Faysal Shayesteh

Faysal Shayesteh (Dari: فیصل شایسته, born 10 June 1991 in Kabul, Afghanistan) is an Afghan footballer who plays as an Attacking midfielder.[1] He also plays for the Afghanistan national team.[2]

Faysal Shayesteh
Personal information
Full name Faysal Shayesteh
Date of birth (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2009–2010 Twente
2010–2012 SC Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 10 (1)
2014–2015 Songkhla United 23 (7)
2016–2017 Pahang FA 10 (1)
2017 Paykan 1 (0)
2018 Lampang 11 (1)
2019 Air Force Central 11 (0)
2019 Lampang
National team‡
2014– Afghanistan 35 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 December 2018

Youth career

Shayesteh played in the youth academy of FC Twente until he signed for Heerenveen in 2010.

Career

Heerenveen

Shayesteh, 18-years old then, joined Heerenveen in the summer of 2010. He signed a contract until the summer of 2012. [3]

Etar

In February 2013, Shayesteh joined Bulgarian A PFG club Etar 1924.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] He left Songkhla after they relegated in 2015.

Pahang

In July 2016 Shayesteh announced on Facebook that he joined Pahang. It was also announced that he will play with shirt number 10. After just 6 months he resigned with Pahang.

Paykan

In January 2017, Shayesteh signed a one-and a-half-year contract with Paykan F.C. to becoming the first ever Afghan professional footballer in the Persian Gulf Pro League.[7]

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 22 May 2014, Shayesteh scored a goal with a free-kick from nearly 50 meters against Turkmenistan in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.[8] After Djelaludin Sharityar retired Shayesteh became the new captain of the national team. He led the team into the final of the SAFF Championship 2015 where they lost against India (1-2). In April 2016, he was named as Afghanistan's Athlete of the year 2015.[9]

International goals
Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first.[10]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 May 2014Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kaifan, Kuwait Kuwait2–32–3Friendly
2.22 May 2014Addu Football Stadium, Addu City, Maldives Turkmenistan3–13–12014 AFC Challenge Cup
3.29 May 2015New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos Laos1–02–0Friendly
4.13 October 2015Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman Syria2–32–52018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.24 December 2015Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India Bangladesh2–04–02015 SAFF Championship
6.28 December 2015Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India Maldives1–04–12015 SAFF Championship
7.31 December 2015Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India Sri Lanka5–05–02015 SAFF Championship
8.23 March 2019Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia1–01–22019 Airmarine Cup

Honours

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Qays Shayesteh who also plays football.

References
  1. Ik ben als voetballer uit Hengelo een nationale held in Afghanistan vice.com
  2. "Faysal Shayesteh Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
  3. "Faysal Shayesteh Van FC Twente Naar Heereveen" (in Dutch). fairdealsports.nl. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  4. "Афганистанец ще играе в А група" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 18 February 2013.
  5. "Etar 1924 2–1 Montana". soccerway.com. 2 March 2013.
  6. "Faysal Shayesteh Naar Songkhla United FC" (in Dutch). hieristhailand.nl. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  7. "کاپیتان تیم ملی افغانستان به پیکان پیوست" (in Persian). varzesh3.com. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  8. "AFC Challenge Cup: Afghanistan 3–1 Turkmenistan". AFC. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  9. https://www.facebook.com/shayestehf/posts/599180766906841:0
  10. "Shayesteh, Faysal". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 January 2017.


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