Moshtagh Yaghoubi
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Moshtagh Hossain Yaghoubi | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1994 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kabul, Afghanistan | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||
Current team | RoPS | |||||||||||
| Number | 77 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | HaPa | |||||||||||
| 2008 | MP | |||||||||||
| 2009 | HJK | |||||||||||
| 2010 | PK-35 | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
| 2011–2014 | FC Honka | 52 | (4) | |||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Pallohonka (loan) | 22 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2014–2015 | FK Spartaks Jūrmala | 6 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2014 | → FC Dynamo Moscow (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2015- | RoPS | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Finland U15 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Finland U19 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2013-2014 | Finland U20 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2013– | Finland U21 | 14 | (4) | |||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 February 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | ||||||||||||
Moshtagh Hossain Yaghoubi aka Mosa (Dari: مشتاق حسین یعقوبی; born 8 November 1994) is a Afghan-born Finland footballer who plays in the Veikkausliiga for RoPS.
Honours
Club
- FC Honka
- Suomen Cup: Winners (1): 2012
- Veikkausliiga: Runners-up (1): 2013
Club career
Honka
Moshtagh made his Europa League debut on 18 July 2013 in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round where Honka lost 1-3 in the first leg to 2012–13 Ekstraklasa runners up Lech Poznań.
Pallohonka
Yaghoubi played 1 season on loan for the second team of FC Honka. He played 22 games and scored 2 goals. After his loan he returned to FC Honka.
Spartaks Jūrmala
In February 2014 Yaghoubi was transferred to the Latvian Higher League club FK Spartaks Jūrmala, signing a three-year contract. He was given shirtnumber 7. [1]
Dynamo Moscow
Soon after his move to Spartaks Jūrmala he immediatly was loaned to the Russian Premier League side Dynamo Moscow. Yaghoubi was given shirt number 61 in the first team, but did not make any appearances for them, mostly remaining on the bench and being involved in the reserve team action.[2]
Return to Spartaks Jūrmala
In August 2014 he returned to Spartaks Jūrmala. Yaghoubi scored his first Latvian Higher League goal on 26 October 2014 in a 1-0 victory over FK Daugava Rīga.[3]
RoPS
On 5 March 2015 he signed a contract with RoPS which is a football team in the Finland Veikkausliiga.[4] He made his debut against SJK on 17 March 2015. He scored his first goal against FC Inter Turku in the Suomen Cup.
Personal life
Yaghoubi currently lives in Finland. Yaghoubi has a tattoo on his left arm which has the words "Gholam Sakhi" on it. He always kisses it when he scores. This refers to his father, who has died. He is an ethnic Hazara.
Career statistics
Club performance
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Finland | League | Suomen Cup | Europe1 | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2011 | FC Honka | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | →Pallohonka (loan) | Kakkonen | 22 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 2 |
| 2012 | FC Honka | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| 2013 | FC Honka | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| 2014 | FC Honka | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Russia | League | Russian Cup | Europe1 | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2014 | →Dynamo Moscow (loan) | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Latvia | League | Latvian Cup | Europe1 | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2014 | FK Spartaks Jūrmala | Virslīga | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 |
| Finland | League | Suomen Cup | Europe1 | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2015 | RoPS | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Career total | 81 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 105 | 8 | ||
- Statistics accurate as of last match played on 18 April 2015.
1 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.
International career
Yaghoubi acquired Finnish nationality in 2013 and got called up for Finland national under-21 team for 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match against Lithuania on 11 June 2013.[5] Yaghoubi scored his national team debut goal when Finland beat Wales U-21 5-1 in UEFA Under-21 Championship qualification on 14 August 2013.[6] On 31 October 2013 Yaghoubi made his debut for Finland national football team in an unofficial 4-2 friendly match loss to Mexico.[7] Because it was a friendly match he can still decide to play for the Afghan national team.
References
- ↑ ""Spartaks" paraksta līgumu ar afgāņu izcelsmes Somijas U21 pussargu" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ «Динамо» объявило об аренде Ягуби (in Russian). Sports.ru. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ↑ "Jagubi atgriežas "Spartakā", "Daugava" (D) piesaka kārtējo ukraini" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ http://www.rops.fi/edustusjoukkueen-uutiset/3824-moshtagh-yaghoubi-siirtyy-rops-n-riveihin
- ↑ http://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/maajoukkueet/yaghoubi-liittyy-pikkuhuuhkajiin
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23683994
- ↑ "Finland-Mexico". ca.sports.yahoo.com. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
External links
- Veikkausliiga profile (Finnish)
- Moshtagh Yaghoubi at FC Honka (Finnish)
- Moshtagh Yaghoubi at Soccerway.com