Career
In 1969, Tareen played for Multan Division team at the National Football Championship held in Quetta. He later joined the Pakistan Army in 1972, where he became member of the Pakistan Army football team and participated in the National Championship with the team for ten consecutive years from 1973 till 1982.
Tareen was first selected for the Pakistan national team in 1970, when the team under the name of PFF XI participated at the 1970 Friendship Cup in Tehran. The same year he participated in the 1970 RCD Cup. In 1973, he toured China, Hong Kong and North Korea with the national team. He was also member of the team which participated at the 1974 RCD Cup and the 1974 Asian Games. At the inaugural 1976 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament, Tareen captained the second string Pakistan Reds football team.
