Ahmad Hatifi

Ahmad Arash Hatifi (born 13 March 1986) is an American-born Afghan professional football player who is a midfielder and currently plays for CD Aguiluchos USA.[2]

Ahmad Hatifi
Personal information
Full name Ahmad Arash Hatifi
Date of birth (1986-03-13) 13 March 1986
Place of birth Oakland, California, United States[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 CD Aguiluchos USA
Number  –
Youth career
Bay Oaks
2005–2008 UC Davis Aggies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Bay Area Ambassadors
2013–2014 Mumbai 15 (1)
2015–2016 IFX Ballistic
2016– CD Aguiluchos USA 0 (0)
National team‡
2011– Afghanistan 34 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 February 2016

Career

Youth

Born in Oakland, California, Hatifi grew up in Alameda, California and attended Alameda High School where he captained the varsity soccer team.[1] He then started to attend University of California, Davis in 2004 where he started to play for the soccer team in 2005.[1] He captained the team in his junior and senior years.[3] After leaving college, Hatifi played for the Bay Area Ambassadors of the National Premier Soccer League, the fourth tier of American soccer, from 2012 to 2013.[4]

Mumbai

On 1 November 2013 it was confirmed that Hatifi had signed with Mumbai F.C. of the I-League in India.[5] He then made his debut for the side the next day against Bengaluru FC at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which he started and played 87 minutes as Mumbai drew the match 2–2.[6]

International

In 2007, Hatifi was selected to play for Afghanistan in the World Cup qualifiers against Syria and Sri Lanka.[4] He scored his first goal for his country on 20 August 2013 against Pakistan in which he found the net in the 32nd minute as Afghanistan went on to win the match 3–0.[7] He then won his first ever championship with Afghanistan on 11 September 2013 when his country won the 2013 SAFF Championship by beating India 2–0.[8] On 22 May Hatifi scored the second goal in Afghanistan's 3–1 victory over Turkmenistan at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup. This was also Afghanistan's first every victory at the AFC Challenge Cup in eight attempts.[9]

Unfortunately though after Afghanistan's 0–0 draw with Laos that confirmed their progression out of the group stage, an accident occurred while the Afghan players were being driven back to their hotel. Hatifi suffered injuries along with teammates Zohib Islam Amiri, Faisal Sakhizada, Balal Arezou, and Mustafa Azadzoy, the latter of which will have to take three weeks off to recover, while Hatifi is set to miss two weeks. All five players are set to miss the semi finals against Palestine. Former coach Mohammad Yousef Kargar and current coach Erich Rutemöller also suffered minor injuries.[10][11][12][13]

Career statistics

Club
As of 27 April 2014[14]
Club Season League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mumbai 2013–14 I-League15100————151
Career total 151000000151

National team statistics
As of 2 November 2013
Afghanistan national team
YearAppsGoals
201130
201381
Total111

International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 August 2013Ghazi Stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan Pakistan2–03–0International friendly
222 May 2014Addu Football Stadium, Addu City, Maldives Turkmenistan2–03–12014 AFC Challenge Cup
328 December 2015Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India Maldives3–14–12015 SAFF Championship
431 December 2015Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India Sri Lanka4–05–02015 SAFF Championship

References
  1. "AHMAD HATIFIE". UC Davis. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2016-01-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Afghan Premier Profile" (PDF). Afghan Premier FC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  4. "Ahmad Hatifie". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  5. "Mumbai FC rope in Afghanistan's Hashmatullah Barikzai and Ahmad Hatifie". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  6. "MUMBAI VS. BENGALURU 2 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  7. Allen, Karen (20 August 2013). "Afghanistan beat Pakistan 3–0 in Kabul friendly". BBC. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  8. Bali, Rahul. "Afghanistan 2–0 India: The Lions of Khorasan win their first ever SAFF Championship title". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  9. "AFC Challenge Cup: Afghanistan 3–1 Turkmenistan". AFC. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  10. "Afghan contingent suffers minor injuries in team bus accident". AFC. 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  11. Shimaaz Ali (25 May 2014). "Five Afghan players to miss semi". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 2014-05-26. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  12. Mohamed Sajid (25 May 2014). "Afghanistan is all over worried". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  13. Shimaaz Ali (24 May 2014). "Afghan five players injured due to the accident". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 2014-05-26. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  14. Ahmad Hatifi at Soccerway
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