Muhammad Nadeem

{{short description|Pakistani field hockey player}}

{{For-text|the Pakistani cricketer in South Korea| Muhammad Nadeem (cricketer) |other people with similar names|Mohammad Nadeem}}

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| fullname = Muhammad Nadeem Ahmed

| nickname = ND

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| sport = Field hockey

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| residence = Khiarey Kalan

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| birth_place = Gojra, Punjab, Pakistan

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Muhammad Nadeem Ahmed (also Muhammad Nadeem, {{langx|ur|محمد ندیم احمد}}; born 5 March 1972 in Gojra, Punjab) is a retired Pakistani field hockey player.{{cite sports-reference|title = Muhammad Nadeem|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/muhammad-nadeem-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005720/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/muhammad-nadeem-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 26 September 2013}} He represented Pakistan in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and served as a full-fledged member of the national field hockey team and also captained the side once.

Nadeem made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he and the Pakistanis missed a chance to claim a bronze medal against the Aussies in the men's field hockey tournament with an official score of 3–6.{{cite news|title=Elder's hat-trick helps Australia retain men's hockey bronze|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/newswire/2000/09/30/289274102434_afp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010503222855/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/newswire/2000/09/30/289274102434_afp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 3, 2001|work=Sports Illustrated|publisher=CNN|date=30 September 2000|accessdate=11 September 2013}}{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Field Hockey – Men's Bronze Medal Match (PAK vs. AUS)|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/ho/HOresults.pdf|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=55|accessdate=23 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081852/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/ho/HOresults.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Nadeem qualified for the second time as a member of the Pakistani squad in the men's field hockey after receiving a wild card invitation from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Madrid, Spain.{{cite news|title=Pak skipper confident of clinching berth|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040224/sports.htm|work=The Tribune|date=24 February 2004|accessdate=25 September 2013}} Narrowly missing out a slot for the semifinals by two points, Nadeem helped the Pakistanis scored a goal of 4–2 to defeat the notorious New Zealand team in the fifth place classification match.{{cite web|title=Field Hockey: Men's Classification 5–6|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/hockey/results/3531370.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=15 August 2004|accessdate=31 January 2013}} Serving as the team captain in field hockey, Nadeem was also appointed by the Pakistan Olympic Association to carry the Pakistani flag in the opening ceremony.{{cite news|title=2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony|url=http://www.olympic.org/content/news/media-resources/manual-news/1999-2009/2004/08/13/flag-bearers-for-the-opening-ceremony/|publisher=Olympics|date=13 August 2004|accessdate=11 September 2013}}

Shortly after his second Olympics, Nadeem announced his official retirement from international hockey after intense pressures escalated him from the team's fifth-place finish at the concluded Games.{{cite news|title=Pakistan hockey captain Nadeem ND calls it a day|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_11-9-2004_pg2_3|publisher=Daily Times (Pakistan)|date=11 September 2004|accessdate=26 September 2013}}