Dilawar Ahmadzay
Ahmadzay in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-04-04) 4 April 2004[1]
Place of birth Baghlan, Afghanistan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Strømsgodset
Number 85
Youth career
0000–2018 Stoppen SK
2018–2021 Strømsgodset
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Strømsgodset 0 (0)
2021– → Strømsgodset II 45 (20)
International career‡
2023– Afghanistan 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:44, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:44, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Dilawar Ahmadzay (born 4 April 2004) is an Afghan footballer who currently plays for Eliteserien club Strømsgodset and the Afghanistan national team.

Club career

As a youth, Ahmadzay was a member of Stoppen SK before joining the academy of Eliteserien club Strømsgodset in 2018.[2][3] At age 17, he made his competitive senior debut for the club on 25 July 2021 in a 2–0 victory over Hønefoss in the 2021–22 Norwegian Football Cup. He entered the match as a 72nd-minute substitute for Kristoffer Tokstad.[4]

International career

In July 2023 Ahmadzay was called up to the Afghanistan national team by head coach Abdullah Al Mutairi for a training camp to determine the nation's squad for upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification and 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches.[5] He was then included in Afghanistan's squad for another training camp and a pair of friendlies against Bangladesh in September 2023.[6] He made debut on 3 September in the first of the two contests.[7]

International career statistics

As of 13 June 2023[7]
Afghanistan national team
YearAppsGoals
2023 2 0
Total20

References

  1. ↑ "Dilawar Ahmadzay". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Uttak til NFF-Buskerud kretslag" (in Norwegian). Stoppen SK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "NFF profile" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Råen, Truls August. "Innbytter senket drammensernes puls - satte spikeren i kista kort tid før slutt" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "د فوټبال ملي لوبډلې ته د راغلو ۲۶ لوبغاړو نومونه خپاره شول" (in Pashto). Afghanistan Voice Agency Press. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Bangladesh face Afghanistan in first match tomorrow". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. 1 2 "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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