Jamshed Rana

{{short description|Pakistani footballer (born 1965)}}

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| image = File:Jamshed Rana at the 1986 Fajr International Tournament in Tehran, Iran (cropped).jpg

| fullname = Jamshed Anwar Rana{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-10-11 |title=Cambodian football team match in Pakistan is welcome thing: Colonel Nauman |url=https://leadpakistan.com.pk/news/cambodian-football-team-match-in-pakistan-is-welcome-thing-colonel-nauman/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Daily Lead Pakistan |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-18 |title=کرنل ریٹائرڈ محمد نعمان کی محمد فضل بلوچ سے اہلیہ کے انتقال پر اظہار تعزیت |url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/18-Apr-2023/1570928 |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Daily Pakistan |language=ur |trans-quote=Colonel (Retd) Muhammad Nauman expresses condolences to Muhammad Fazal Baloch on the death of his wife}}{{Cite web |title=شوکت علی خان کا جمشید انور رانا کی خوشدامن کی وفات پر اظہار تعزیت اُردو پوائنٹ پاکستان |trans-title=Shaukat Ali Khan expresses condolences on the death of Jamshed Anwar Rana's beloved |url=https://www.urdupoint.com/pakistan/news/islamabad/sports/live-news-3684953.html |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=UrduPoint |language=ur}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|6|1}}

| birth_place = Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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| position = Goalkeeper

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| clubs1 = Pakistan Airlines

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| nationalyears1 = 1985–1987

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| caption = Rana with Pakistan at the 1986 Fajr International Tournament

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Jamshed Anwar Rana (born 1 June 1965), is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Rana is among the major goalkeepers of the Pakistan national football team in the 1980s.{{Cite web |title=فٹ بال ہیروز کی دُنیا:قومی فٹبال تاریخ کے عظیم گول کیپر جعفر خان |trans-title=World of Football Heroes: Jaffar Khan, the Great Goalkeeper in National Football History |url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/sports/2013-05-11/129358 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250104165915/https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/sports/2013-05-11/129358 |archive-date=2025-01-04 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Daily Dunya |language=ur |quote=پاکستان کی فٹبال تاریخ عظیم گول کیپرز سے بھری پڑی ہے۔ پاکستان کے پہلے گول کیپر و کپتان عثمان جان، اسمیٰعل درانی، ماسٹر صدیق، نیاز گل، استاد شموں، آغا لطیف، محمد یونس، جمشید رانا |trans-quote=Pakistan's football history is full of great goalkeepers. Pakistan's first goalkeeper and captain Osman Jan, Ismail Durrani, Master Siddiq, Niaz Gul, Ustad Shamoo, Agha Latif, Muhammad Younis, Jamshed Rana...}}

Club career

In 1981, Rana featured in the National Youth Football Championship.{{cite news |date=28 August 2007 |title=U-18 Football Championship starts |url=http://www.brecorder.com/news/3428625 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807173625/http://www.brecorder.com/news/3428625 |archive-date=7 August 2024 |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=Business Recorder |language=en}}{{cite news |date=8 September 2007 |title=Faisalabad win U-18 soccer final |url=http://www.brecorder.com/news/3432425 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807174337/http://www.brecorder.com/news/3432425 |archive-date=7 August 2024 |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=Business Recorder |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2009-10-01 |title=PFF approves Lahore as championship host |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/493696/pff-approves-lahore-as-championship-host |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240924003729/https://www.dawn.com/news/493696/pff-approves-lahore-as-championship-host |archive-date=2024-09-24 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}} He subsequently represented departmental side Pakistan Airlines at the National football Championship.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-19 |title=سابق فٹبالر جمشید رانا کی والدہ سپر د خاک |trans-title=Former footballer Jamshed Rana's mother dies |url=https://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/19-Jun-2020/1175568 |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Nawaiwaqt |language=ur}}{{Cite web |title=انٹرنیشنل فٹ بالر جمشید انور رانا کو صدمہ |trans-title=International footballer Jamshed Anwar Rana is shocked. |url=https://www.urdupoint.com/daily/livenews/2023-08-10/news-3684298.html |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=UrduPoint |language=ur}}{{Cite web |last=Quddus |first=Abdul |date=2023-09-21 |title=راجہ اشتیاق احمد کی قائدِ اعظم فٹ بال کلب اسلام آباد کے سینئر کھلاڑی طارق گولو کی وفات پر اظہار تعزیت |trans-title=Raja Ishtiaq Ahmed expresses condolences on the death of Tariq Golu, a senior player of Quaid-e-Azam Football Club Islamabad. |url=https://urdu.app.com.pk/urdu/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%81-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF%D9%90-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%B9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%DA%A9%D9%84/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Associated Press of Pakistan |language=ur}}

International career

Akhtar made his international debut at the 1985 South Asian Games in Dhaka, where he was praised for his performance.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHhCAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Three+outstanding+players,+who+could+be+bracketed+in+the+Asian+class,+emerged+from+the+tournament%22 |title=Pakistan Year Book |date=1986 |publisher=East & West Publishing Company |pages=163 |language=en |quote=Three outstanding players, who could be bracketed in the Asian class, emerged from the tournament. Jamshed Rana emerged as one of the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Left winger Wazir was magnificant on the wing, while skipper Arbab Hayat was full of confidence.}} He later featured in several tournaments including the 1986 Fajr International Tournament in Iran,{{Cite web |title=1986 Fajr International Tournament |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fajr86.html |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=www.rsssf.org}} the 1986 Pakistan President's Gold Cup, 1986 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup, 1986 Asian Games, 1988 Summer Olympics Qualification and the 1987 South Asian Games, which proved to be his last international tour as starting goalkeeper.{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Jamshaid Anwar Rana (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/88510/Jamshaid_Anwar_Rana.html |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}} He was part of the squad at the 1990 Asian Games as substitute for Mateen Akhtar.{{Cite book |last=Bhatti |first=Mukhtar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3vhOwAACAAJ |title=Pakistan Sports: An Almanac of Pakistan Sports with Complete Records 1947-1999 |date=1999 |publisher=Bhatti Publications |pages=237–250 |language=en}}

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