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Abdul Qayyum Ali Khan Changezi (Urdu: ; 25 December 1935 – 25 June 2005), commonly known as Qayyum Changezi, was a Pakistani Football player. A versatile player, Changezi played in multiple positions, including forward in the centre or as an inside left, and as full back. A former captain and key player of the Pakistan national team in the nation's early years, Changezi is widely considered as one of the greatest Pakistani footballers of all time.
Changezi started playing in the National Football Championship from 1953 and was a member of the Balochistan team that won the title in 1956 by defeating Pakistan Western Railway in Karachi on 11 November 1956, where he scored one goal in the final 2–1 victory, and was declared player of the year.
Later on in 1959 under his captainship, Balochistan defeated East Pakistan in Hyderabad on 7 November 1959, achieving their second league title. In the same tournament, he scored 6 goals in the 9–0 victory against Sindh Green.
When the National Football Championship structure in Pakistan transitioned from provincial to divisional based clubs, he subsequently represented Quetta, Pakistan Western Railway and Faisalabad. Under his captainship, Railway ended up in the second position in 15th and 16th National Championship in 1963 and 1965, after falling twice to Karachi, in the finals held in the cities of Karachi and
/ref> In 1963, Changezi represented Dhaka Mohammedan winning the Dhaka First Division League and finishing top scorer of the tournament with 24 goals.
]]A few months later during a 1963 global tour, Germany's Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf faced aircraft issues, leading to an unexpected stay in Pakistan. The Pakistan Football Federation invited the club to play friendly matches against select XI teams from East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Fortuna enthusiastically accepted, competing against teams like East Pakistan Sports Board XI in Dhaka, which included Changezi as captain, where he scored East Pakistan's consolation goal from a long-distance free-kick in the 39th minute in a 1–4 defeat. The german side reportedly offered a playing contract to Changezi in his last playing years, which the latter ultiumately declined.
His younger cousin Younus Changezi also played for the Pakistan national team from the 1960s till early 1970s, and was later appointed as manager of the national team in the 1980s. In 2003, Qayyum Changezi replaced M.N. Jehan as chairman of the selection committee of the Pakistan Football Federation by Arshad Khan Lodhi, following the newly elected president Faisal Saleh Hayat.
Changezi died on 25 June 2005 in Lahore, due to a heart attack. His dead body was transported to his native city Quetta for burial.
| +List of international goals scored by Qayyum Changezi ! 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 | 17 December 1955 | Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka, East Pakistan | 4–2 | 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament | ||||
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| 4 | 9 September 1956 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | |||
| 5 | 15 December 1959 | Maharaja's College Stadium, Kochi, India | 1–4 | 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification | ||||
| 6 | 5 August 1960 | Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya | 3–0 | 7–0 | 1960 Merdeka Tournament | |||
| 7 | 18 August 1960 | Singapore | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
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