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Maula Bakhsh
Bakhsh in 1967
Personal information
Full name Maula Bakhsh Gotai
Date of birth 1947
Place of birth Lyari, Pakistan
Date of death (aged 73–74)
Place of death Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960s Karachi Port Trust
1960s Pakistan Airlines
1960s EPIDC
1968 Mersin İdman Yurdu 2 (0)
1974–? Al-Shaab
International career
1964–1974 Pakistan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maula Bakhsh Gotai (Urdu: مولا بخش گوٹائی; 1947 – 31 August 2021) alternatively spelled Maula Bux,[1] was a Pakistani professional footballer who played as a forward. Bakhsh represented the Pakistan national team from 1964 to 1974, and captained the national team in 1973. He is also one of the first and few Pakistani footballers to play professional football in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Early life

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Bakhsh was born in Saifi Lane, in the Lyari locality of Karachi in 1947.[1][2] He started playing football at an early age for the local Saifi Sports Club.[3] A graduate of Karachi University, Bakhsh played for several school football teams until eventually getting selected for the Karachi youth team.[2] Most footballers in Pakistan during the early years rose through the ranks from school football.[4][5]

Club career

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West and East Pakistan

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Bakhsh played for Karachi Port Trust and Pakistan Airlines departmental teams in the domestic setup in the 1960s. Like several notable players of West Pakistan, Bakhsh represented several clubs in East Pakistan at the Dhaka League, where he played for EPIDC.[2][6]

Turkey

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After making good impression with the national team in a match against Turkey at the 1967 RCD Cup,[7] on 6 April 1968, Bakhsh along with national teammate Abdul Jabbar signed for Turkish First Football League club Mersin İdman Yurdu on a two-year contract.[1][8][9] Bakhsh made two appearances with the team against Ankara Demirspor and Bursaspor during the 1967–68 Turkish First Football League.[10] Both stayed at the club for six months.[11]

Bakhsh had reportedly later claimed that both faced difficulties, and could not match the stamina and fitness required for the Turkish football team, due to the poor level played in Pakistan.[12]

United Arab Emirates

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During the 1970s, several local leagues were launched across the Middle East, where several Pakistani players represented club sides in these leagues and some of these players even coached the clubs’ new youth setups. Subsequently, Bakhsh moved to the United Arab Emirates, where he featured for Al-Shaab CSC in Sharjah in the mid-1970s, later also coaching the team.[6][2]

International career

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Bakhsh sitting in middle as captain of Pakistan during a tour to China in 1973

Bakhsh represented the Pakistan national football team from 1964 to 1974. Bakhsh captained the national side in 1973, when the national team toured the far east, which included several test matches against local teams and a friendly against China ending in a 4–7 defeat.[6]

Personal life and death

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After retiring from football after his last spell in Sharjah, he settled in the United Arab Emirates,[2] where he passed away on 31 August 2021.[citation needed]

Career statistics

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International goals

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Note: Exact figures of Pakistani players before 1989 are not yet known and yet to be researched. Below are goals recorded.

List of international goals scored by Maula Bakhsh
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 15 November 1967 Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Rangoon, Burma  India 1–1 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification [13]
2 10 September 1969 Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara, Turkey  Turkey 1–0 2–4 1969 RCD Cup [14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lyari boys challenge national team for open contest". DAWN.COM. 19 June 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "مولابخش گوٹائی لیاری کا پیلے" [Maula Bakhsh Gotai, Lyari's Pelé]. Jasarat.com (in Urdu). 19 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  3. ^ "گینگ وار سے پہلے" [Before the gang war]. express.pk (in Urdu). 30 January 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Unique Star School edge Ibrahim Ali Bhai School". thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Leisure Leagues set to hold school football". thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  7. ^ "ورلڈ کپ فٹبال : لیاری والوں کے دل برازیل کے لیے کیوں دھڑکتے ہیں؟" [World Cup Football: Why do Lyari's hearts beat for Brazil?]. BBC News اردو (in Urdu). 27 November 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  8. ^ "روزنامہ دنیا :- کھیلوں کی دنیا:-انٹرنیشنل فٹبالر عبدالجبار کراچی میں انتقال کرگئے" [International footballer Abdul Jabbar passed away in Karachi]. Roznama Dunya: روزنامہ دنیا :-. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  9. ^ "لیاری، جو کبھی یونان تھا اور اب بھی برازیل ہے – DW – 09.12.2022" [Lyari, once Greece and still Brazil]. dw.com (in Urdu). Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Molla Bachs". Mackolik.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  11. ^ "لٹل برازیل کا فٹبال کلچر کیسے تباہ ہوا ؟" [How was the football culture of Little Brazil destroyed?]. BBC News اردو (in Urdu). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  12. ^ Shah Adil, Nadir (22 December 2014). "فٹبال ٹیم ....داستان اور کچھ عالمی حقائق" [Football team ....story and some world facts].
  13. ^ Nilanjan Datta (2013). India NT Results.
  14. ^ "TURKEY PAKISTAN - Match Details TFF". tff.org. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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