Yama Sherzad
Personal information
Full name Yama Sherzad
Date of birth (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001
Place of birth Kunduz, Afghanistan
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Biel-Bienne
Number 11
Youth career
2009–2010 Steffisburg
2010–2011 Interlaken
2011–2018 Thun
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Thun II 64 (4)
2022–2023 Xamax II 27 (8)
2023– Biel-Bienne 2 (0)
International career‡
2023– Afghanistan 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 September 2023

Yama Sherzad (Dari: یما شیرزاد, born 1 January 2001) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Swiss Promotion League club Biel-Bienne.

Early career

A native of Afghanistan. In 2006, he fled to Switzerland with his family. In 2009, he began playing football at the academies of clubs from the canton of Bern, before moving to the Thun academy in 2011.[1][2]

Club career

In the 2017/18 season, he was included for the first time in Thun's second team, playing in the Swiss Promotion League. He made his debut on 3 March 2018 in a home game against Düdingen. On 19 September 2019, he scored his first goal for the team in an away game against Portalban-Gletterens.

In June 2022, he joined the reserves side of Xamax.[3]

On 10 July 2023, Sherzad was transferred to the Biel-Bienne club as a free agent.[4][5]

International career

In June 2023, Sherzad received his first call up to the Afghanistan national team, selected in the 23-men squad for the 2023 CAFA Nations Cup. He made his debut on 10 June against Kyrgyzstan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Das Schlitzohr aus Afghanistan". jungfrauzeitung.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ein Flüchtling auf dem Weg nach oben". bernerzeitung.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Vom Flüchtling zum Nati-Spieler: Die fantastische Geschichte von Yama Sherzad". 4-4-2.com (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Yama Sherzad von Xamax zum FCB". fcbiel-bienne.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "AFGHANISCHER EX-FLÜCHTLING YAMA SHERZAD ERFÜLLT SICH PROFI-TRAUM IN BIEL". onefootball.com (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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