Obaidullah Karimi ( fa, عبیدالله کریمی; born on 21 December 1979) is an Afghan former

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who played as a

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. He was the only Afghan player to score a goal in a

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when he scored in the

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against

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. In his career, he had four metatarsal fractures.

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International

:''Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karimi goal.''

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* 1979 births Living people Footballers from Kabul Afghan footballers Men's association football forwards Afghanistan men's international footballers Hamburger SV II players SC Concordia von 1907 players German people of Afghan descent FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03 players Afghan expatriate footballers Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany {{Afghanistan-footy-bio-stub