Shafqat Rasool (born 10 December 1988,

Toba Tek Singh Toba Tek Singh (, ) is a Pakistan city and capital of Toba Tek Singh District in the Punjab province. It is surrounded by cities of Gojra, Kamalia, Rajana, Pir Mahal and Shorkot. History The city and district is named after a Sikh rel ...

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player. On 3 April 2021, he was banned from all competition for 10 years after "indulging in a fight during a match." However, the ban was lifted on 3 October 2021, by a fact-finding committee.

Career

2008

Rasool was part of the Pakistan squad at the

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, playing in all 6 of Pakistan's games and scoring 1 goal.

2010

Rasool took part in the

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. Late in November, he was part of the gold medal winning team at the

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2012

Rasool played in all of Pakistan's games at the

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, again scoring 1 goal.

References

Living people 1988 births People from Toba Tek Singh District Pakistani male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Pakistan Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2014 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan Asian Games medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen {{Pakistan-fieldhockey-bio-stub