Samar Ishaq

Panther Club

Ishaq made his professional debut in 2004–05 Pakistan Premier League with Panther Club of his hometown Faisalabad, finishing the season in relegation zone at 11th position with 30 points, but avoided relegation due to Allied Bank who had finished in 8th position dissolving their team at the end of the season. The team got relegated in the next 2005–06 season, finishing 11th again, with 20 points. Ishaq scored his first goal for Panther Club in a 5–0 victory over City Football Club from Lahore in 2005 National Challenge Cup on 11 June 2005, scoring the second goal of the match and his team in the 47th minute. Ishaq scored his second goal of the tournament in the 73rd minute against Wohaib, a game which Wohaib drew 2–2 in the last 10 minutes after trailing 2–0. In the second stage of the tournament, Panther Club ended at the bottom of the table and got knocked out of the tournament.

Khan Research Laboratories

Ishaq joined Khan Research Laboratories at the start of 2006–07 season. Ishaq was a regular in the starting eleven throughout the season as Khan Research Laboratories finished 3rd, conceding only 12 goals in 20 games. In the 2007–08 season, Ishaq scored his first goal with KRL on 5 January 2008 in the 4–1 win against Pakistan Airlines, scoring the equaliser after Shakir Lashari gave the lead to Pakistan Airlines in the 11th minute. Ishaq again ended 3rd with Khan Research Laboratories, as his side had the second best defense of the league…

Ishaq was first called by the Pakistan national team during the 2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup. Ishaq won the 2006 South Asian Games with the Pakistan under 23 national team. He subsequently played at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers against Jordan, which was hosted in the Amman International Stadium. He also participated at the 2010 Asian Games with the under-23 side. In 2011, Ishaq was named captain of the senior national team for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, with Abdul Aziz as vice-captain. At the 2011 SAFF Championship at the end of the year, Ishaq acted as vice-captain after goalkeeper Jaffar Khan. Due to injury of Jaffar Khan, Ishaq again led the national side in 2013 for a friendly against Afghanistan. He retained his captaincy in the consequent 2013 SAFF Championship. In the tournament, he scored an own goal in the second match against India in a one-nil defeat, and scored a goal against Bangladesh in a 2–1 victory, as Pakistan failed to pass the group stages.

After his retirement in 2016, Ishaq along with Kamran Khan joined KRL's coaching panel as assistant coaches. He was appointed head coach of KRL at the 2026 National Football Challenge Cup.

International

Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ishaq goal.