Zubayr Amiri

Zubayr Amiri (Dari: زبیر امیري; born 2 May 1990, in Kabul) is a footballer from Afghanistan. Amiri operates in midfield, and can also play in a more attacking role; he is considered a versatile player because he is proficient with both feet. He currently plays for SC Hessen Dreieich and has previously played for Viktoria Aschaffenburg and Eintracht Frankfurt II. Amiri has also been capped by the Afghanistan national football team.

Zubayr Amiri
Personal information
Full name Zubayr Amiri
Date of birth 2 May 1990 (1990-05-02) (age 30)
Place of birth Kandahar, Afghanistan
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 SC Hessen Dreieich
Number 7
Youth career
1. FC 06 Langdiebach
TSV Hanau
Viktoria Aschaffenburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 28 (2)
2010–2011 Eintracht Frankfurt II 25 (1)
2011–2012 FC Bayern Alzenau 6 (0)
2012 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 4 (0)
2012–2014 FC Bayern Alzenau 50 (11)
2015– SC Hessen Dreieich 74 (29)
National team‡
2011– Afghanistan 20 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 May 2018

Club career

After playing youth football for 1.FC Langendiebach, TSV 1860 Hanau and Viktoria Aschaffenburg, Amiri began his senior career at Viktoria Aschaffenburg in the 2009–10 season, in which the club competed in the Hessenliga. Zubayr had a successful season, playing twenty-eight of Viktoria's thirty-six games and also scoring twice, but he left the club at the end of the season after they went into administration and were relegated, despite finishing in eighth place. As a result of this, Amiri transferred to Eintracht Frankfurt II for the 2010–11 season.

Amiri made his debut for Frankfurt in a 3–2 loss to Hessen Kassel on 1 September 2010.[1] In the midfielder's first season at the club, Frankfurt finished sixth in the Regionalliga Süd. Amiri featured in twenty-four of Frankfurt's thirty matches, scoring one goal.[2] He also contributed eight assists, doubling the number of goals he created at Viktoria Aschaffenburg. His first goal for Frankfurt came in a 4–0 home win over TSV 1860 München II on 7 December 2010.[3]

After being released by Eintracht Frankfurt, Amiri joined Regionalliga Süd club FC Bayern Alzenau in December 2011.[4] He was given the number 11 shirt by the club.[5] Later that month, Amiri helped Alzenau's under–23 side win the SV Heitzenröder-Silvestercup indoor football tournament. Amiri was the tournament's fourth–top scorer with 7 goals.[6] The midfielder made his league debut for the club on 3 March 2012, coming on as a substitute for Patrick Armhein in a 3–1 defeat to Stuttgarter Kickers.[7] He went on to make five more appearances for the side. Amiri's last league appearance for Alzenau came in a 1–0 win over his former club Eintracht Frankfurt II on 29 April 2012.

Amiri rejoined former club Viktoria Aschaffenburg on 1 July 2012, but had to wait until 25 July for his first league appearance of the 2012–13 season, coming on as a substitute for defender Fnan Tewelde in a 5–0 loss at SV Seligenporten.[8][9] However, less than two months after signing for Aschaffenburg, Amiri's contract was cancelled by mutual agreement on 31 August 2012.[10]

The midfielder signed for his former club, FC Bayern Alzenau, in September. Amiri had a successful spell at FC Bayern since rejoining the club, scoring five goals and assisting another eight goals in only 20 matches.

International career

Amiri was first included in Afghanistan's national football team when he was called up to his country's 2011 AFC Challenge Cup squad. He was an unused substitute in the defeat to Nepal on 7 April and the 1–0 win over Sri Lanka two days later, but made his debut for Afghanistan on 11 April after coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute in the 2–0 loss to Korea DPR in the final group game.[11] Amiri had to wait two months for his second international cap, playing in the first half of the 2–0 loss to Palestine on 29 June 2011 in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier.[12]

International goals
Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first.[13]

Personal life

Nauwid Amiri is the brother of Zubayr Amiri and plays for SV Südwest 1882 Ludwigshafen.

References
  1. Afghanistan – Zubayr Amiri – Profile – Soccerway
  2. 2010–11 Season Summary: Destination Germany FootballAfghanistan.com. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. Eintracht Frankfurt II vs. 1860 Munchen II – 7 December 2010 – Soccerway
  4. Regionalliga Süd – FC Bayern Alzenau verpflichtet Zubayr Amiri (in German) MittelKreis. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  5. Unsere 1. Mannschaft für die Saison 2011/12 Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine FC Bayern Alzenau. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  6. Bayern Alzenau gewinnt den Silvestercup 2011 (in German) FC Germania 09. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  7. Bayern Alzenau vs. Stuttgarter Kickers – 3 March 2012 Soccerway. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  8. The Football Database – Zubayr Amiri (in German) FussballDaten.de. 1 July 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  9. Seligenporten 5–0 Viktoria Soccerway. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  10. Garcia und Amiri verlassen die Viktoria (in German) Viktoria-Aschaffenburg.de. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  11. Zubayr Amiri: Football Afghanistan
  12. Afghanistan vs. Palestine – 29 June 2011 – Soccerway
  13. "Amiri, Zubayr Hải". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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