Salman Akbar (born 3 January 1982, in Lahore) is a

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coach and former player from

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. He is a former captain and goalkeeper of the

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. A veteran of 230 games, he has represented Pakistan in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He lives in the Netherlands now. In 2018, he was appointed

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's goalkeeping coach.

Career

In 2001, Akbar was the captain of Pakistan junior hockey team; he represented Pakistan national senior team in Champions Trophy in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He represented Pakistan in the World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2002, and in the Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, Netherlands, in 2003. In 2004, he represented Pakistan at Athens in the Summer Olympics and also in the Champions Trophy in Lahore, Pakistan. In 2005, he won the Robo Cup beating Australia in final

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, Holland. In 2006, he won a silver medal in Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia, bronze in Asian Games Doha, Qatar and played world cup Mönchengladbach, Germany. In 2007, he was the captain of Pakistan Hockey Team in the Champions Trophy, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 2008, he represented Pakistan at the Beijing Summer Olympics. In November 2010, Akbar was a part of the gold medal winning team at the

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. At the 2010 Asian Games he was rewarded as the best goalkeeper in the tournament in Beijing, China and played the World Cup in Delhi, India. As of 2019, Salman Akbar plays for Victoria and also gives training to the Victoria and HC Pijnacker goalkeepers.

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* 1982 births Living people Pakistani male field hockey players Male field hockey goalkeepers 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Lahore Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Pakistan Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Pakistan Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen {{Pakistan-fieldhockey-bio-stub

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