# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sohail-abbas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:21:36.176Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sohail-abbas"
name: "Sohail Abbas"
slug: "sohail-abbas"
description: "Sohail Abbas is a former professional field hockey player from Pakistan who played as a full-back for the Pakistan men's national field hockey team. Regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he is the all-time second highest goal scorer in international field hockey and highest goal scorer in modern field hockey with 348 international goals. A drag-flick specialist noted for his lethal flicks with great accuracy and speed in front of goal from penalty corners, he is widely regarded as the 'King of the drag flick'."
tagline: "Field hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sohail_Abbas%2C_2020.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1975-06-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.27
  momentum:             4.305120167189133
  historical:           10.98261733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%8F%E6%B5%B7%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E5%B7%B4%E6%96%AF"
    title: "苏海尔·阿巴斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "سهیل عباس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8"
    title: "সোহেল আব্বাস"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohail_Abbas"
    title: "Sohail Abbas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohail_Abbas"
    title: "Sohail Abbas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "سهیل عباس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohail_Abbas"
    title: "Sohail Abbas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8"
    title: "सोहेल अब्बास"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohail_Abbas"
    title: "Sohail Abbas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohail_Abbas"
    title: "Sohail Abbas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Аббас, Сохайль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Сохайль Аббас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "سہیل عباس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1861452"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump