Dilawar Ahmadzay

Dilawar Ahmadzay
Ahmadzay in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-04-04) 4 April 2004[1]
Place of birth Baghlan, Afghanistan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Åskollen
Youth career
–2018 Stoppen
2018–2021 Strømsgodset
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Strømsgodset 2 50 (23)
2024–2025 Åskollen FK 20 (5)
2025– Åssiden IF 4 (5)
International career‡
2023– Afghanistan 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:23, 6 April 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 September 2023

Dilawar Ahmadzay (Persian: دلاور احمدزی; born 4 April 2004) is an Afghan footballer who currently plays for Norwegian 3. divisjon club Åskollen FK and the Afghanistan national team.

Club career

As a youth, Ahmadzay was a member of Stoppen SK before joining the academy of Eliteserien club Strømsgodset in 2018.[2][3] At age 17, he made his competitive senior debut for the club on 25 July 2021 in a 2–0 victory over Hønefoss in the 2021–22 Norwegian Football Cup. He entered the match as a 72nd-minute substitute for Kristoffer Tokstad.[4]

International career

In July 2023 Ahmadzay was called up to the Afghanistan national team by head coach Abdullah Al Mutairi for a training camp to determine the nation's squad for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification and 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches.[5] He was then included in Afghanistan's squad for another training camp and a pair of friendlies against Bangladesh in September 2023.[6] He made his debut on 3 September in the first of the two contests.[7]

International career statistics

As of 13 June 2023[7]
Afghanistan national team
Year Apps Goals
2023 2 0
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ Dilawar Ahmadzay at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Uttak til NFF-Buskerud kretslag" (in Norwegian). Stoppen SK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ Dilawar Ahmadzay at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ Råen, Truls August (25 July 2021). "Innbytter senket drammensernes puls - satte spikeren i kista kort tid før slutt" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ "د فوټبال ملي لوبډلې ته د راغلو ۲۶ لوبغاړو نومونه خپاره شول". افغان غږ خبری آژانس (آوا) (in Pashto). Afghanistan Voice Agency Press. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh face Afghanistan in first match tomorrow". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Dilawar Ahmadzay". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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