Malik Riaz Hai Naveed
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 February 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Neuss, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Manager | ||
Malik Riaz Hai Naveed (Urdu: ملک ریاض حیی نوید; born 25 February 1988 in Neuss) is a German liberal politician and Pakistani sports manager. He founded FootballPakistan.Com and managed the first professional football club in Pakistan PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad in the 2008 season. His family roots back to Mandi Rurala Road, near Faisalabad.
Malik Riaz was born in Neuss as son of a German mother and a Pakistani father, relating to Rurala Road. After finishing school he started and completed a training with the local city government and became Officer in 2009. After the course Malik Riaz decided to study Political Science. He finished is bachelor's degree in 2012 from the Technische Universität Darmstadt and his master's degree from Ruhr-Universität Bochum. His focus during the studies was on the political system in Pakistan and Germany and on the integration of foreigners into society with football.
Growing up in a country where football was THE sport to follow, and given Germany’s international success both as national team and in club football, Malik too loved football. However at a young age he noticed the indifference football faced in Pakistan despite the fact that all the football makers and manufacturers in the world rely on sporting goods industry in Sialkot. For such a large population and history of sporting triumphs in cricket and field hockey, football’s lack of coverage was a problem. Malik Riaz decided to launch perhaps Pakistan’s first football fansite using the old GeoCities webpage system back in 2001. As his passion for the game grew, so did his passion for Pakistan. The PFF was stunned to know a young Pakistani boy from Germany was interested in the Pakistani football scene. Amid reluctance shown from PFF officials, many players, referees, employees, coaches and journalists supported Malik’s enthusiasm and contributed all sorts of content from their archives to add to his webpage.
Malik Riaz, saw the Pakistan National Football Team, back in 2001 started reporting and covering various results of the National Team after reading them online, before eventually deciding to set up a website dedicated to Pakistani football. Formed in its existing form in 2003, FPDC is a non-profit volunteer organisation of Pakistanis all around the world striving solely for the Progress, Promotion, and Prosperity of Football in Pakistan. FPDC started off as the first independent internet media and commentary source for football in Pakistan, before gradually becoming an independent football forum and fans union for Pakistanis interested in the local football scene – which it still remains to this day.
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