Hamidullah Karimi (born February 6, 1992) is an Afghan footballer who currently plays as a forward for Indian club Delhi United S.C. He has been capped for the

Afghanistan national football team The Afghanistan national football team ( ''Tīm-e Millī-e Fūtbāl-e Afghānestān'') is the national football team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. Founded in 1922, they played their first international ...

Club career

Karimi joined Toofan Harirod F.C. in 2012. In the

2012 Afghan Premier League The 2012 Afghan Premier League is the first season of the Afghan Premier League, the Afghan league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012. Teams Eight teams competed in the league – four of which selected in a differe ...

scored 9 goals in 5 games and was the league's top scorer and helped Toofan Harirod F.C. win the inaugural Afghan Premier League. In the

2013 Afghan Premier League The 2013 Afghan Premier League was the second season of Afghan Premier League, the Afghan league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012. The season began on 22 August 2013 with the group stage and ended the season with the ...

Karimi could not lead Toofan Harirod F.C. to win another Afghan Premier League title as they were eliminated by Shaheen Asmayee F.C. in the semi-finals. In Toofan Harirod F.C.'s final game of the season against Oqaban Hindukush F.C. he scored 2 goals to help his team win third place of the 2013 Afghan Premier League. He later went on to play for Meghe United in India, Sorkhposhan Herat and Delhi United.

International career

Karimi was called up for Afghanistan's squad in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers but did not play in a single game. In the 2013 SAFF Championship, he was subbed in for Belal Arezou versus Maldives and had one chance that was saved after receiving a pass from Toofan Harirod teammate Maroof Mohammadi.

International goals

Honours

; Toofan Harirod F.C. *

;Afghanistan *

2013 SAFF Championship The 2013 South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly referred to as 2013 SAFF Championship, was the 10th SAFF Championship for men's national football teams organized by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament took ...

;Individual *

Golden Boot *

Golden Boot

References

Living people Afghan footballers 1992 births Sportspeople from Herat Men's association football forwards Afghanistan men's international footballers Expatriate footballers in India Afghan expatriate footballers Afghan expatriate sportspeople in India {{Afghanistan-footy-bio-stub