Shamsuddin Amiri ( fa, شمس الدین امیری) (born 12 February 1985) is an Afghan football player. The goalkeeper played for
Kabul Bank FC and the Afghanistan national team. He is one of the most experienced players among the current
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 ...
. In the June 2007 Amiri was given Afghanistan's best player of the year award at the age of only 22. He has scored only a single goal at club level, an extraordinary shot which was originally a goal kick. Taking the goal kick from the penalty spot, Amiri kicked it with such force that it soared the length of the pitch and went over the keeper's head in the other end and into the goal.
References
External links
Afghanistannewscener.com*
Afghan men's footballers
Afghanistan men's international footballers
1985 births
Living people
Footballers from Kabul
Ferozi F.C. players
Men's association football goalkeepers
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