| Rizwan Asif | |
| Fullname: | Muhammad Rizwan Asif |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Narowal, Pakistan |
| Height: | 1.67 m |
| Position: | Right-winger |
| Years1: | 2009–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Khan Research Laboratories |
| Caps1: | 136 |
| Goals1: | 21 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2010–2011 |
| Nationalteam1: | Pakistan U23 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2011–2013 |
| Nationalteam2: | Pakistan |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Muhammad Rizwan Asif (born 8 January 1990) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a winger.
He was praised for his dribbling, tracking and passing skills. Asif won five league titles and five National Challenge Cup with KRL.
Asif started his career with Khan Research Laboratories, winning his first ever league title in his debut season. He further won three more back to back league titles with the club. He also won the National Football Challenge Cup trophies five times. He missed the whole 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League season because of a leg injury.[1] [2]
He also participated in the AFC President's Cup from 2012 to 2014. He was a member of the team which reached the 2013 AFC President's Cup final, after falling to Turkmen club Balkan FT by 0–1 in the final.[3] He received an injury ahead of the 2013 President’s Cup while playing a practice game, after developing a hair-line fracture in his leg, the same injury which had previously kept him out of action for almost a year.
Rizwan featured at the 2010 Asian Games with the Pakistan under-23 team. He was selected as vice-captain of the under-23 side at the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualifiers against Malaysia in 2011.[4] He impressed in both competitions, after performing amicably down the right wing and creating chances.
He made his international debut for senior side in March 2011 in a two-match friendly series against Palestine, the first match ending in a 1–2 defeat and the second in a 0–0 draw.[5] [6] After subsequently featuring at the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, he was controversially excluded for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification in 2011.
| Club | Season | League | National Football Challenge Cup | Asia | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Khan Research Laboratories | 2009–10 | Pakistan Premier League | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | 22 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | Pakistan Premier League | 23 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | ||
| 2011–12 | Pakistan Premier League | 18 | 2 | 6 | 6 | — | 24 | 8 | |||
| 2012–13 | Pakistan Premier League | 27 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | Pakistan Premier League | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 6 | ||
| 2014–15 | Pakistan Premier League | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 13 | ||
| 2018–19 | Pakistan Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 129 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 172 | 32 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2011 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | ||