Éamon Zayed

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Éamon Zayed
Personal information
Full nameÉamon Zayed
Date of birth (1983-10-04) 4 October 1983
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1][2]
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current clubShamrock Rovers
Number19
Youth career
2000–2002Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2002–2006Bray Wanderers105(54)
2004→ Crewe Alexandra (loan)[3]0(0)
2005→ Aalesunds (loan)1(0)
2006–2008Drogheda United71(19)
2008–2010Sporting Fingal40(24)
2011Derry City36(22)
2011–2013Persepolis15(7)
2013Aluminium Hormozgan10(1)
2013–Shamrock Rovers8(1)
National team
2003–2004Republic of Ireland U2112(2)
2012–Libya5(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Éamon Zayed (Arabic: أیمن زايد‎; born 4 October 1983) is a footballer who currently plays for Shamrock Rovers and the Libya national football team.

Youth career

Zayed started his career with Broadford Rovers before moving to St. Joseph's Boys AFC, based in Sallynoggin, Dublin. While with the club, Zayed was selected at U-16 and U-17 levels for both the Leinster Schoolboys and Dublin teams, and was on the Leinster Schools team at U-17. In two years at Leicester City, he played for their youth (U-18), U-19 and Reserve sides. He then returned to Ireland after Leicester's relegation from the English Premiership in 2002.

Senior club career

Bray Wanderers

He joined Bray Wanderers and after impressing in the Under-21s, Zayed soon graduated to the senior team making his League of Ireland debut on 18 October 2002 at the Carlisle Grounds. He scored the fastest hat-trick ever by a Bray Wanderers player against Dundalk in 2003 within a nine-minute spell from the 7th to the 16th minute.

Zayed signed for Crewe Alexandra in February 2004 on loan, but returned to Bray in May without having made a first team appearance at Gresty Road.

Zayed was the PFAI Young Player of the Year for 2003.[4] He represented the Eircom League Under-21s in a four nations tournament in Scotland in May 2004 and earned his second U-21 international cap against Scotland in May 2004 in Galway. He again left Bray on loan in August 2005, this time for Aalesunds in Norway. He made one appearance for the club, coming on as a substitute in a 4–1 defeat by Molde.

Drogheda United

Zayed signed for Drogheda United in July 2006 on a two and a half-year full-time contract,[5] and scored on his debut on 7 July.[6] His first of 5 goals in the Europa League came in a 1–1 draw with IK Start in August 2006.[7] The following season he scored at A.C. Libertas.[8] His third Drogheda goal in European competition came against Helsingborgs IF.[9] He was a key part of the Drogheda team that won their first League of Ireland title in 2007 and finished as their top scorer.[10]

Sporting Fingal

In the midst of great financial uncertainty at Drogheda at the end of the 2008 season, Zayed was released from his contract. He went on trial at Incheon United in the K-League,[11] but eventually decided to remain in Ireland and moved to Sporting Fingal in January 2009.[12] He scored twice against his former club Bray in Fingal's 4–2 FAI Cup semi-final victory in October 2009. He also scored twice against C.S. Marítimo in July 2010 in Sporting Fingal's European debut.[13] He was released by Sporting Fingal at the end of the 2010 season. He was set to sign for Al Ahly in the Libyan Premier League, but the transfer was blocked following the introduction of a new rule preventing foreign-born Libyan internationals under the age of 30 from playing in the league.[14]

Derry City

He joined Derry City in January 2011 on a free transfer, signing a one year contract.[10][15] In his first season at Derry, Zayed finished as the league's top scorer with 23 goals (helping the club to European qualification), and also scored the winner in the Candystripes' League Cup final victory over Cork City. Zayed gained himself a place in the Premier Division team of the season, and went on to win the PFAI Players' Player of the Year award.[16]

At the end of the 2012 League of Ireland season Zayed is joint twenty fourth in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring list with 118 league goals[17]

Persepolis

On 23 December 2011, Zayed signed a 6-month contract with Iran Pro League side, Persepolis. He wears the number 12 shirt.

On 2 February 2012, he came on as a substitute in his second appearance, in the Tehran derby with Persepolis being reduced to 10 men and 2–0 behind. He scored in the 82nd minute to make it 2–1 with a beautiful right-footed curling shot. Two minutes later he headed home an angled cross to level the game. In the 92nd minute of the match Zayed left two defenders for dead in a counter-attack move and put Persepolis into a 3–2 lead in dramatic style to be the first non-Iranian player to net a hat-trick in the Tehran derby.[18] He was voted World Player of the Week after the Tehran derby by Goal.com.[19][20][21]

On 21 March 2012, Zayed scored a hat-trick against Al-Shabab in AFC Champions League. Eamon Zayed's hat-trick was the first hat-trick a Persepolis player had scored in the AFC Champions League.[22] Persepolis won the game 6–1. Zayed scored another hat-trick against Rah Ahan F.C. on 6 May 2012. Persepolis fans began referring to Zayed as "Mr. hat-trick". Due to his great performance and popularity with the fans, Persepolis extended his contract for the new season 2012–2013.[23] However, he decided to leave his team before end of the season and on 24 November 2012, Perspolis and Zayed officially agreed to cancel his contract.[24]

Aluminium Hormozgan

On 11 January 2013, Zayed joined another Iranian club, Aluminium Hormozgan and signed a contract with this team until the end of the season.[25]

Shamrock Rovers

On 3 July 2013, Zayed made a return to the League of Ireland when he signed an 18-month contract with Shamrock Rovers.[26] He made his debut in a friendly against Birmingham City F.C.[27]

He scored his first league goal for Rovers on the 16th [28]

In the Dublin Derby on 16 August Zayed was subjected to racial abuse by Bohemian’s fans.[29]

