Ahmed Faheem (born 4 December 1994) is a Pakistani

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who plays as a winger for

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Club career

Early career

Faheem first represented

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based Crown Club at youth level. He also represented the Punjab provincial team in 2009. He later represented

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based club Wohaib, playing a crucial role for the club promotion to the top tier at the 2011 PFF League.

Sui Northern Gas

Faheem started his career with

-based

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, making his debut for the club on 26 November 2014 against Hazara Coal Company in the 2014–15 Pakistan Football Federation League. Faheem scored a brace on debut, scoring the opening goal of the match in the 28th minute and his second in the 86th minute as Sui Northern Gas won the match 3–1. His second match was a 1–0 defeat to Higher Education Commission. On 15 April 2015, Faheem scored on his

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debut against

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in a 3–1 loss in the 86th minute during the

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match in the

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. Faheem also scored a penalty in the 88th minute against rivals

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as his team lost 2–6 in the last match of the National Challenge Cup.

WAPDA

Faheem joined

in 2018, as there was no football league held since 2015. He scored on his debut for WAPDA in the opening match for 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League against

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in a 1–1 draw. Faheem scored his first career hat-trick against

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in a 4–2 victory, scoring his first and third on penalties in 15th and 80th minute and second in 57th minute. On 8 November 2018, he scored the lone goal against

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in a 1–0 victory. Faheem ended his season with 11 goals in 20 appearances. Faheem scored in the

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of 2018 National Challenge Cup against Pakistan Petroleum in a 2–0 victory. Faheem scored the opening goal in the

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against Pakistan Airforce in the 11th minute. WAPDA lost the match 2–1. After three years of inactivity due to

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suspension by FIFA, Faheem scored the fastest goal in the 2023 PFF National Challenge Cup which came in the 37th second in a 5–0 victory against Saif Textile.

International career

Faheem made his debut for

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against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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at the 79th minute. His second international appearances was against

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, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute captain

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. Faheem scored his first international goal in the same match in the 90+1 minute as Pakistan won the match 3–0.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Faheem goal.''

Honours

WAPDA

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, 2023–24

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Faheem Ahmed 1994 births Living people Pakistan men's international footballers Footballers from Punjab, Pakistan Men's association football midfielders Wohaib FC players WAPDA F.C. players Pakistani men's footballers 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen