Sandjar Ahmadi
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Sandjar Ahmadi (Dari: سنجر احمدی) is a footballer from Afghanistan who currently plays for Hamm United FC and the Afghanistan national football team. He scored two goals against Sri Lanka in 2011 SAFF Championship, helping the national team win 3–1. Ahmadi scored the winning goal against Laos in the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers. He scored against Pakistan in a friendly on 20 August 2013. He scored the winning goal against Nepal in the 2013 SAFF Championship to take his nation to the finals. In the final, he scored the winning goal, beating India to earn his country's first ever FIFA tournament win. The team was also granted $50,000 US dollars for being the champions. In an interview with Afghanistan's captain Zohib Islam Amiri, Amiri said "He is a great player, and we couldn't have won this without him."
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Date of birth | (1992-02-10) 10 February 1992 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kabul, Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left and Right winger, Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Hamm United FC | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
SV Nettelnburg/Allermöhe | |||||||||||||||||
SC Concordia Hamburg | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | SC Vier- und Marschlande | 52 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Mumbai | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | SC Vier- und Marschlande | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2015– | Hamm United FC | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2011– | Afghanistan | 25 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 June 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2014 |