Faysal Shayesteh

Faysal Shayesteh
Personal information
Date of birth10 June 1991
Place of birthAfghanistan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Songkhla United
Number10
Youth career
2009–2010Twente
2010–2012SC Heerenveen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2013Etar 192410(1)
2014–Songkhla United21(4)
National team‡
2014–Afghanistan6(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 30, 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 7, 2014

Faysal Shayesteh (born 10 June 1991) is an Afghan footballer who plays as a midfielder .[1] He is the younger brother of Qays Shayesteh.

Career

Etar

In February 2013, Shayesteh joined Bulgarian A PFG club Etar 1924.[2] On 2 March, he made his league debut in a 2–1 home win over Montana, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute.[3]

Songkhla United

In October 2013 Shayesteh made a transfer move to Thailand football club Songkhla United after his contract expired with Etar. He was given shirt number 10.

International career

On 13 April 2014, Shayesteh made his debut for the national team of Afghanistan in a friendly match against Kyrgyzstan. He played as left fullback. In the 17th minute of the match he missed a penalty. On 14 May 2014 the National Team of Afghanistan played a friendly match against Kuwait. Shayesteh scored a beautiful free-kick at the game. On 22nd May 2014, Shayesteh scored a goal with a free-kick from nearly 50 meters against Turkmenistan in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup. The goalkeeper of Turkmenistan slipped the ball through his fingers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Faysal Shayesteh Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
  2. ↑ "Афганистанец ще играе в А група" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 2013-02-18.
  3. ↑ "Etar 1924 2–1 Montana". soccerway.com. 2013-03-02.
  4. ↑ "AFC Challenge Cup: Afghanistan 3-1 Turkmenistan". AFC. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

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