Ansar Abbas

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| name = Ansar Abbas

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Faisalabad, Pakistan

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| position = Attacking midfielder

| currentclub = Pakistan Army

| clubnumber = 10

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| years1 = 2012–

| clubs1 = Pakistan Army

| caps1 = 93

| goals1 = 50

| nationalyears1 = 2011

| nationalteam1 = Pakistan

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|Pakistan Army}}

| club-update = January 13, 2019

| nationalteam-update = January 13, 2019

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Ansar Abbas (born 15 March 1989){{cite web |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/ansar-abbas/179020/ |title=ANSAR ABBAS |publisher=Soccerway |website=us.soccerway.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} is a Pakistani footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Pakistan Army F.C. Ansar was the top scorer in the 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League, scoring 15 goals in 26 games.

Club career

=Pakistan Army=

==2014–15==

Ansar started his career in the 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League, making his debut in Pakistan Army's opening game of the season against Pakistan Railways, he scored on debut, netting his team's third goal in the 24th minute as Pakistan Army won the match 6–0.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2014-09-22/pakistan-army-fc-vs-pakistan-railways-fc/445021/ |title=Pakistan Army FC 6:0 Pakistan Railways FC |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date=September 22, 2014 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} He scored his second goal in Pakistan Army's second match of the season where he broke the deadlock in the 65th minutes as his team defeated Pakistan Air Force 1–0.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2014-09-27/pakistan-air-force-fc-vs-pakistan-army-fc/445028/ |title=Pakistan Air Force FC 0:1 Pakistan Army FC |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date=September 27, 2014 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} Ansar went on with three consecutive matches with goal after scoring the lone goal of the match against Muslim on 15 October 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2014-10-15/pakistan-army-fc-vs-muslim-fc/445041/ |title=Pakistan Army FC 1:0 Muslim FC |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date= October 15, 2014 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} On 15 November 2015, Ansar scored a brace and got booked against Muslim.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2014-11-15/muslim-fc-vs-pakistan-army-fc/445134/ |title=Muslim FC 0:3 Pakistan Army FC |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date= November 15, 2014 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} Ansar's last goal of the season was against relegation bound Pakistan Railways.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2014-11-29/pakistan-railways-fc-vs-pakistan-army-fc/445088/ |title=Pakistan Railways FC 1:3 Pakistan Army FC |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date= November 29, 2014 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} Ansar scored his first National Football Challenge Cup goal in his second match 2015 NBP National Challenge Cup against Pakistan Navy.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2015-04-19/pakistan-army-fc-vs-pakistan-navy-fc/488443/ |title=Pakistan Army FC 1:1 Pakistan Navy FC |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date= April 19, 2015 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} His second match of the cup competition was against Karachi Port Trust.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2015-04-22/pakistan-army-fc-vs-karachi-port-trust/488446/ |title=Pakistan Army FC 2:1 Karachi Port Trust |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date= April 22, 2015 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} Ansar scored the first penalty in penalty shootout against WAPDA as Pakistan Army won the third position match.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2015-04-27/pakistan-army-fc-vs-wapda-fc/490143/ |title=Pakistan Army FC 5:4, 5:4 PWAPDA FC |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date= April 27, 2015 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} Ansar ended his season with 8 goals in 22 matches.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/ansar-abbas/49578/ |title=Ansar Abbas |publisher=Global Sports Archive |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}}

==2018–19==

Ansar was made the captain of Pakistan Army for the 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League, he scored the equaliser against WAPDA in the first match of the season.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2018-09-25/wapda-fc-vs-pakistan-army-fc/1447898/ |title=WAPDA FC 1:1 Pakistan Army FC |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date= September 25, 2018 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} On 16 November 2018, Ansar scored his first career hat-trick, scoring four goals against Baloch Nushki in a 5–0 victory. Ansar scored goals in 15th, 50th, 85th and 91st of the game.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2018-11-16/baloch-fc-noushki-vs-pakistan-army-fc/1462207/ |title=Baloch FC Noushki 0:5 Pakistan Army FC |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date= November 16, 2018 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} Ansar scored a brace against Karachi Port Trust on 17 December 2018 in 5–0 victory.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2018-12-17/karachi-port-trust-vs-pakistan-army-fc/1462280/ |title=Karachi Port Trust 0:5 Pakistan Army FC |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date= December 17, 2018 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} Ansar's last goal of the season was against K-Electric in the 91st minute.{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2019-01-07/k-electric-fc-vs-pakistan-army-fc/1462324/ |title=K-Electric FC 0:1 Pakistan Army FC |publisher=Global Sports Archive |date= January 7, 2019 |website=www.globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=February 19, 2019}} Ansar ended his 2018–19 season with 15 goals in 29 appearances.

International career

Abbas made his international debut with Pakistan on a friendly against Palestine in 2011.{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Ansar Abbas (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/45886/Ansar_Abbas.html |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}} He was further called for the 2011 SAFF Championship on a match against Maldives.

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Domestic Cup !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="4"\|Pakistan Army \|2012–13 \|rowspan="4"\|Pakistan Premier League \|28	16	4	0	32	16
2013–14 \|23	13	4	3	27	16
2014–15 \|16	6	6	2	22	8
2018–19 \|26	15	3	0	29	15
colspan="3"\|Career total !93	50	17	5	110	55

= International =

{{Updated|14 October 2012}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Ansar Abbas (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/45886/Ansar_Abbas.html |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team !Year !Apps !Goals
Pakistan \|2011 \|2 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !2 !0

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|+Appearances and goals by national team and year

!National team

!Year

!Apps

!Goals

Pakistan

|2011

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