Tanveer ul Hasnain (; born 29 May 1967) is a Pakistani former

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who played as a

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and

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. Tanveer was part of the Pakistan national team which retained the gold medal at the

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Club career

Tanveer initially took athletics as his path, and competed in several district and division level events. He later started playing football for local Hero Football Club. He represented the Punjab provincial team at the National Football Championship representing the side at the

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. He was also member of the Wohaib club which participated in the 1992–93 Asian Club Championship, where he scored the lone goal for Wohaib in a 1–1 draw against PAS Tehran FC in their final group game in

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International career

Tanveer first represented the Pakistan Blue team at the fifth 1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament held in

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. Four years later in 1991, he represented the Pakistan national under-23 football team at the 1992 Summer Olympics Qualifiers against

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and

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. He was later selected for the Pakistan national team for the

where he featured as a regular starter, and helped the team win the gold medal after defeating

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in the final. Two years later, he represented Pakistan as vice captain at the inaugural 1993 SAARC Gold Cup and the

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held in

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Post-retirement

Tanveer obtained his AFC C coaching license following his retirement as player, and served as youth coach for several schools and his former club Wohaib.

Personal life

Tanveer hails from Lahore, and from a family of athletes. One of his brothers Zia Sabtain also played as footballer for the Pakistan national youth team while his youngest brother

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is a former captain of the Pakistan national field hockey team who represented the country at the

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. Another brother Imamuddin is a

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, who represented Pakistan in the

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Honours

Pakistan

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasnain, Tanveer ul Pakistani men's footballers Men's association football defenders Pakistan men's international footballers 1967 births Living people South Asian Games medalists in football South Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Footballers from Lahore Wohaib FC players 20th-century Pakistani sportsmen