Islahuddin Siddique

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rdf:langString Islahuddin Siddique (born 10 January 1948), also spelled Islah-ud-Din Siddiqui, is a field hockey player from Pakistan. He was born in Meerut, India. A right winger from Pakistan, he led Pakistan to Hockey World Cup glory in 1978. Not only did Pakistan win the World Cup under his captaincy but it completed a grand slam by winning the Champions Trophy and an Asian Games Gold medal as well in 1978. Islahuddin Siddiqui played between 1967 and 1978, he was capped 130 times and scored 137 goals. He won the Silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, W. Germany and a Bronze medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics at Montreal. Islahuddin was member of team that won 1971 World Cup under Captaincy of Khalid Mehmood in Barcelona. He was Captain of 1975 World Cup runner-up team and 1978 World Cup Winning team. In 1990 he was manager of Pakistan team that was Runner up in the World cup played in Lahore, Pakistan. After his retirement from the sport, he has been associated with hockey as a coach and manager of the Pakistani National Team along with commentator and member of the FIH rules board. FIH awarded him the greatest award in hockey services, the diploma of merit, in recognition of his international hockey services.He was also the captain of the Pakistan hockey team in 45 test matches (43 matches were won and 2 matches ended in a draw). Islahuddin Siddique was capped 130 times and scored 137 goalsHe was a gold medalist in the 1970 Asian games (Bangkok)Islahuddin Siddique is also author of book " Dash Through My Life".