Sandjar Ahmadi ( prs, سنجر احمدی) is a

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from

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who currently plays for Hamm United FC and Afghanistan national football team. He scored two goals against Sri Lanka in

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which helped the national team to win 3–1. At 21 years of age, Ahmadi is one of the Afghanistan national football team's best players. He scored the winning goal against Laos in the

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qualifiers. He scored against

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in a friendly on 20 August 2013. He scored The winning goal against

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

in the 2013 SAFF Championship to take his nation to the finals. And then in the

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he scored the winning goal against the

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to earn his country their first ever FIFA tournament win. The team was also granted $50,000 US Dollars for being the champions. In an interview with Afghanistan's captain Zohib Islam Amiri, Amiri said "He is a great player, and we couldn't have won this without him."

Early life

Sandjar Ahmadi was born in

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

and then with his family he moved to

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and now lives in

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. He was seven years only when he started playing football. Now he plays for both club and country on the international level.

Club career

Ahmadi plays for SC Vier- und Marschlande in Oberliga Hamburg. He wears number 12. He is a winger but he also can play as a central forward.

Mumbai FC

Sandjar Ahmadi has scored 2 goals in 9 matches for Mumbai FC in I-League.Sandjar Ahmadi
in soccerway.com In an interview, he revealed that he was targeting highest position in I-League with Mumbai FC.

Club career stats

Last update: 14 May 2013

International goals

:''Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first.''

Honours

Afghanistan * SAFF Championship:

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References

Afghan men's footballers 1992 births Living people Footballers from Kabul Afghan emigrants to Germany Afghanistan men's international footballers I-League players Mumbai FC players Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Men's association football wingers Asian Games competitors for Afghanistan Expatriate footballers in India {{Afghanistan-footy-bio-stub