International career

Republic of Ireland

Zayed was eligible to play international football for Republic of Ireland, Tunisia, as a result of his father, and Libya, as a result of his grandparents,[30] however he chose to begin his international career with Ireland. Zayed made his international debut for the Irish U-20s against South Korea in January 2003 in a pre-World Cup tournament and followed up with two goals against UAE two days later in a 3–2 win for Ireland. He made his U-21 debut for Ireland against Poland in a 5–1 away win in August 2003. Zayed played in all four of Ireland's games in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, held in United Arab Emirates, starting two and making two appearances as a substitute.[31] Following the tournament, he was contacted by both the Tunisian and Libyan FAs with a view to declaring for either, however, Zayed declined as he wanted to pursue his dream of representing Ireland at senior level.[32]

Libya

With no further caps at underage level for Ireland, and the chances of him receiving any senior caps looking slim, Zayed declared for Libya in October 2010. He received his first call up to the Libyan national team from Brazilian coach, Marcos Paquetá, for an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Zambia in the same month.[33] He made his debut a few weeks later in a friendly against Niger.[30] After impressing on his debut, Zayed was called up to Libya's 23-man training squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in November 2011.[34] He went on to play in the 2011 Pan Arab Games in Doha, Qatar,[35] gaining three caps against Sudan,[36] Palestine[37] and Jordan.[38] He scored his first goal for his country on 4 September 2013 against Equatorial Guinea in an international friendly, scoring the Libyan goal of the 1-1 draw.

International goals

Scores and results list Libya's goal tally first.

Personal

Zayed's father is Tunisian and his mother is Irish. His younger brother played for University College Dublin A.F.C. in the 2012–13 FAI U19 League.[39]

Club career statistics

  • Last Update: 12 June 2013
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Republic of Ireland League FAI Cup Europe Total
2002–03 Bray Wanderers Premier Division 1630000163
2003 311922003321
2004 231700002317
2005 221220002412
2006 1332000153
England League FA Cup Europe Total
2003–04 Crewe Alexandra (loan) First Division 00000000
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
2005 Aalesunds FK (loan) Tippeligaen 10000010
Republic of Ireland League FAI Cup Europe Total
2006 Drogheda UnitedPremier Division 1410021142
2007 311110423613
2008 2672040327
2009 Sporting FingalFirst Division 151551002016
2010 Premier Division 25841223111
2011 Derry City 362211003723
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2011–12PersepolisPro League 9700651512
2012–13 6000–60
Aluminium Hormozgan 10100–101
Total England 00000000
Norway 100 00010
Republic of Ireland 252118195125283128
Iran 25800653113
Career total 2761261951810313141
  • Assist Goals
SeasonTeamAssists
2011–12 Persepolis 1
2012–130

Honours


References

  1. ↑ Éamon Zayed at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ footballzz.com footballzz.com
  3. ↑ Crewe swoop for Zayed Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  4. ↑ Shels star Byrne wins top PFAI award www.rte.ie, 23 February 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  5. ↑ Drogheda land Bray striker Zayed www.rte.ie, 4 July 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  6. ↑ Drogheda United 2 – St Patrick's Athletic 1 Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  7. ↑ Defiant Drogs exit on penalties Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  8. ↑ Flying starts for Helsingborg and AIK Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  9. ↑ Drogs battle back to claim UEFA draw Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Former Drogheda striker Eamon Zayed joins Derry City Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  11. ↑ Potential Earnings in Unfamiliar Places Eamon Zayed, 10 March 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  12. ↑ Combination reaps rewards Eamon Zayed, 3 March 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  13. ↑ Heads held high after Europa exit www.sportingfingal.ie. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  14. ↑ "My lucky escape from the chaos of Libya.". Daily Mail. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011. 
  15. ↑ Zayed completes Derry City deal www.extratime.ie Retrieved 2011-24-01.
  16. ↑ Derry striker Eamon Zayed wins PFAI award www.bbc.co.uk/sport Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  17. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html
  18. ↑ http://wordpress.hotpress.com/robsmith/2012/02/05/eamon-zayed-roy-of-the-rovers-in-tehran/
  19. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en/news/2318/world-player-of-the-week/2012/02/06/2889499/world-player-of-the-week-eamon-zayed-persepolis
  20. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en/news/2318/world-player-of-the-week/2012/02/06/2890208/eamon-zayed-honoured-to-be-named-goalcoms-world-player-of
  21. ↑ http://www.goal.com/iran/news/1822/home-page/2012/02/06/2889707/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%DA%AF%D9%84-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3
  22. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=430&matchId=4555
  23. ↑ Zayed extended contract with Persepolis
  24. ↑ Eamon Zayed leaves Perspolis F.C.
  25. ↑ "Zayed Joins Aluminium Hormozgan". Retrieved 11 January 2013. 
  26. ↑
  27. ↑
  28. ↑
  29. ↑ http://bohemianfc.com/?cat=5
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Zayed still willing to answer Libya's call". Independent.ie. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011. 
  31. ↑ Eamon ZAYED Record at FIFA Tournaments Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  32. ↑ Sport At 7: Eamon Zayed Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  33. ↑ Libya call on Zayed www.extratime.ie. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  34. ↑ Zayed's Nations call www.independent.ie. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  35. ↑ Football: Libyan national football team in Qatar for Arab Games www.afriquejet.com. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  36. ↑ 2011 Arab Games – Football: Disappointing Defeat for Libya in Opener www.tripolipost.com. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  37. ↑ Doha 2011 – Football: Libya Face Elimination After Another Disappointing Performance www.tripolipost.com. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  38. ↑ 2011 Arab Games – Football: Below Par Libya Eliminated After Scoreless Tie www.tripolipost.com. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  39. ↑

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