Shabir Isoufi

Shabir Isoufi
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Kandahar, Afghanistan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Afghanistan (assistant coach)
Youth career
Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Feyenoord 0 (0)
2010–2011Excelsior (loan) 4 (0)
2011–2012Dordrecht (loan) 10 (1)
2012–2013Telstar (loan) 30 (7)
2013–2014 Telstar 31 (2)
2014–2015 Barendrecht 12 (1)
2015–2017 ASWH
2017–2018 SC Feyenoord
Total 87 (11)
International career
2009 Netherlands U17
2015 Afghanistan 7 (1)
Managerial career
2018– Afghanistan (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shabir Isoufi (born 9 March 1992) is an Afghan football coach and former player, who works as an assistant coach for the Afghanistan national team.

He played for Dutch clubs Feyenoord, Excelsior, Dordrecht, Telstar, Barendrecht, ASWH and SC Feyenoord as a midfielder, and also represented Afghanistan at international level.

Playing career

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Club career

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Isoufi played club football in the Netherlands for Feyenoord, Excelsior, Dordrecht, Telstar and Barendrecht.[2][3] In June 2015 Shabir signed a contract with Hoofdklasse club ASWH,[4] and later moved to SC Feyenoord for the 2017–18 season.[1]

International career

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He made three appearances for the Netherlands at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[5]

He earned seven caps for the Afghanistan senior team in 2015, scoring once.[1]

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 May 2015 New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos  Laos 2–0 2–0 Friendly[1]

Coaching career

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Isoufi graduated with his UEFA B diploma on 22 May 2018.[6] After gaining his diploma, Isoufi was appointed as the assistant coach of the Afghan national football team.[7]

Personal life

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In 2011, Isoufi was the highest paid athlete from Afghanistan with an annual salary of US $80,000.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Shabir Isoufi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
  3. ^ Shabir Isoufi at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  4. ^ BV, Lucrasoft. "ASWH". Shabir Isoufi.
  5. ^ Shabir IsoufiFIFA competition record (archived)
  6. ^ "22 (oud-)profs nemen diploma UEFA B in ontvangst". KNVB (in Dutch).
  7. ^ "NEC-trainer Dastgir nieuwe bondscoach van Afghanistan". Gelderlander (in Dutch).
  8. ^ "The Mag: Best-paid players from 200 countries". ESPN.