Moshtagh Yaghoubi

Moshtagh Hossain Yaghoubi in Dari: مشتاق حسین یعقوبی; aka Mosa (born 8 November 1994) is an Afghan-born Finnish footballer who plays for HIFK.

Moshtagh Yaghoubi
Personal information
Full name Moshtagh Hossain Yaghoubi
Date of birth (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 HIFK
Number 7
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 Spartaks Jūrmala 6 (1)
2014 → Dynamo Moscow (loan) 0 (0)
2015 RoPS 26 (4)
2016 Spartaks Jūrmala 6 (0)
2016 → Shakhter Karagandy (loan) 11 (0)
2017–2018 HJK 38 (4)
2019 SJK 15 (1)
2020– HIFK 0 (0)
National team‡
2009 Finland U15 4 (0)
2013 Finland U19 1 (0)
2013–2014 Finland U20 5 (1)
2013–2016 Finland U21 22 (6)
2017– Finland 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:57, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:57, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Early life

Moshtagh Yaghoubi was born on 8 November 1994 to ethnic Hazara family in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Youth career

Yaghoubi started playing football at the age of 13 with his local club HaPa. After playing in the youth teams of MP, HJK and PK-35 he joined Honka in 2011. [1] [2]

Club career

Honka

Yaghoubi made his debut for Honka against KuPS on 13 October 2011. [3] Yaghoubi scored his first goal on 27 May 2012 against FC Haka. [4] Yaghoubi 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.[5] [6]

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.[7]

Dynamo Moscow

Soon after his move to Spartaks Jūrmala he immediately 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.[8]

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.[9]

RoPS

On 5 March 2015 he signed a contract with RoPS which is a football team in the Finland Veikkausliiga.[10] He made his debut against SJK on 17 March 2015. He scored his first goal against FC Inter Turku in the Suomen Cup. He ended the season with a second place in the Finnish league. He scored 4 goals and made 5 assists. He won at the end of the season the Best Midfielder award for his club and the Best Midfielder award for the Finland U21.

Shakhter Karagandy

In February 2016, Yaghoubi went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Shakhter Karagandy.[11] On 17 March 2016, Yaghoubi signed a season-long loan deal with Shakhter Karagandy.[12] Yaghoubi's loan was terminated by Shakhter Karagandy on 17 June 2016.[13]

HJK Helsinki

On 4 November 2016, HJK Helsinki announced the signing of Yaghoubi.[14]

SJK Seinäjoki

On 31 January 2019, Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho announced the signing of Yaghoubi.[15]

HIFK

After a season at Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, it was announced on 29 November 2019, that Yaghoubi would join HIFK from 2020, signing a deal until the end of 2021 with the club. He got shirt number 7.[16]

International career

Finland U21

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.[17] 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.[18]

Finland

On 31 October 2013 Yaghoubi made his debut for Finland national football team in an unofficial 4–2 friendly match loss to Mexico.[19] He eventually made his official debut for Finland in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Turkey. He came on the field in the 67th minute for Sakari Mattila. [20] [21]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 4 June 2017[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Honka 2011 Veikkausliiga 10–––10
2012 2714060–371
2013 243204020323
Pallohonka (loan) 2011 Kakkonen 202–––202
2012 20–––20
Spartaks Jūrmala 2014 LMT Virslīga 61–––61
Dynamo Moscow (loan) 2013–14 Russian Premier League 00–––00
RoPS 2015 Veikkausliiga 3041120–335
Spartaks Jūrmala 2016 LMT Virslīga 60––2080
Shakhter Karagandy (loan) 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League 11010––120
HJK 2017 Veikkausliiga 9242––134
Career total 136131231204016416

International
Finland national team
YearAppsGoals
201720
Total20

Statistics accurate as of match played 29 March 2017[23]

Personal life

Yaghoubi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, to ethnic Hazara parents. Yaghoubi and his family fled Afghanistan in 1999 to settle down in Tehran, Iran. After living seven years in Iran his family applied for asylum in Finland.

Yaghoubi has a tattoo on his leftarm with the name of his late father Gholam Sakhi. [24]

References
  1. ""Junioritasolla Yaghoubi"" (PDF) (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ""Innokas keskikenttätaituri "Mosa" syöttää tarkasti"" (in Finnish). lansivayla.fi. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  3. ""KUPS VS. FC HONKA 1-4"". soccerway.com. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  4. ""FC HAKA VS. FC HONKA 2-1"". soccerway.com. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  5. ""LE: FC Honka - Lech Poznań 1:3" (in Polish). lechpoznan.pl. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. ""EL match: Honka-Lech". uefa.com. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  7. ""Spartaks" paraksta līgumu ar afgāņu izcelsmes Somijas U21 pussargu" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  8. «Динамо» объявило об аренде Ягуби (in Russian). Sports.ru. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  9. "Jagubi atgriežas "Spartakā", "Daugava" (D) piesaka kārtējo ukraini" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  10. Administrator. "Moshtagh Yaghoubi siirtyy RoPS:n riveihin". Rovaniemen Palloseura.
  11. ШАХТЕР ПРОСМАТРИВАЕТ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ФУТБОЛИСТОВ (in Russian). shahter.kz. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  12. ЯГУБИ МОШТАГ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ШАХТЕРОМ. shahter.kz (in Russian). FC Shakhter Karagandy. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  13. ШАХТЕР ПОКИНУЛИ ЭРФАН ЗЕНЕЛИ И МОШТАГ ЯГУБИ. shahter.kz (in Russian). FC Shakhter Karagandy. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  14. "MOSHTAGH YAGHOUBI KLUBIIN" (in Finnish). hjk.fi. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  15. "Tervetuloa Kerhoon Mosa!". sjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  16. Moshtagh Yaghoubi siirtyy HIFK:hon, hifkfotboll.fi, 29 November 2019
  17. "Yaghoubi liittyy Pikkuhuuhkajiin". palloliitto.fi. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  18. "BBC Sport – European Championship qualifier: Wales U21 1–5 Finland U21". BBC Sport.
  19. "Finland-Mexico". ca.sports.yahoo.com. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  20. "Turkey-Finland". fifa.com. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  21. "Suomi vain suupala Turkille - sysimustat minuutit ratkaisivat" (in Finnish). iltalehti.fi. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  22. "M.Yaghoubi". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  23. "Moshtagh Yaghoubi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  24. ""Hongan 17-vuotiaalla lupauksella rankka tausta" (in Finnish). is.fi. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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