Along with her two sisters, Raheela Zarmeen grew up playing football in a remote town in Balochistan. There being no women’s football fields in Quetta, she began playing football on a hockey field at the Girls College in Quetta.
Currently Ms Zarmeen is serving as manager of the National Women’s Football Team and a brand ambassador for Leisure League.
Ms Zarmeen is the first woman in South Asia to coach a professional men’s team, for Karachi Electric.
At the moment, she is also brand ambassador for Leisure League. Through Leisure League, she has started constructing fields in some cities in Balochistan in order to encourage women to play football part time.
In an interview she said, “The field in Gwadar is ready, so I will be visiting there to promote football. I will visit other cities as well, once the fields are ready.”
