21 hat-tricks an international record. He has represented his country at 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIH Hockey World Cups and the 2000, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics being the top scorer for Pakistan at both the World Cups and Olympics.
- ^ Sports, A. R. Y. (18 November 2015). "The legend Sohail Abbas". ARYSports.tv. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Profile of Sohail Abbas". SR/Olympic Sports website. 28 August 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ G, Eddie (24 September 2019). "Who is the drag flick king, Sohail Abbas?". Retrieved 27 May 2021.