Etzaz Hussain

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Etzaz Muzafar Hussain (born 27 January 1993) is a Norwegian-born footballer who plays as a midfielder for Odd and the Pakistan national team. He was born in Oslo to Pakistani parents from Kharian and grew up playing football in Norway, with a youth spell at Langhus before joining Manchester United’s academy in 2009. After two years in England, he returned to Norway to play for Vålerenga and then Fredrikstad, where he began his professional career.

Hussain moved to Molde in 2012, winning the Tippeligaen in 2012 and 2014 and the Norwegian Cup in 2013 and 2014. He later played for Sivasspor in Turkey and Rudeš in Croatia before returning to Molde in 2017. He had a brief loan to Odd in 2017 and, after further spells with Molde, joined Apollon Limassol in 2023. He returned to Odd in 2024, where he wears the number 8 shirt.

Internationally, Hussain represented Norway at youth levels. In 2021 he announced his desire to play for Pakistan, and in January 2024 he received Pakistani citizenship. FIFA approved his switch to Pakistan in September 2025. He made his Pakistan debut on 9 October 2025 in an AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Afghanistan and scored his first international goal in the return match on 14 October 2025. He is noted as the first Pakistani footballer to play in the Europa League and is one of Molde’s most decorated players, sharing a club record of seven trophies.