| Murad Bakhsh | |
| Fullname: | Murad Bakhsh |
| Birth Date: | 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Lyari, Pakistan |
| Death Place: | Lyari, Pakistan |
| Position: | Forward |
| Clubs1: | Karachi Port Trust |
| Clubs2: | PPWD |
| Clubs3: | KMC |
| Clubs4: | Habib Bank |
| Nationalyears1: | 1960s |
| Nationalteam1: | Pakistan |
| Years5: | 1960–1963 |
| Clubs5: | Dhaka Wanderers |
| Years6: | 1962 |
| Clubs6: | Victoria SC |
| Clubs7: | Sharjah Army |
| Years7: | 1978–1991 |
Murad Bakhsh (1951 – 11 January 2011), was a Pakistani footballer who played as a forward.[1]
Nicknamed as Pencil due to his lanky physique, Bakhsh played as a left-in.[2] He represented the Karachi Port Trust, Pakistan Public Works Department, Karachi Municipal Corporation and Habib Bank football teams while also playing for clubs in Dhaka in East Pakistan.[3]
In 1960, Dhaka Wanderers brought Bakhsh in, winning their seventh First Division League title. In 1963, the club finished as runner-up of the Aga Khan Gold Cup after defeating Police AC, Nepal XI, Pakistan Western Railway and Indonesia XI in the semi-final. In the final, held on 29 October 1963, Wanderers lost 1–2 to Pakistan Railways, with Bakhsh included in the starting eleven of the game.[4]
In 1962, Bakhsh represented eventual winners, Victoria SC, at the Aga Khan Gold Cup in Dhaka.[5]
In 1978, he left for the United Arab Emirates and represented the Sharjah Army football team for 13 years.
Bakhsh was part of the Pakistan national football team in the late 1960s. In 1967, he featured in the 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification in Burma.
Bakhsh served as head coach of the Pakistan Blues team at the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup.[6]
Bakhsh died after a prolonged illness on 11 January 2011, aged only 59. Suffering from cancer for the past several years, he was living in precarious conditions in Lyari, forcing his lone son to leave his football career in favour of becoming a motor mechanic. He left behind his son and a daughter. A-minute silence was observed before a regional league football match, three hours after his death.[7] [8]
Dhaka Wanderers
Victoria SC