Muhammad Umar Bhutta (born 24 December 1992 in

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) is a Pakistani

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player.Pakistan at 2012 Olympic Games
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Career

Bhutta was included in the squad for the

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London, UK. In 2012, he was named captain of Pakistan junior hockey team for the 7th Junior Asia Cup played at

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, Malaysia. In 2013, Bhutta was retained as captain of the national junior team that represented Pakistan in the Junior Hockey World Cup. In 2021, Bhutta lead the Pakistan team in the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy. In 2022, he captained the Pakistan hockey team during the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 British Empire Game ...

in Birmingham. In 2023, he was the captain of the Pakistan team during the

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* 1992 births Living people Pakistani male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan Asian Games medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century Pakistani people {{Pakistan-fieldhockey-bio-stub