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Arif Mehmood (born 21 June 1983) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a striker. He has been the top-scorer in the Pakistan Premier League five times, leading the charts in 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10 and 2010–11.
In 2005-06 Pakistan Premier League season WAPDA finished Army FC, and repeating the same feat in 2006-07 Pakistan Premier League, although this time Mehmood finished as top scorer after scoring 19 goals in 20 appearances.
Mehmood won the league for a second time in 2007-08 Pakistan Premier League after beating Army in the last day of the season and winning the league by 1 point. Mehmood was again the top scorer, scoring 21 goals in 26 games. WAPDA qualified for 2008 AFC President's Cup where they finished bottom of the group.
Mehmood got his hands on more silverware after winning the league again in 2008-09 Pakistan Premier League season. In this process they qualified for 2009 AFC President's Cup. Mehmood scored a brace against Taiwan Power Company, WAPDA won the game 1–3, finishing second in the group. WAPDA once again faced their group Regar-TadAZ in the semi-finals, WAPDA lost the game 4–3 in extra time with Mehmood scoring the second goal for WAPDA and third goal of the match in the 84th minute.
In 2009–10, WAPDA ended third position but Mehmood was declared the top scorer for the fourth time with 20 goals. In 2010–11, Pakistan WAPDA was able to claim the title of national champion for the sixth time thanks to Mehmood's 21 goals.
Mehmood earned his first senior international cap in 2003 during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in a 0–2 loss against Kyrgyzstan. He scored his first international goal in a 3–0 victory against India in 2005.
He was also called by the Pakistan under-23 national team for the 2004 South Asian Games, where he helped Pakistan win the gold medal.
| +Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||
| WAPDA | 2003 | 5 |
| 2004–05 | 20 | |
| 2005–06 | 22 | |
| 2006–07 | 14 | |
| 2007–08 | 21 | |
| 2008–09 | 26 | |
| 2009–10 | 25 | |
| 2010–11 | 28 | |
| 2011–12 | 16 | |
| 2012–13 | 17 | |
| 2013–14 | 19 | |
| 2014–15 | 13 | |
| +Appearances and goals by year and competition !National team !Year !Apps !Goals | |||
| Pakistan | 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 2 | |
| + ! scope="col" | No. ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Venue ! scope="col" | Opponent ! scope="col" | Score ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" | Competition ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | |
| 1 | 18 June 2005 | Punjab Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | |||
| 2 | 10 October 2008 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1–4 | 1–4 | Friendly | |||
| 3 | 8 December 2009 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2009 South Asian Football Federation Championship | |||
| 4 | 4–0 | |||||||
| 5 | 7–0 | |||||||
| 6 | 21 March 2011 | MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification | |||
| 7 | 25 March 2011 | MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification |
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