Sharif Khamayuni Mukhammad (russian: Шариф Хамаюни Мухаммад, prs, شریف محمد; born 21 March 1990) is an

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professional

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who plays as a

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for

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in the

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Early life

He was born and raised in

Makhachkala Makhachkala ( rus, Махачкала, , məxətɕkɐˈla, links=yes),; av, Махӏачхъала, Maħaçqala; ce, ХӀинжа-ГӀала, Hinƶa-Ġala; az, Маһачгала, Mahaçqala; nog, Махачкала; lbe, Махачкъала; ...

. He is of mixed

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

and

descent. His younger brother, Amir Mohammad, is also a football player of

FC Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...

Club career

Anzhi Makhachkala

He made his

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debut on 10 July 2010 for

Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...

in a game against

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...

Spartak Nalchik

Mukhammad signed in July a 1-year contract with

Spartak Nalchik PFC Spartak Nalchik (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб "Спартак Нальчик") is a Russian association football club based in Nalchik that plays in the third-tier FNL 2. They played in the Russian ...

. He was given shirt number 17. He eventually made his debut on 23 July for

against Sokol Saratov in the FNL. With Spartak, he appeared in 34 league matches, scoring 1 goal.

AFC Eskilstuna

He joined the Swedish club

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on 17 August 2017.

Karmiotissa

In January 2019, Sharif got recruited by Cypriot club Karmiotissa for the season 2018–19 season.

Maziya

In December 2019, Sharif signed for Maldives Champions

Maziya S&RC Maziya Sports and Recreation Club is a Maldivian professional football club based in Malé. They compete in the Dhivehi Premier League, the country's top division. The club was formed in 1996 and was promoted to the first division for the first ...

for the

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and AFC Cup. He appeared in 10 league matches and Maziya secured the league title on 19 January 2020.

Gokulam Kerala

In November 2020, Sharif signed for Indian club

Gokulam Kerala FC Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Calicut, Kerala. Founded in 2017, the club competes in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. They won the 2020–21 I-League to become the ...

in the

. On 25 January 2021, Sharif scored from the spot kick in I-League against

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and Gokulam won that game 4–1. On 27 March 2021, Sharif won the I-League title with Gokulam Kerala after scoring from an important free kick against

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. After winning the title with 29 points in 15 games, they qualified for the

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group stages. On 28 May 2021, Gokulam Kerala extended the contract with Sherif for another season, as the team is set to represent the country in

. He also appeared in the

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and Gokulam reached to the quarter-finals. He scored the first goal of 2021–22 season of I-League in their 1–0 win against

on 26 December. After back to back wins in both the group and championship stages under his captaincy, the club clinched I-League title again in 2021–22 season, defeating Mohammedan Sporting 2–1 in the final game at the Salt Lake Stadium on 14 May, and became the first club in fifteen years to defend the title. At the

group-stage opener, Mukhammad and his side achieved a historic 4–2 win against Indian Super League side

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. Later, they were defeated 1–0 by Maldivian side

, and 1–2 by

Bashundhara Kings Bashundhara Kings ( bn, বসুন্ধরা কিংস) is a professional football team based in Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. They clinched the title of the 2017 Bangladesh Championship League, the second tier of th ...

of Bangladesh respectively, and knocked out of the tournament.

International career

Mukhammad made his debut for

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

against

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in a

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match. He played the whole game but lost with 5–0. He scored his first goal for Afghanistan against

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on 23 March 2017. On 28 December 2018, he scored his second international goal against

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

in a 2–2 draw match.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 24 March 2017''

International goals

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

Honours

Maziya S&RC *

: 2019–20 Gokulam Kerala *

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, 2021–22

References

External links

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Profile by Russian National Football League
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Sharif Mukhammad
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