Mansur Faqiryar
Mansur Faqiryar (born 3 January 1986 in Kabul, Afghanistan) is a retired Tajik Afghan footballer who played as a Goalkeeper. His last club was VfB Oldenburg in the Regionalliga Nord. He played for the Afghanistan national football team. He announced his retirement in 2016.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mansur Faqiryar | ||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Kabul, Afghanistan | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | FC Union 60 Bremen | ||
| 2006–2009 | FC Oberneuland | 44 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Goslarer SC (loan) | ||
| 2009–2015 | VfB Oldenburg | 102 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2016 | Afghanistan | 23 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 March 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2018 | |||
Club career
In 2005, he signed for amateur club FC Union 60 Bremen. He played there for one season before moving to FC Oberneuland in 2006. Whilst at the club he managed 44 appearances in the league as well as 2 appearances in the DFB-Pokal.[1]
In 2009, he signed with Niedersachsenliga club VfB Oldenburg.[2]
Club career stats
Last update: 14 May 2013
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2005–06 | FC Union 60 Bremen | Bezirksliga Bremen | - | - | - | |||||||
| 2006–07 | FC Oberneuland | Bremen-Liga | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2007–08 | Goslarer SC | Landesliga Braunschweig | - | - | - | |||||||
| FC Oberneuland | Bremen-Liga | 14 | 0 | - | - | - | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2008–09 | Regionalliga Nord | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | VfB Oldenburg | Niedersachsenliga | 31 | 0 | - | - | - | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | 17 | 0 | |||||
| 2011–12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | Regionalliga Nord | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Total | Country | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
International career
In 2011, he made his debut for the Afghanistan national football team,[3] in a 3–0 win over Bhutan. In 2011, he collected 5 caps overall. He was voted Best Player of the Tournament in the SAFF 2013 for his great goalkeeping efforts.
Honours
Afghanistan
- 2013 SAFF Championship: Winner
Individual
- 2013 SAFF Championship: Best Goalkeeper Award