| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zubayr Amiri | ||
| Place of birth | Kabul, Afghanistan | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1. FC 06 Langdiebach | |||
| TSV Hanau | |||
| Viktoria Aschaffenburg | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009–2010 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 28 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 24 | (1) |
| 2011– | FC Bayern Alzenau | ||
| National team | |||
| 2011– | Afghanistan | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Zubayr Amiri (born 2 May 1990) in Kabul is a footballer from Afghanistan. Amiri operates in midfield, and can also play in a more attacking role. He's considered quite versatile because he can use both his feet.[1] He currently plays for FC Bayern Alzenau and has previously played for Eintracht Frankfurt II and Viktoria Aschaffenburg. Amiri has also played twice for the Afghanistan national football team.
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He played youth football for 1.FC Langendiebach, TSV 1860 Hanau and Viktoria Aschaffenburg. Amiri began his senior career at Viktoria Aschaffenburg in the 2009–10 season, in which the club competed in the Hessenliga, Germany's fifth division. Zubayr had a successful season, playing twenty-eight of Viktoria's thirty-six games and also scoring twice, but he left the club at the end of the season after they went into administration and were relegated, despite finishing in eighth place. As a result of this, Amiri transferred to Eintracht Frankfurt II for the 2010–11 season, making his debut in a 3-2 loss to Hessen Kassel on 1 September 2010.[2] In the midfielder's first season at the club, Frankfurt finished sixth in the Regionalliga Süd. Amiri featured in twenty-four of Frankfurt's thirty matches, scoring one goal. He also contributed eight assists, doubling the amount of goals he created at Viktoria Aschaffenburg.[3] His first goal for Frankfurt came in a 4-0 home win over TSV 1860 München II on 7 December 2010.[4]
After being released by Eintracht Frankfurt, Amiri joined Regionalliga Süd club FC Bayern Alzenau in December 2011. [5]
Amiri was first included in Afghanistan's national football team when he was called up to his country's 2011 AFC Challenge Cup squad. He was an unused substitute in the defeat to Nepal on 7 April and the 1-0 win over Sri Lanka two days later, but made his debut for Afghanistan on 11 April after coming on as a 62nd minute substitute in the 2-0 loss to Korea DPR in the final group game.[6] Amiri had to wait two months for his second international cap, playing in the first half of the 2-0 loss to Palestine on 29 June 2011 in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier.[7] This game acted as the first leg against Palestine, and Amiri was again an unused substitute in the 1-1 second-leg draw on 3 July.