Zulfiqar Ali Shah (born 25 November 1980) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Early life Shah was born on 25 November 1980 in Jacobabad, in the Sindh province of Pakistan. He passed the inter examination from Government Degree College. He started playing football as a striker with Hussain Baloch Football Club in 1994. Later, in 1996, he joined Shaheed Abdul Rehman FC of Jacobabad and is still a part of this team.
Club career He first played the National Football Championship and Habib Bank Gold Cup for Sindh Government Press in 1998, and later joined Allied Bank along with his teammate Khuda Bakhsh in 1999.
He later joined WAPDA along with his teammate Khuda Bakhsh in 2001, winning several National Football Championship and Pakistan Premier League titles. Shah was the second top scorer at the 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League behind Arif Mehmood. He scored a goal in the 2008 AFC President's Cup against Nepal Police Club, and at the 2009 AFC President's Cup in the semifinals against Regar-TadAZ.
International career Shah was part of the national youth team at 1998 AFC Youth Championship qualification in group 6 in Bangalore. In the same year, he played against Maldives and India in the Asian U-19 Championship qualifiers held in Peshawar. He made his senior international debut with Pakistan in 2002 during the tour to Sri Lanka.
Honours Allied Bank National Football Championship: 1999, 2000 National Football Challenge Cup: 1999
WAPDA National Football Championship: 2000–01, 2001–02 Pakistan Premier League: 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
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