Arash Bayat

Arash Bayat (Persian: آرش بیات; born July 19, 1983) is a former Iranian-Swedish footballer, Arash was voted the best middle eastern player of Sweden in 4 different time: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005.

Arash Bayat
Personal information
Full name Arash Bayat
Date of birth (1983-07-19) July 19, 1983
Place of birth Tehran, Iran
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
0000–1993 IK Östria Lambohov
1994–2000 Västra Frölunda IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Västra Frölunda IF 95 (17)
2006–2008 GIF Sundsvall[1] 63 (13)
2008IFK Mariehamn (loan)[2] 10 (2)
2009 Qviding FIF 29 (4)
2010 Ljungskile SK 22 (4)
2011–2012 Assyriska BK 39 (6)
2013–2015 Qviding FIF 53 (12)
2016–2017 Västra Frölunda IF 17 (2)
Total 328 (60)
International career
1999–2000 Sweden U17 3 (0)
2001 Sweden U19 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2019

Career

Bayat has made an impressive career in Swedish second tier football with Västra Frölunda IF and GIF Sundsvall. GIF took the step up to the Swedish top flight, Allsvenskan at the end of the 2007 season. On August 17, 2008 it was announced that Bayat would join IFK Mariehamn for the remainder of the 2008 season on a loan. In December 2010 resigned his contract with Superettan club Ljungskile SK and joined as player to Assyriska BK.[3]

Attributes

He usually plays as a midfielder but can also play as a striker if required.

International career

Bayat played from 1999 to 2001, 37 games and scored sixteen goals for the Swedish U-16 and U-18 national football team.

Language

Persian is his official but he learned Swedish after he moved to Sweden.

Private life

He holds Swedish and Iranian citizenships.

Early life

He was born in Tehran but moved to Sweden with his family at an early age.

Career statistics

As of 24 May 2019
Club Division Season League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Västra Frölunda Allsvenskan 2000 100010
Superettan 2001 400040
2002 910091
2003 2810002810
2004 28400284
2005 25200252
Totals 9517009517
Sundsvall Superettan 2006 29900299
2007 28400284
Allsvenskan 2008 600060
Totals 6313006313
Mariehamn Veikkausliiga 2008 10200102
Qviding Superettan 2009 2941010314
Ljungskile 2010 22420244
Assyriska Division 2 2011 21400214
2012 18200182
Totals 39600396
Qviding Division 1 2013 22700227
2014 13200132
2015 18300183
Totals 5312005312
Västra Frölunda Division 3 2016 16200162
2017 100010
Totals 17200172
Career Total 32860301033260

Notes

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