Shabir Isoufi

Shabir Isoufi (born 9 March 1992) is an Afghan football coach and former player who works as an assistant coach for the Afghanistan national team.

Shabir Isoufi
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992
Place of birth Kandahar, Afghanistan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Afghanistan (assistant coach)
Youth career
Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Feyenoord 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Excelsior (loan) 4 (0)
2011–2012 → Dordrecht (loan) 10 (1)
2012–2013 → Telstar (loan) 30 (7)
2013–2014 Telstar 31 (2)
2014–2015 Barendrecht 12 (1)
2015–2017 ASWH
2017–2018 SC Feyenoord
Total 87 (11)
National team
2009 Netherlands U17
2015 Afghanistan 7 (1)
Teams managed
2018– Afghanistan (assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played for Dutch clubs Feyenoord, Excelsior, Dordrecht, Telstar, Barendrecht, ASWH and SC Feyenoord as a midfielder, and also represented Afghanistan at international level.

Playing career

Club career

Isoufi played club football in the Netherlands for Feyenoord, Excelsior, Dordrecht, Telstar and Barendrecht.[2][3] In June 2015 Shabir signed a contract with Hoofdklasse club ASWH.[4] He moved to SC Feyenoord for the 2017–18 season.[1]

International career

He made three appearances for the Netherlands at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[5]

He earned seven caps for the Afghanistan senior team in 2015, scoring once.[1]

Coaching career

Isoufi graduated with his UEFA B diploma on 22 May 2018.[6] After gaining his diploma, Isoufi was appointed as the assistant coach of the Afghan national football team.[7]

Personal life

In 2011, Isoufi was the highest paid athlete from Afghanistan with an annual salary of $80,000 (USD).[8]

References
  1. "Shabir Isoufi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. "Profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International.
  3. Shabir Isoufi at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  4. BV, Lucrasoft. "ASWH". Shabir Isoufi.
  5. Shabir Isoufi – FIFA competition record
  6. "22 (oud-)profs nemen diploma UEFA B in ontvangst". KNVB (in Dutch).
  7. "NEC-trainer Dastgir nieuwe bondscoach van Afghanistan". Gelderlander (in Dutch).
  8. "The Mag: Best-paid players from 200 countries". ESPN.
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