Zafar Iqbal is a Pakistani and English physician who is the Head of Sports Medicine at Arsenal.
Born in Pakistan, Iqbal and his parents eventually settled in Rochdale, England, where he grew up.
[1][2] Iqbal started thinking of becoming a physician at the age of 10, after his sister suffered cancer.
[3][4] He started studying sports medicine after suffering an injury playing football.
[5] Iqbal has worked as a physician for English sides Leyton Orient, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Crystal Palace.