Anoush Dastgir

Anoush Dastgir (born 27 November 1989) is an Afghan football manager and retired player, who is the current assistant coach of Almere City in Eredivisie. Dastgir has also played for the Afghanistan national team.

Anoush Dastgir

Dastgir in 2022 with Afghanistan
Personal information
Full name	Anoush Dastgir
Date of birth	(1989-11-27) 27 November 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Jabal Saraj, Parwan, Afghanistan
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Almere City (assistant coach[1])
Youth career
–2008	NEC U19
2008–2010	VVV-Venlo U21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	NEC Amateurs
2012–2013	VV Capelle
2013–2015	NEC Amateurs
2015	FC Lienden
2015–2017	NEC Amateurs
International career
2015–2017	Afghanistan	4	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2016	NEC U19
2016–2018	NEC Amateurs
2016	Afghanistan (interim)
2017–2018	Afghanistan (assistant)
2018	NEC Amateurs
2018–2022	Afghanistan
2018–2021	NEC Amateurs
2020–2022	VV DUNO
2022–2023	Almere City U21
2022–	Almere City (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Dastgir, born in Afghanistan, grew up in Pakistan and India due to his father being a political refugee before settling in the Netherlands.^[2]

Coaching career

Afghanistan

On July 10, 2018, Dastgir was announced by the Afghanistan Football Federation as the new head coach of the Afghanistan football team succeeding Otto Pfister.^[3]