Career
He is considered to be among the best forwards in the history of field hockey. He joined the Pakistan National Hockey Team in 1986, and was captain of the national side, that led his team to the 1994 Men"s Hockey World Cup victory. After the Atlanta Games in 1996, he played for Dutch club Oranje Zwart and for German club Harvestehuder THC from Hamburg for a couple of years.
Nicknamed The Maradona of Hockey he has represented Pakistan in the Champions Trophy tournaments held in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989.
3rd Asia Cup, New Delhi 1989. 7th Hockey World Cup, 1990, Lahore, Bayerische Motoren Werke Trophy Amsterdam, 1990, 11th Asian Games Beijing, 1990, 12th Champions Trophy, Melbourne and Hockey World Cup, Sydney, 1994.
He made his world famous run down against Australia in the same tournament. " But in 1994, at the Sydney World Cup, in the pool match between Australia and Pakistan, Australia had a similar free hit just outside the Pakistan circle which was intercepted and moved onto Pakistan"s Shahbaz who then executed his famous run with Australia"s Ken Wark chasing him.
Shahbaz drew a covering defender and reverse-sticked the ball to Kamran Ashraf, who scored."
He played at three Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in 1992.
He was awarded the best player award in 1994 world cup Sydney as well. Shahbaz Ahmad is regarded as one of the best forwards in the game. He leads the list of most-capped Pakistanis with 304 caps in international field hockey.
Nowadays Shahbaz performing his services as the country manager of PIA in Jaddah-Saudi Arabia.