Jamil Akhtar (Urdu: جمیل اختر) was a Pakistani footballer who played as an inside left forward.

Considered as one of the earliest pioneering footballers in Pakistan history,[1] he was the fifth captain in the history of the Pakistan national football team after Osman Jan, Abdul Wahid Durrani, Muhammad Sharif and Moideen Kutty.

[5] He also represented Punjab in the National Football Championship from 1950 to 1953, captaining the team in the last year.

In a preparation match, he scored against a Singapore combined Colony XI in a 4–1 victory on 24 April 1954.

[15] At the exhibition matches at the beginning of the tournament, he scored a hat trick against an East Pakistan XI on 14 December in a 3–1 victory.