Former FIFA referee, nationwide footballer, and long-time supervisor of the KMC Soccer Stadium, Ahmed Jan.—X@FootBallPakistn
KARACHI: Former FIFA referee, nationwide footballer, and long-time supervisor of the KMC Soccer Stadium, Ahmed Jan, handed away on Wednesday afternoon after a protracted sickness. He was round 75.
His funeral was held on the KMC Soccer Stadium, the very floor he referred to as house.
His final rites had been attended by former worldwide and nationwide footballers, ex-secretaries of the Sindh Soccer Affiliation, officers from district and membership soccer associations, and different members of the native soccer fraternity.
Jan’s soccer journey started as a goalkeeper for the historic Makran Sports activities Membership in Outdated Golimar’s Gutter Baghicha space, representing District West.
The rising footballer’s expertise and fervour quickly earned him a spot within the KMC soccer group, the place he grew to become a well-known identify on the town’s soccer circuit.
After stepping away from enjoying, Jan picked up the whistle and have become a referee, ultimately incomes the uncommon distinction of being recognised by FIFA. However he by no means actually left the sphere.
He would typically say, with a smile, that he was the “caretaker” of the KMC Stadium, not simply in identify, however at coronary heart. That floor was his second house, and the gamers, his prolonged household.
For him, soccer wasn’t a job or a section. It was who he was. His pleasure. His objective. His ardour until the very finish.
