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.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

He is married and has three children.^{[13][14][15][16]}