Mohamed Josef Shirdel (born 3 April 1993) is a German Afghan professional

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who plays for Dersimspor in the Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa and plays for the

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International career

Shirdel was called up for Afghanistan for the

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games but did not compete because of illness. He was again called up for the World Cup 2018 Qualifying games against

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and Singapore. He appeared for Afghanistan in the World Cup qualifying game on 24 March 2016, which was won by Japan 5–0. Shirdel scored his first goal in his second match for Afghanistan against Singapore.

International goals

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* 1993 births Living people Afghan men's footballers German men's footballers Afghan expatriate men's footballers German people of Afghan descent Footballers from Hamburg Afghanistan men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders {{Afghanistan-footy-bio-stub