Zidane Iqbal Archives - FootballPakistan.com (FPDC) https://footballpakistan.com.w0221a3e.kasserver.com/tag/zidane-iqbal/ Independent online platform covering Pakistani football since 2003 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:12:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 http://footballpakistan.com.w0221a3e.kasserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cropped-fpdc-logo-32x32.png Zidane Iqbal Archives - FootballPakistan.com (FPDC) https://footballpakistan.com.w0221a3e.kasserver.com/tag/zidane-iqbal/ 32 32 Zidane Iqbal: The footballer who gave Pakistan its first World Cup moment [Al Jazeera] http://footballpakistan.com.w0221a3e.kasserver.com/2026/06/zidane-iqbal-the-footballer-who-gave-pakistan-its-first-world-cup-moment-al-jazeera/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:02:58 +0000 https://footballpakistan.com/?p=37802 The Manchester-born Iraq national team midfielder is the first player of Pakistani heritage to feature at a World Cup.

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]]> Pakistan’s Complicated Relationship with Diaspora Footballers [PIDE] http://footballpakistan.com.w0221a3e.kasserver.com/2023/03/pakistans-complicated-relationship-with-diaspora-footballers-pide/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:39:21 +0000 https://www.footballpakistan.com/?p=31476 At a time when diaspora players are becoming increasingly important in teams all over the world, they are slighted by the local football community in Pakistan and some individuals in the media just because they were not born in Pakistan.

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]]> Pakistani Zidane makes Manchester United debut [SAMAA] http://footballpakistan.com.w0221a3e.kasserver.com/2021/12/pakistani-zidane-makes-manchester-united-debut-samaa/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:24:40 +0000 https://www.footballpakistan.com/?p=29670 Zidane Iqbal’s father is British-Pakistani, mother is British-Iraqi. He is eligible to represent England, Pakistan and Iraq internationally, recently featured for Iraq U23s but remains eligible for all three senior national teams

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