Danny Karbassiyoon

Last updated
Danny Karbassiyoon
Personal information
Full name Daniel Karbassiyoon [1]
Date of birth (1984-08-10) August 10, 1984 (age 38) [1]
Place of birth Roanoke, Virginia, United States [1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left Back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–2003 Roanoke Star
2003–2005 Arsenal 0 (0)
2004–2005 → Ipswich Town (loan) 5 (0)
2005–2006 Burnley 5 (0)
2006–2007 Roanoke Star
Total10(0)
National team
2003 United States U18 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Karbassiyoon (born August 10, 1984) is an American former professional soccer player who played for English sides Arsenal, Ipswich Town and Burnley. He is currently working as a scout and IT Product Owner for Arsenal in London. [2]

Contents

Early life

Karbassiyoon was born in Roanoke, Virginia to an Italian mother and Iranian father. [3] He holds dual American and Italian citizenship. [4]

Club career

He signed a full contract with Arsenal in 2003, moving from amateur club Roanoke Star at the beginning of the previous season. Having joined as a forward, he adapted his role to that of a left back.

Karbassiyoon's first match for Arsenal was against Manchester City in the League Cup on October 27, 2004, as a substitute for Arturo Lupoli. He marked his debut by scoring a goal in the 90th minute; the match finished 2–1. [5] He then went on to secure a starting spot in the League Cup's next round match against Everton at Highbury where a young Arsenal side prevailed 3-1. His final match with the first team saw him play the final ten minutes of a 1-0 defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford. However, he could not gain any sort of place in the regular Arsenal first team and, in November 2004, he was loaned out to Football League Championship team Ipswich Town for three months, making six appearances for the East Anglian side.

Arsenal released Karbassiyoon in the summer of 2005, after he had played just three times for them, all in the League Cup. He signed for Burnley soon afterwards. However, a series of injuries left Karbassiyoon unable to establish himself at Turf Moor and he was placed on the transfer list at the end of his first season at the club. His contract was terminated by mutual consent in August 2006.

Karbassiyoon had a trial at Dutch team AZ Alkmaar, but wasn't offered a contract. Owing to knee injury problems, he retired from professional football in February 2007, at the age of 22.

As of April 4, 2007, he is employed by Arsenal as scout for North America. [6] He has been credited for scouting Costa Rican international Joel Campbell [7] as well as German-born Gedion Zelalem. [8] [9]

Karbassiyoon published an e-book, The Arsenal Yankee, which detailed his journey from player to scout in 2016. [10]

Career statistics

As of 14 May 2019
ClubDivisionSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal Premier League 2004–05 00003131
Ipswich Town Championship 2004–05 50000050
Burnley 2005–06 50000050
Career total1000031131

Related Research Articles

Kolo Touré Ivorian footballer

Kolo Abib Touré is an Ivorian professional football coach and former player. He played as a defender for Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Celtic and the Ivory Coast national team. He is currently a first team coach at Leicester City as well as a member of the coaching staff for the Ivory Coast national team.

Hermann Hreiðarsson Icelandic footballer and coach

Hermann Hreiðarsson is an Icelandic former professional football player and coach. He played as a defender and spent 15 seasons in England, gaining a total of 315 appearances in the Premier League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darren Bent</span> English association football player

Darren Ashley Bent is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in the Premier League and Championship for nine clubs, and at senior international level for the England national team.

Danny Simpson English association football player

Daniel Peter Simpson is an English professional footballer who last played as a right-back for Championship side Bristol City. A product of the Manchester United academy, Simpson played on loan for Royal Antwerp, Sunderland, Ipswich Town, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United during his professional development. He then signed for Newcastle on a permanent basis in January 2010, before relocating to Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer in June 2013.

Jonathan Walters Irish footballer

Jonathan Ronald Walters is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Laurent Koscielny French footballer

Laurent Koscielny is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang</span> Footballer (born 1989)

Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Chelsea. He is renowned for his pace, finishing, and off-ball movement. Born in France, he is a former Gabonese international and is the country's all-time top goalscorer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danny Welbeck</span> English footballer (born 1990)

Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas English footballer (born 1990)

Jay Aston Emmanuel-Thomas is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward, most recently for Indian Super League club Jamshedpur. A product of the Arsenal Academy, he is a versatile forward and can play as a winger or striker.

The 2009–10 season is Sunderland's third consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben Mee</span> English footballer (born 1989)

Benjamin Thomas Mee is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Brentford.

Joel Campbell Costa Rican association football player

Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for Liga MX club León and the Costa Rica national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gedion Zelalem</span> American soccer player

Gedion Zelalem is a professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club New York City FC. Born in Germany, he represented the United States national under-23 team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jon Toral</span> Spanish footballer

Jon Miquel Toral Harper is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Greek Super League club OFI.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014–15 Arsenal F.C. season</span> 129th season in existence of Arsenal F.C.

The 2014–15 season was Arsenal's 23rd season in the Premier League and 96th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. This season Arsenal participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield and the UEFA Champions League. In the League an inconsistent first half of the season ended any realistic hopes for the title as Arsenal only won two out of their first eight games, with numerous injuries to important players. At one stage, Arsenal were as low as eighth heading into early December. In the second half of the season their form recovered massively, which included an eight-game winning run between February and April.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leroy Sané</span> German association football player

Leroy Aziz Sané is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the German national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015–16 Arsenal F.C. season</span> 130th season in existence of Arsenal F.C.

The 2015–16 season was Arsenal's 24th season in the Premier League and 97th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club entered the season as the FA Cup holders, and participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield and the UEFA Champions League. Arsenal were favourites to get their first league title since 2004, having been league-leaders towards the New Year, but a loss of form which included successive defeats to Manchester United and Swansea City saw them lose ground on eventual winners Leicester City, although they recovered to get 2nd, their highest finish in 11 years. Arsenal's attempt of winning a third consecutive FA Cup was unsuccessful, losing to Watford at the quarter-final stage, as well as exiting in the League Cup fourth round to Sheffield Wednesday. In Europe, Arsenal recovered from a poor start to qualify for the knockout-stages, but they were defeated in both legs against Barcelona. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016–17 Arsenal F.C. season</span> 131st season in existence of Arsenal F.C.

The 2016–17 season was Arsenal's 25th in the Premier League, their 98th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 107th season in the top flight overall. The club participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Danny Cowley is an English professional football coach who is the current manager of EFL League One side Portsmouth. He has previously managed Concord Rangers, Braintree Town, Lincoln City and Huddersfield Town. He played at a semi-professional level as a midfielder.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Konstantinos Mavropanos</span> Greek footballer (born 1997)

Konstantinos Mavropanos is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Greece national team.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Danny Karbassiyoon". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "DANNY KARBASSIYOON: FROM THE FIRST-TEAM TO IT".
  3. ↑ https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/vice-sports-qa-former-arsenal-player-and-current-team-scout-danny-karbassiyoon [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Insights on European scouting of U.S. Youngsters by 'Arsenal Yankee' Danny Karbassiyoon".
  5. ↑ "Man City 1-2 Arsenal". BBC. 27 October 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "Not the final farewell". The Roanoke Times . 4 April 2007. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  7. ↑ Chris Wheatley (2 May 2016). "Arsenal scout reveals Wenger's reaction to signing Joel Campbell". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Emerging Talents – Gedion Zelalem Archived 2013-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Chris Wheatley (30 April 2016). "The story of U.S. prospect Gedion Zelalem so far – by the man who brought him to Arsenal". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "'When I found out Arsenal wanted to sign me - Former full-back tells of his Gunners journey". goal.com. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.