Reds doctor nominated for AFA honour
Liverpool's club doctor, Zaf Iqbal, is in line to win a prestigious honour for the second year after being shortlisted for recognition at the prestigious Asian Football Awards.
Dr Iqbal was the recipient of the first ever Behind the Scenes - Medical Award at last year's inaugural ceremony - and this year he could repeat the feat.
Abu Nasir, who is the ethnic minorities representative on the LFC supporters' committee, has also been nominated for the Behind the Scenes - Administration Award.
The two Reds representatives will attend a ceremony at Wembley Stadium on October 8. The night will celebrate the contribution to football by people of South Asian heritage.
January 2012 saw the inaugural Asian Football Awards, which attracted over 300 representatives from all around the footballing world.
As the Reds' head of sports medicine, Dr Iqbal is the only South Asian to hold such a position in Premier League.
He has published a wide-range of health articles in magazines, newspapers, scientific journals and has also co-written chapters in the renowned sports and exercise medicine book, Brukner and Khan.
Dr Iqbal works closely with the Oliver King Foundation in their campaign to have automated external defibrillators available in all schools and public places.
Alongside this, the club doctor has also performed voluntary work providing medical aid to those affected by humanitarian disasters in South Asia in 2005 and 2007 while helping with charities supporting aid relief in South Asia in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Dr Iqbal was born in Pakistan, but grew up in Rochdale. He qualified as a doctor at St Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine in 1999 and specialised in Sports and Exercise Medicine in 2005.
The Zaff is certainly gaining a lot of recognition amongst the fans. Hope you win this one, doc.
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