Hailai Arghandiwal ( ps, ; born 22 April 1996) is a

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player who plays as a

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. Born in the United States, she represented the Afghanistan national team.

Club career

Arghandiwal agreed a transfer to Italian

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club

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in December 2018. She became an

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player in 2019.

International career

In 2010, as a 14-year-old

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pupil from

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, Arghandiwal was selected for the Afghanistan national team at the

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in Bangladesh. Her experiences at the tournament inspired her to become a campaigner for

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. She was the national team

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at the

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in Sri Lanka. She played in the Oakland Roots' Justice Match on 10 October 2020.Oakland Roots on Twitter
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International goals

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1996 births Living people Afghan women's footballers Afghanistan women's international footballers Florentia San Gimignano S.S.D. players Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Serie A (women's football) players Afghan expatriates in Italy American people of Afghan descent Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer players Soccer players from San Francisco People from Dublin, California Women's association football midfielders MSV Duisburg (women) players Afghan expatriates in Germany Frauen-Bundesliga players {{US-women-footy-bio-stub