[1][2][3] Ahmed played as a goalkeeper and Captain for the Pakistan national hockey team from 1986 to 2000.

He played three Asian Games and won a gold medal in 1990 at Beijing, China.

In his career, he earned 12 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze medals in international hockey tournaments.

Ahmed was declared four times as the best goalkeeper of the tournament in his lifetime career.

[2] A few weeks before his death, Ahmed had complications originating from a pacemaker and stents implanted in his heart.