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Abid Hussain Ghazi (; 1934 – 14 January 2016) was a Pakistani footballer who played as a midfielder. He is considered one of the greatest Pakistani footballers of the 1950s and 1960s, and also captained the Pakistan national football team.
He also featured for Dhaka Mohammedan club in East Pakistan between 1958 and 1965. In 1959, he was an integral part of the Mohammedan team that defeated Karachi Municipal Corporation to lift the Aga Khan Gold Cup. In 1960, he again lifted the trophy, this time with Kolkata Mohammedan. Ghazi was club captain in 1963 and led Dhaka Mohammedan to their fourth Dhaka First Division League title. In 1966, he represented Dhaka Wanderers, PWD in 1967–1968, and Dilkusha SC in 1969.
Ghazi won the National Football Championship with Dacca Division in both 1961–62 and 1962. He was notably team captain in the 1961 edition.
When the Burma national team visited Pakistan for a friendly series in 1961, Abid played alongside his brother Moosa Ghazi, where the latter also captained the national team in one of the matches. Ghazi also featured with Pakistan at the 1962 Merdeka Tournament, where Pakistan finished runner-ups after falling against Indonesia. In 1963, he featured in a four-match friendly series against China in their tour to Pakistan, and after a few months served as vice-captain behind Mohammad Amin at the 1964 Summer Olympics qualification. In his last year with the national team, Abid Ghazi captained the national squad in an away friendly against China in October 1964, and later during Soviet Union based club Neftyanik tour to Pakistan a month later.
On 6 May 2014, The News International reported that Ghazi was on death bed, and in dire need of financial help without anyone to support him. In December 2015, Pakistani singer Fakhar-e-Alam tweeted on his Twitter handle that Ghazi's son sold all his belongings for his father's treatment, and that he was in his poorest condition. He passed away soon after on 14 January 2016, at the age of 81. His situation also matched with former Pakistan national team captains such as Muhammad Umer, Abdul Ghafoor, Qadir Bakhsh, and his brother Moosa, who passed away enduring similar hardship.
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