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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 March 1992 | ||
| 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) |
| 2010–2011 | → Excelsior (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Dordrecht (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | → Telstar (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 | |||
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 edit
Club career edit
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] He moved to SC Feyenoord for the 2017–18 season.[1]
International career edit
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 edit
| 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 edit
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 edit
In 2011, Isoufi was the highest paid athlete from Afghanistan with an annual salary of US $80,000.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Shabir Isoufi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
- ^ Shabir Isoufi at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ BV, Lucrasoft. "ASWH". Shabir Isoufi.
- ^ Shabir Isoufi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "22 (oud-)profs nemen diploma UEFA B in ontvangst". KNVB (in Dutch).
- ^ "NEC-trainer Dastgir nieuwe bondscoach van Afghanistan". Gelderlander (in Dutch).
- ^ "The Mag: Best-paid players from 200 countries". ESPN.