Mustafa Zazai

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Mustafa Zazai
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Zazai lining up with Afghanistan in 2015
Personal information
Full name Mustafa Zazai
Date of birth (1993-05-09) 9 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2006–2009 Hamburger SV
2009–2011 SC Concordia Hamburg
2011–2012 VfB Lübeck
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 VfB Lübeck 23 (3)
2013–2015 FC St. Pauli II 52 (3)
2016–2017 TSG Neustrelitz 17 (1)
2017–2018 LSK Hansa 10 (0)
2018 Chachoengsao F.C. 11 (7)
2018 Phrae United 10 (5)
2019 Kelantan 9 (1)
2019 Phnom Penh Crown 12 (7)
2020–2021 Visakha 27 (2)
2022 Boeung Ket 26 (3)
International career‡
2014– Afghanistan 24 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 January 2019

Mustafa Zazai (born 9 May 1993) is an Afghan footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Cambodian Premier League club Boeung Ket and the Afghanistan national team.

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Early life

Zazai was born in Kabul in 1993, to a Pashtun family. He moved to Germany in the following years.

Youth

Zazai played in the youth of many German clubs. He played in the youth of HSV Hamburg, Concordia Hamburg and VfB Lübeck.

Club career

After being promoted to the first team of VfB Lübeck he played 23 matches and scored 3 goals. At the end of the season he was contacted by FC St. Pauli II if he wants to play for them. He accepted the offer. He played mostly as an attacking midfielder. He scored 5 goal in 24 matches. [1] [2] [3]

On 23 January 2019, Zazai signed a contract with Malaysia Premier League side, Kelantan. [4]

International career

He was selected by the head coach for the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup in the Maldives. He was 21 years old when he gave his debut for the national team.

International goals

Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first. [5]
ListDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 June 2015 Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1–01–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.12 November 2015 Takhti Stadium, Tehran, Iran Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1–03–0
3.14 June 2022 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 2–02–2 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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References

  1. ↑ "Mustafa Zazai, soccerpunter.com profile" . Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mustafa Zazai, soccer manager.com profile" . Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Mustafa Zazai, soccerway profile" . Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mustafa sah sarung jersi Kelantan". Sinar Harian. 23 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Zazai, Mustafa". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 May 2017.


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