Hassan Bashir

Hassan Bashir (; born 7 January 1987) is a professional footballer who plays for Tårnby FF. Born in Denmark, he captains the Pakistan national team. Bashir has played much of his career as a forward, but has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles – as an offensive midfielder, second striker and centre forward.

Club career 
Bashir made his senior football debut for B.93 Copenhaguen in the Danish 2nd Division in the 2006-07 season, having previously played for the team's youth academy.

He spent one season in B.93, before moving to Køge BK in the 2007 summer transfer window. Ever since then, he played for several clubs including Svendborg, Fyn and Hellerup IK in the lower divisions of Denmark, until joining Svebølle B&I where he joined fellow national team players, Yousuf Butt and Nabil Aslam. Bashir also had a short stint at Thai Premier League with BBCU for the 2012 season, until returning to Denmark clubs Nordvest and Fremad Amager next year. 

In 2015, he moved to Dordoi Bishkek in the Kyrgyz Premier League, joining with fellow national team players Kaleemullah and Muhammad Adil. In July 2018, Hassan Bashir joined AB Tårnby. In August 2018, he made his debut against Karlslunde where he scored a goal. Later on he was joined by Pakistan national team fellow Yousuf Butt. In June 2020, when AB Tårnby defeated Karlslunde in the second promotion match, AB Tårnby promoted to Danish 2nd Division.

Bashir moved to the Denmark Series club Ishøj IF on 18 March 2021. He moved to Tårnby FF in 2023.

International career

Bashir made his international debut for Pakistan in a friendly match against Singapore in 2012. He scored his first goal in a 1–0 victory over Nepal in 2013, and later provided the assist for Muhammad Mujahid's winning goal in the second friendly game against Nepal. At the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification he scored his first penalty goal against Macau as Pakistan won the match 2–0. He scored again against Nepal in the 2013 SAFF Championship in the eventual 1-1 draw.

In 2015, Bashir was appointed captain of the national team for the one-off friendly against Afghanistan. On February 6, 2015 Bashir provided two assists against Afghanistan as Pakistan won the match 2–1. On March 12, 2015 Bashir scored his first goal in the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifiers against Yemen in the first leg from the penalty spot as Pakistan lost the match by 3-1.

2018 SAFF CUP

On September 4, 2018, Bashir scored Pakistan's first international goal from the penalty spot when his national side returned to international circuit after 3 years against Nepal in a 2-1 win. He also had scored country's last goal 3 years back against Yemen which was also from the penalty spot. On September 8, 2018, Bashir scored the opener against Bhutan in a 3-0 win which was Pakistan's last game of the group stage and Pakistan sealed its place in the semi-finals.

On November 16, 2018, Bashir scored another goal for Pakistan against Palestine in a 2-1 loss. On June 2019, he scored the opener against Cambodia in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, in the eventual loss by 1-2.

Career statistics

International appearances

International goals

Scores and results table list Pakistan's goal tally first.

References

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1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Copenhagen
Pakistani men's footballers
Pakistani expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Pakistan men's international footballers
Fremad Amager players
Danish people of Pakistani descent
Expatriate men's footballers in Kyrgyzstan
FC Dordoi Bishkek players
Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in Kyrgyzstan
FC Nordsjælland players
Køge Boldklub players
Brønshøj Boldklub players
FC Fyn players
Hellerup IK players
Hassan Bashir
FC Rudersdal players
Hassan Bashir
Danish 2nd Division players
Danish 1st Division players
Holbæk B&I players
AB Tårnby players
Denmark Series players
Ishøj IF players
Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Kyrgyzstan
Danish men's footballers
Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in Thailand