Muhammad Umar Bhutta (Urdu: محمد عمر بھُٹہ; born 24 December 1992 in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan)[1] is a Pakistani field hockey player.[1]
In the Malaysia Hockey League, Bhutta played five seasons with the Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club.[2]
Bhutta was included in the Pakistan hockey team squad for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, UK.[3]
In 2012, he was named captain of the Pakistan junior hockey team for the 7th Junior Asia Cup played at Malacca, Malaysia.[4]
In September 2013, Bhutta was named captain of the Pakistan junior team that competed in the Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.[5]
In 2013, Bhutta was retained as captain of the national junior team that represented Pakistan in the Junior Hockey World Cup in New Delhi, India.[6]
In 2018, Bhutta was named in the 18-member Pakistan hockey team for the Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar, India.[7]
In December 2021, Bhutta led the Pakistan team in the Asian Champions Trophy in Dhaka.[8]
In May 2022, Bhutta led the 20-member Pakistan squad at the Hockey Asia Cup held in Jakarta.[9]
Later in 2022, he captained the Pakistan hockey team during the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[10]
In August 2023, he was the captain of the Pakistan team during the Asian Champions Trophy held in Chennai.[11]
Later in 2023, Bhutta captained the Pakistan team at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[12]
Pakistan's Umar Bhutta has played five seasons with Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) in the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL), and so he knows what to expect in a crucial Group D match against Malaysia at the Kalinga Stadium tomorrow.
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