Founding Director

Adeel Rizki is the founder of Karachi City Football Club, with over 20 years of experience in coaching, club management and player development. His credentials include an educational background in Business Administration and professional coaching licenses from Germany, England, Canada and the United States of America.

Adeel has immense global experience in the footballing sphere. His trips include technical visits to Manchester United FC, Aspire Academy Qatar, Liverpool FC, Celtic FC, New York City FC, FC Barcelona and Manchester City FC to name a few. He has also attended clinics with some of the brightest names in International Football such as Kris Van Der Haegen from Royal Belgian FA and Rodolfo Borrell- Assistant Coach Man. City FC.

Adeel returned to Pakistan from Canada in order to devote his skills and expertise to the development of football in his country. His passion for football and belief in the skills the players in Pakistan led to the establishment of the Karachi City Football Club where he intends to train and groom the stars of tomorrow.

Adeel brings to the field domestic and international experience. From being instrumental in the establishment of a respected academy in Karachi to coaching for the esteemed FC Barcelona Academy in Canada, he has professional coaching experience with both genders, across different ethnicities and age groups.

Co-Founding Director

Shahzaib Ahmed Khan, the co-founder of Karachi City Football Club, brings with him a list of accolades to accompany his long and successful footballing career. He joins Karachi City Football Club with the ambition to make it one of the most professional football clubs in Pakistan.

Shahzaib’s successes in the football arena began at a young age when he started playing football at a school level. His talent and skill as a versatile midfielder led him to champion his team and led to further representation at a provincial level. His achievements and titles led to his recognition at a domestic level and he was scouted for the U-16 and U-19 teams.

His accolades later led to his selection for the esteemed National team of Pakistan, a tremendous achievement at a young age. Shahzaib’s accomplishments also include being one of the only two Pakistani players’s to be selected to play alongside Puyol, Anelka, Figo and Kaka as part of the world soccer stars.

Shahzaib’s dream of developing a supremely successful football club led to his creation of Abdul FC. After many victorious years as captain, Shahzaib decided to take on a managerial role for the club. With over 70 victories in various tournaments, he has helped Abdul FC transformed into one of the most successful clubs in Pakistan. Initially a Futsal team, Abdul FC is now a district team, Futsal team, and U-18 team. Abdul FC will also join as a partner and subsidiary club of Karachi City Football Club.