Aqueel Ansari

{{short description|Indian footballer}}

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|position = Midfielder

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Aqueel Ansari (born 2 June 1972) is a former Indian International football player who played as a midfielder.{{Cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|title=Aqueel Ansari|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/79350/Aqueel_Ansari.html|access-date=2021-04-11|website=www.national-football-teams.com|language=en|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019041954/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/79350/Aqueel_Ansari.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=IM Vijayan's understanding of football was outstanding: Former teammate Aqueel Ansari|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2020/jul/23/im-vijayans-understanding-of-football-was-outstanding-former-teammate-aqueel-ansari-2173788.html|access-date=2022-06-07|newspaper=The New Indian Express|agency=PTI|date=23 July 2020|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411075524/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2020/jul/23/im-vijayans-understanding-of-football-was-outstanding-former-teammate-aqueel-ansari-2173788.html|url-status=live}} He has played for India in few matches including the Nehru Cup in 1993 and 1997.{{Cite web | title = Nehru Cup 1993 | last1 = Bobrowsky | first1 = Josef | last2 = King | first2 = Ian | publisher = The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | date = 1 January 2006 | access-date = 21 March 2022 | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nehru93.html | archive-date = 5 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181005151547/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nehru93.html | url-status = live }}{{Cite web|title=The Indian Senior Team at the 1997 Kochi Nehru Cup|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1997nehrucup.html|access-date=2021-01-17|website=www.indianfootball.de|archive-date=8 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108084215/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1997nehrucup.html|url-status=live}} At the club level, Ansari had played for clubs like Mohammaden Sporting and Bengal Mumbai FC.[http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2006.html Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000401/http://www.indianfootball.de/transfers2006.html |date=4 March 2016 }} indianfootball.de. Retrieved 29 July 2021