Sohail Abbas

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sohail Abbas
Occupation	Field Hockey Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 9, 1975(1975-06-09)
Age	49
Birthplace	Karachi
Country	Pakistan
Birth City	Sindh
Horoscope	Gemini

Sohail Abbas Biography

Sohail Abbas is one of the most popular and richest Field Hockey Player who was born on June 9, 1975 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The rule was modified following in the year 1910’s World Cup, he was not selected to be eligible for his participation in the 1th Commonwealth Games by coach Shahnaz Sheikh. However, he managed to take silver at the 20th CT and bronze at the 13th Asian Games in the same year.

Sohail Abbas (born September 9, 1977) was a Former captain for the Pakistan Hockey Team. He is the top goalscorer in International field hockey, scoring three-quarters of a million International goals.

Four months later, he was dropped from the Pakistan Junior squad. Pakistan Junior team manager Samiullah Khan and coach Ayaz Mahmood were not convinced to include him for the 1997 World Cup staged in Milton Keynes – an underwhelming squad that failed to making it to the Junior World Cup semi- finals for the first time in the cup’s 25-year history. Finally, he made his debut the following year on the national team and has since become arguably hockey’s most prolific goalscorer of all time.

Sohail, who struck 20 goals in 1998, was in terrific form in 1999 when Pakistan won the Azlan Shah Cup for the first time and got silver in Asia Cup. He was leading scorer in 8th Pakistan-India Series (10 goals), 9th Azlan Shah Cup (12 goals) and 5th Asia Cup (16 goals). Of 16 Asia Cup’s goals, seven were against Sri Lanka which allowed him a spot in a select band of nine players who registered double hat-trick in international circus for Pakistan. His 60 goals in 1999 shattered the world record of Litjens (58 goals) and national record of Sardar (50 goals) in one calendar year.

Born in the Karachi’s Holy Family Hospital, Soldier Bazaar on June 9, 1977. Sohail was a former student from the Karachi’s Habib Public School, the school of a number of other famous hockey players. In reality it was correctly stated that hockey is a subject taught at this school.

Sohail Abbas Net Worth

Sohail Abbas is one of the richest Field Hockey Player from Pakistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sohail Abbas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

It was the fifth CT for Sohail and it was also the moment that he became the most prolific scoring player of Pakistan in this famous annual event. surpassing Hanif Khan’s record of 21 goals when he converted the PC to Argentina within the seventh minute. This is his 22nd goals in CT the history of CT.

He was from a sporty family. His father Syed Iftikhar Hussain was an ex-first- class cricketer. He was a player for Karachi and also Pak Crescent Club, famous for the production of Zaheer Abbas. Sohail is the eldest from three siblings. Raheel Abbas, the younger brother has a job as an IT expert as well as an experienced Professional or First Class cricketer. Sohail often has said that his inspiration was derived from his grandfather, Safdar Abbas, a left- winger who scored against Argentina in the 1974 World Cup as 16-year-old boy. Sohail insists on highlighting the role of Safdar the man who Sohail states, inspired him when he was a kid.

As a young hockey player, his potential was not realized for some time. He had difficulty making an impact on the professional hockey leagues between 1995 and 1998. Like many Pakistani hockey players, he is a product of the Pakistan Junior Squad. An impressive performance in the 18th Junior National Hockey U18 Championship at Quetta 1995 gained him a place in Pakistan Junior squad which drew their home series 2–2 against Germany Juniors. He was not selected for the tour of Netherlands, Germany and Poland, playing next for Pakistan in the third Junior Asia Cup at Singapore in 1996. He staged a return to the Pakistan Junior side in 1997, a side which beat Germany Junior in four consecutive test matches.

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He got eight goals at Sydney after handsome display at Osaka’s Olympic qualifiers. His achievement at Japan was all the more remarkable considering he had only just returned to the fray after spending four months on the sidelines with a groin injury. His total goals in 2000 were 26, followed by 37 in 2001.

Facts & Trivia

Sohail Ranked on the list of most popular Field Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Pakistan. Sohail Abbas celebrates birthday on June 9 of every year.

Sohail matched the world record on 4 October 2000 during the fifth test of the current series at the stadium named after Hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand; part of three gold medal-winning Indian teams in the Olympics – Amsterdam 1928, Los Angeles 1932 and Berlin 1936, where he was the captain. Sohail scored his 267th international goal at this historic venue from the 65th-minute penalty- stroke. Sohail was already the holder of three world records in his six-year international career, before Amritsar’s landmark. He is the scorer of the highest number of goals (60) in a calendar year as well as the holder of the title of fastest century and double century of goals in international hockey. He reached double century of goals on 17 August 2003 at Wagener stadium when he struck twice in 6–5 thrilling win over Argentina during 25th CT.