Jabar Sharza

Jabar Sharza (Pashto: جبار شهرزه, born 6 April 1994 in Kabul, Afghanistan) is an Afghan footballer who plays as a forward for Helsinki IFK in the Veikkausliiga.

Jabar Sharza
Personal information
Full name Jabar Sharza
Date of birth (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Forward[1]
Club information
Current team
 Helsinki IFK
Number 10
Youth career
Lyngby BK
GVI
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 GVI 5 (5)
2014–2016 Brønshøj BK 31 (19)
2016–2017 AB 26 (4)
2017–2018 Fremad Amager 31 (12)
2019– Helsinki IFK 23 (4)
National team‡
2017– Afghanistan 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:17, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:17, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Youth career

Sharza began his youth career with Lyngby Boldklub. Sharza played also in the youth of Gentofte before making his debut for the senior team.

Career

Gentofte

Sharza played 5 games and scored 5 goals. He made a free transfer to Brønshøj BK in the 2014–2015 season.

Brønshøj BK

After making just 2 appearances in the 1st division he played the 2015–2016 season with Brønshøj in the 2nd division. Sharza scored 19 goals in 29 games, after that he made a transfer to Akademisk BK.[2]

Akademisk BK

Sharza made immediate impact in the 2016–2017 season for Akademisk BK with scoring freekicks and making the difference.

Fremad Amager

Sharza signed for Fremad Amager in June 2017,[3] and left the club again at the end of 2018.[4]

Helsinki IFK

On 21 July 2019, newly promoted Finnish Veikkausliiga club Helsinki IFK announced, that they had signed a 1.5-year contract with Sharza.[5]

International career

Sharza was called up in January for the national team of Afghanistan.[6][7] He made his debut for Afghanistan in a friendly 2–1 win over Singapore on 23 March 2017.He then made a second appearance for Afghanistan which happened to be against Cambodia and helped them win 2-1 by scoring twice in the first half.[8]

International goals
Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first.[9]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 March 2018Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Cambodia1–02–12019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.2–0

References
  1. Jabar Sharza at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Fremad Amager snupper Jabar Sharza‚ bold.dk, 1 June 2017
  4. SHARZA STOPPER I FREMAD AMAGER, fremadamagerelite.dk, 7 January 2019
  5. HIFK sopimukseen tanskalaisen hyökkääjän kanssa, hifkfotboll.fi, 21 July 2019
  6. "Jabar Sharza på landsholdet" (in Danish). ab-fodbold.dk. 29 January 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  7. "National Football Team Off To Qatar For Friendly Match". tolonews. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  8. "Lions draw positives from defeat". 24 March 2017.
  9. "Sharza, Jabar". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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