Ahmad Hatifi

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Ahmad Hatifi
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Hatifi with Afghanistan in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ahmad Arash Hatifi
Date of birth (1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Oakland, California, United States [1]
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Oakland Stompers
Number –
Youth career
East Bay United/Bay Oaks
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2008 UC Davis Aggies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Bay Area Ambassadors
2013–2014 Mumbai 15 (1)
2015–2016 IFX Ballistic United
2016–2018 CD Aguiluchos USA
2019– Oakland Stompers
International career‡
2011– Afghanistan 34 (4)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
SAFF Championship
Winner 2013 Nepal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 February 2016

Ahmad Arash Hatifi (born 13 March 1986) is a professional football player who is a midfielder and currently plays for Oakland Stompers. [2] Born in the United States, he has also represented the Afghanistan national team.

Contents

Club career

Youth

Born in Oakland, California, Hatifi grew up in Alameda, California and attended Alameda High School where he captained the varsity soccer team. [1] He then started to attend University of California, Davis in 2004 where played for the soccer team in 2005. [1] He captained the team in his junior and senior years. [3] After leaving college, Hatifi played for the Bay Area Ambassadors of the National Premier Soccer League, the fourth tier of American soccer, from 2012 to 2013. [4]

Mumbai

On 1 November 2013 it was confirmed that Hatifi had signed with Mumbai F.C. of the I-League in India. [5] He then made his debut for the side the next day against Bengaluru FC at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which he started and played 87 minutes as Mumbai drew the match 2–2. [6]

International career

In 2007, Hatifi was selected to play for Afghanistan in the World Cup qualifiers against Syria and Sri Lanka. [4] He scored his first goal for his country on 20 August 2013 against Pakistan in which he found the net in the 32nd minute as Afghanistan went on to win the match 3–0. [7] He then won his first ever championship with Afghanistan on 11 September 2013 when his country won the 2013 SAFF Championship by beating India 2–0. [8] On 22 May Hatifi scored the second goal in Afghanistan's 3–1 victory over Turkmenistan at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup. This was also Afghanistan's first every victory at the AFC Challenge Cup in eight attempts. [9]

Unfortunately though after Afghanistan's 0–0 draw with Laos that confirmed their progression out of the group stage, an accident occurred while the Afghan players were being driven back to their hotel. Hatifi suffered injuries along with teammates Zohib Islam Amiri, Faisal Sakhizada, Balal Arezou, and Mustafa Azadzoy, the latter of which will have to take three weeks off to recover, while Hatifi is set to miss two weeks. All five players are set to miss the semi-finals against Palestine. Former coach Mohammad Yousef Kargar and current coach Erich Rutemöller also suffered minor injuries. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 April 2014 [14]
ClubSeasonLeagueFederation CupDurand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mumbai 2013–14 I-League 15100————151
Career total151000000151

National team statistics

As of 2 November 2013
Afghanistan national team
YearAppsGoals
201130
201381
Total111

International goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 August 2013 Ghazi Stadium, Kabul, AfghanistanFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2–03–0 International friendly
222 May 2014 Addu Football Stadium, Addu City, MaldivesFlag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 2–03–1 2014 AFC Challenge Cup
328 December 2015 Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, IndiaFlag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 3–14–1 2015 SAFF Championship
431 December 2015 Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, IndiaFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4–05–0 2015 SAFF Championship

Honours

Afghanistan

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