Ahmad Hatifi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ahmad Hatifi
Personal information
Full nameAhmad Arash Hatifi
Date of birth (1986-03-13) 13 March 1986
Place of birthOakland, California, United States[1]
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current clubMumbai
Number2
Youth career
Bay Oaks
2005–2008UC Davis Aggies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2012–2013Bay Area Ambassadors
2013–Mumbai1(0)
National team‡
2011–Afghanistan11(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 November 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2013

Ahmad Arash Hatifi (born 13 March 1986) is an American-born Afghan professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Mumbai F.C. in the Indian I-League and the Afghanistan national football team.

Career

Youth

Born in Oakland, California, Hatifi grew up in Alameda, California and attended Alameda High School where he captained the varsity soccer team.[1] He then started to attend University of California, Davis in 2004 where he started to play for the soccer team in 2005.[1] He captained the team in his junior and senior years.[2] After leaving college, Hatifi played for the Bay Area Ambassadors of the National Premier Soccer League, the fourth tier of American soccer, from 2012 to 2013.[3]

Mumbai

On 1 November 2013 it was confirmed that Hatifi had signed with Mumbai F.C. of the I-League in India.[4] He then made his debut for the side the next day against Bengaluru FC at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which he started and played 87 minutes as Mumbai drew the match 2–2.[5]

International

In 2007, Hatifi was selected to play for Afghanistan in the World Cup qualifiers against Syria and Sri Lanka.[3] He scored his first goal for his country on 20 August 2013 against Pakistan in which he found the net in the 32nd minute as Afghanistan went on to win the match 3–0.[6] He then won his first ever championship with Afghanistan on 11 September 2013 when his country won the 2013 SAFF Championship by beating India 2–0.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 November 2013[8]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mumbai 2013–14 I-League1000————10
Career total 1000000010

National team statistics

As of 2 November 2013
Afghanistan national team
YearAppsGoals
201130
201381
Total111

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 August 2013 Ghazi Stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan  Pakistan 2–0 3–0 International friendly

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "AHMAD HATIFIE". UC Davis. Retrieved 2 November 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Afghan Premier Profile". Afghan Premier FC. Retrieved 2 November 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ahmad Hatifie". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 2 November 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Mumbai FC rope in Afghanistan’s Hashmatullah Barikzai and Ahmad Hatifie". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013. 
  5. ↑ "MUMBAI VS. BENGALURU 2 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 November 2013. 
  6. ↑ Allen, Karen. "Afghanistan beat Pakistan 3-0 in Kabul friendly". BBC. Retrieved 2 November 2013. 
  7. ↑ Bali, Rahul. "Afghanistan 2-0 India: The Lions of Khorasan win their first ever SAFF Championship title". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013. 
  8. ↑ Ahmad Hatifi profile at Soccerway
Mumbai F.C. – current squad
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.