Muhammad Umar Hayat
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Muhammad Umar Hayat | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Okara, Pakistan[1] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | WAPDA | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Renala Sports | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012– | WAPDA | ||
| 2014 | → Lyallpur (loan) | ||
| 2026 | → Brothers Union (loan) | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Pakistan U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018– | Pakistan | 22 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 July 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Muhammad Umar Hayat (born 22 September 1996), also known as Umar Rao,[2] is a Pakistani professional footballer who plays as a right-back for WAPDA, and the Pakistan national team.
Club career
[edit]Hayat started his early career with Renala Sports Football Club located in District Okara, and later joined departmental side WAPDA in 2012. He had a brief stint with Lyallpur at the 2014 PFF League.[3]
Hayat captained WAPDA, winning the 2023–24 PFF National Challenge Cup, where he was declared the most valuable player of the competition.[4][5]
In January 2026, Hayat joined the Bangladeshi football club Brothers Union for the second round of the Bangladesh Football League.[6][7]
International career
[edit]Hayat went on an under-14 AFC Championship tour in Iran with the Pakistan youth team.[8][9]
Hayat was included in the Pakistan under 23 squad for the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta. He went on to make three appearances in the campaign.[3]
He was subsequently named to the nation's 20-man squad for the 2018 SAFF Championship.[10] He made his senior international debut on 4 September 2018 in the team's opening match of the tournament, a 2–1 victory over Nepal.[11] The following year he was then named to Pakistan's squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Cambodia, earning praise from local media for his performance at right-back.
Hayat scored his first international goal on 17 October 2023 against Djibouti during the 2023 Mauritius Four Nations Cup. He represented the Pakistan national football team in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers[12], making history as Pakistan defeated the Cambodia national football team in the second leg after drawing the first—qualifying for the 2nd round Of Fifa Worldcup for the very first time.
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of 9 October 2025 [11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hayat goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 June 2023 | Stade de Cote d'Or, Saint Pierre, Mauritius |  Djibouti |
1–2 |
1–3 |
2023 Mauritius Four Nations Cup |
Honours
[edit]WAPDA
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Global Sports Archive profile". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ↑ "Umar Rao - Soccer Stats, Profile & Career Info | Global Sports Archive". GSA Website. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- 1 2 "Umar Hayat – Soccer player profile & career statistics – Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ↑ Raza, Abdul (2024-05-12). "WAPDA wins National Challenge Cup 2023-24 Title". The Sports Side. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ↑ "WAPDA retain Challenge Cup". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ↑ "পাঁচ পাকিস্তানির সঙ্গে ইংল্যান্ড প্রবাসী ক্যাসপারকে দলে ভিড়িয়েছে ব্রাদার্স". TSports (in Bengali). 31 January 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ↑ "ইংল্যান্ড প্রবাসী কাসপার হকের সঙ্গে ব্রাদার্সে পাঁচ পাকিস্তানি". Jagonews24 (in Bengali). 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2010-05-20). "AFC U-14 Football Festival: Pakistan overtake India 4-2". Dawn. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- ↑ "PFF reduces number of probables". nation.com.pk. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ↑ "Pak football team named for SA event". thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- 1 2 "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ↑ Siddique, Imran (2023-10-17). "Pakistan make FIFA World Cup qualifying history with 1-0 victory over Cambodia". Dawn. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
External links
[edit]- Muhammad Umar Hayat at National-Football-Teams.com
- Muhammad Umar Hayat at Soccerway
- Muhammad Umar Hayat at Global Sports Archive
- Living people
- 1996 births
- Pakistani men's footballers
- Pakistan men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Lyallpur FC players
- WAPDA F.C. players
- 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen
- Pakistani expatriate men's footballers
- Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh
- Brothers Union players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bangladesh