Faysal Shayesteh (; born 10 June 1991) is an Afghan professional
footballer
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who plays as an
attacking midfielder
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for
I-League
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club
Sreenidi Deccan
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and the
Afghanistan national team.
Youth career
Born in
Kabul
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, Shayesteh moved to the Netherlands and played in the youth academy of
FC Twente
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, until he signed with Heerenveen in 2010.
Club career
Heerenveen
Shayesteh, 18-years old then, joined Heerenveen in the summer of 2010. He signed a contract until the summer of 2012.
Etar
In February 2013, Shayesteh joined
Bulgarian A PFG
The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...
club
Etar 1924. On 2 March, he made his league debut in a 2–1 home win over
Montana
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, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute.
Songkhla United
In October 2013, Shayesteh made a transfer move to Thailand football club Songkhla United after his contract expired with Etar. He was given shirt number 10.
He left Songkhla after they relegated in 2015.
Pahang
In July 2016, Shayesteh announced on Facebook that he joined
Pahang
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. It was also announced that he will play with shirt number 10. After just 6 months he resigned with
Pahang
Pahang (;Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a ...
.
Paykan
In January 2017, Shayesteh signed a one-and a-half-year contract with
Paykan F.C.
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to becoming the first ever
Afghan
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*Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia
*Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity
** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...
professional footballer in the
Persian Gulf Pro League
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.
Gokulam Kerala
On 19 November 2017, Shayesteh moved to
I-League
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and signed with
Gokulam Kerala for a season, but appeared in a single match for the side.
Lampang
In June 2018, he moved to Thailand and signed with
Thai League 2
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side
Lampang
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.
VV DUNO
In 2020, Shayesteh moved back to the Nederlands and joined
VV DUNO
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History
VV Duno wa ...
in the
Hoofdklasse
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Background
The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of ...
.
Sreenidi Deccan
In August 2022,
I-League
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side
Sreenidi Deccan
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announced the signing of Shayesteh for the
2022–23 season.
International career
On 13 April 2014, Shayesteh made his debut for the national team of Afghanistan in a friendly match against
Kyrgyzstan
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.
He played as left fullback. In the 17th minute of the match he missed a penalty. On 14 May 2014, Afghanistan played a friendly match against
Kuwait
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. Shayesteh scored a beautiful free-kick at the game.
On 22 May 2014, Shayesteh scored his first goal with a free-kick from nearly 50 meters against
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
in the
2014 AFC Challenge Cup
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. After
Djelaludin Sharityar
Djelaludin Sharityar ( fa, جلالالدین شریعتیار) is an Afghan footballer defender and was the captain of the Afghanistan national football team.
His career started in 1998 in Germany when as a youth he played for VfL Wolfsb ...
retired Shayesteh became the new captain of the national team. He led the team into the final of the
2015 SAFF Championship
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in
Tiruvanantapuram, which was the country's last participation.
He scored three goals in that competition but finished as runners-up, as Afghanistan lost 1–2 to
India
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. In April 2016, he was named as Afghanistan's Athlete of the year 2015.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of
Qays Shayesteh, who also plays football and represented Afghanistan national team from 2011 to 2017.
Career statistics
Club
:''Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shayesteh goal.''
Honours
Afghanistan
*
SAFF Championship
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: runner-up
2015
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Individual
* Afghanistan's Athlete of the Year: 2015
References
External links
*
*
Profileat Sportal
profile and statisticsat footballcritic
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1991 births
Living people
Afghan emigrants to the Netherlands
Afghan footballers
Dutch footballers
Footballers from Kabul
Association football midfielders
Afghanistan international footballers
Asian Games competitors for Afghanistan
Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Faysal Shayesteh
Faysal Shayesteh (; born 10 June 1991) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for I-League club Sreenidi Deccan and the Afghanistan national team.
Youth career
Born in Kabul, Shayesteh moved to the Netherla ...
Persian Gulf Pro League players
I-League players
FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo players
Faysal Shayesteh
Faysal Shayesteh (; born 10 June 1991) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for I-League club Sreenidi Deccan and the Afghanistan national team.
Youth career
Born in Kabul, Shayesteh moved to the Netherla ...
Sri Pahang FC players
Paykan F.C. players
Gokulam Kerala FC players
Faysal Shayesteh
Faysal Shayesteh (; born 10 June 1991) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for I-League club Sreenidi Deccan and the Afghanistan national team.
Youth career
Born in Kabul, Shayesteh moved to the Netherla ...
Faysal Shayesteh
Faysal Shayesteh (; born 10 June 1991) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for I-League club Sreenidi Deccan and the Afghanistan national team.
Youth career
Born in Kabul, Shayesteh moved to the Netherla ...
VV DUNO players
Afghan expatriate footballers
Afghan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
Expatriate footballers in Thailand
Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Iran
Expatriate footballers in Iran
Afghan expatriate sportspeople in India
Expatriate footballers in India
Sreenidi Deccan FC players