Taufee Skandari
Skandari in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-02) 2 April 1999
Place of birth Afghanistan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 B36 Tórshavn
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2017 Windsor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Windsor
2018 Woodford Town
2018–2019 SK Bischofshofen 12 (0)
2019 Bursaspor 0 (0)
2020–2021 Northwood
2021–2022 Ware
2022–2023 New Salamis
2023– B36 Tórshavn 20 (3)
International career‡
2023– Afghanistan 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:21, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Taufee Skandari (born 2 April 1999) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for B36 Tórshavn and the Afghanistan national team.

Club career

Skandari started his career with Windsor before joining Woodford Town and then spending a season abroad with Austrian Regionalliga side SK Bischofshofen and Turkish club Bursaspor. He then returned to England to join Northwood before moving onto Ware.[1] In February 2023, he joined Faroe Islands Premier League side B36 Tórshavn from New Salamis.[2]

International career

In May 2023, Skandari was called up to the Afghanistan squad for the 2023 CAFA Nations Cup.[3] On 10 June 2023, he made his senior international debut, starting in a 1–0 loss to Kyrgyzstan.[4]

Personal life

Skandari was born in Afghanistan[1] before moving to England the following year.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 June 2023[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Afghanistan 202350
Total50

References

  1. 1 2 "Ware Move for Afghan Midfielder". southern-football-league.co.uk. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ↑ @B36 (4 February 2023). "new signing for @B36.To all our UK followers - say welcome to our english midfielder, Taufee Skandari (23)" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 June 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. 1 2 @B36 (25 May 2023). "our midfielder, Taufee Skandari (24), is selected for the Afghanistan national team" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 June 2023 – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ "Kyrgyzstan vs. Afghanistan". national-football-teams.com. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Taufee Skandari". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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