Muhammad Asad Malik

{{short description|Pakistani field hockey player}}

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{{flagicon|Britain}} British Indian

(1941-1947)
{{flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistani (1947-2020)

|birth_date=30 October 1941

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|death_date= 27 July 2020

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1964 Tokyo | Team competition }}

{{MedalGold | 1968 Mexico City | Team competition }}

{{MedalSilver | 1972 Munich | Team competition }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1962 Jakarta | Team competition }}

{{MedalSilver | 1966 Bangkok | Team competition }}

{{MedalGold | 1970 Bangkok | Team competition }}

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Muhammad Asad Malik (30 October 1941 – 27 July 2020) was a Pakistani field hockey player. A former captain of Pakistan national team, he is remembered as "a brilliant dribbler" and "a fine inside left".{{Cite web |last=Bilgrami |first=Jaffer |date=2020-07-29 |title=Brilliant dribbler Asad will continue to live in memories of hockey lovers |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1571650 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}

He won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics, a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and another silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Muhammad Asad Malik |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/muhammad-asad-malik-1.html |accessdate=24 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235258/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/muhammad-asad-malik-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020}}[https://www.dawn.com/news/1275217 Pakistan owes its Olympic glory to hockey teams], Dawn (newspaper), Published 4 August 2016, Retrieved 24 August 2017

Malik was an integral part of the Pakistani team that became Olympic champions at Mexico City 1968. He scored the winning goal in the final against Australia, with Pakistan claiming a 2-1 victory.{{Cite news |date=2020-07-31 |title=Olympic hockey champion Malik dies in road accident aged 78 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1096867/olympic-hockey-champion-malik-dies |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240809092627/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1096867/olympic-hockey-champion-malik-dies |archive-date=2024-08-09 |access-date=2025-02-27}} The action photograph of his gold medal-winning goal against Australia in the 1968 final was immortalised on a Pakistan postage stamp.{{Cite web |title=Former Olympian Asad Malik dies in road accident |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/300159-former-olympian-asad-malik-dies-in-a-road-accident |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=www.geo.tv |language=en}}

Asad also represented Pakistan in the 1971 and 1973 Hockey World Cups, winning the gold medal in the inaugural 1971 edition of the tournament.{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=The Newspaper's Sports |date=2020-07-29 |title=Olympian Asad Malik laid to rest |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1571652 |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Former Olympian Asad Malik dies in accident |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/693224-former-olympian-asad-malik-dies-in-accident |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}

Asad's family has also produced three other Olympians, all in field hockey. His younger brother Saeed Anwar, and nephews Anjum Saeed and Naeem Amjad have all played for Pakistan.