Ghulam Qadir Bakhsh (10 October 1946 – 2008), was a Pakistani footballer who played as a midfielder. Nicknamed as Putla, Qadir played in the 1960s and 1970s and captained the Pakistan national team in 1970.

Club career

Bakhsh rose through the ranks from school football. He played pro-football for Dhaka PIDC, Dhaka Mohammedan, Dilkusha SC, and Victoria SC. He also played for the Pakistan Public Works Department and Karachi Municipal Corporation football teams in 1971 and the latter in 1972. He captained Sindh Red that clinched the 1975 National Football Championship at Quetta.

International career

Joining the national youth team in 1965, he was noticed while playing in the local Lyari side that beat Turkey’s visiting national team 4–0 in a charity match played to benefit the flood victims of East Pakistan. He was a member of the Pakistan national football team for 10 years, from 1965 to 1975. In 1967, he featured for Pakistan in four friendly matches in Pakistan against Saudi Arabia, scoring the equalizer in the last match that ended in a 1–1 draw. He captained the national team in the 1970 RCD Cup held in Tehran. He also featured in other big tournaments and friendly matches against teams from the Soviet Union, Turkey, China, South Korea and Japan.

Managerial career

He was coach of President's XI that featured in the 1986 President's Gold Cup which finished second in the tournament.

Death

After retirement from football, he served as sub engineer in the water board. His son Wasim Qadir played football for National Bank. In 2008, it was reported that Bakhsh had been partially paralyzed at the age of 63, and been receiving treatment at the Lyari General Hospital. A stroke had left him unable to use his right leg, and in needs to undergo regular physiotherapy. He passed away soon after.

Honours

Sindh Red