Balal Arezou

Balal Arezou (also Belal or Bilal; born 28 December 1988) is an Afghan footballer who plays as a forward and is currently playing for Norwegian club IF Trauma.[1] He is currently the all-time top scorer of the Afghanistan national football team with nine goals.[2]

Balal Arezou
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-12-28) 28 December 1988
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 IF Trauma
Youth career
Senja
–2006 Grane
2007 FK Arendal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 FK Arendal 1 (0)
2007–2008 Fredrikstad 0 (0)
2009–2015 Asker 118 (24)
2013–2014 → Churchill Brothers (loan) 8 (0)
2015–2016 Moss 20 (9)
2016–2018 Asker 2 (0)
2018 Arendal 6 (1)
2019– IF Trauma 27 (20)
International career
2010 Afghanistan U-23 5 (6)
2011–2017 Afghanistan 26 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2019

Club career

Asker

Arezou grew up in Afghanistan and moved to Norway as a refugee. In Norway, he played football for Senja, Grane, Arendal and Fredrikstad's youth team before he joined Asker in 2009.[3]

Churchill Brothers

In February 2013 he joined Churchill Brothers S.C. on a four-month loan from Asker. His move completed with the return of Indian striker Sunil Chhetri from Sporting Clube de Portugal.[4]

Moss FK

On 7 March 2015 he joined Moss FK on a 2-year contract. He will wear shirt number 90.

IF Trauma

Arezou signed with IF Trauma on 26 January 2019, and was reunited with his former coach, Gaute Haugenes.[5]

International career

Arezou was included in Afghanistan's squad for the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup in the Maldives. In the group stages of the tournament Afghanistan claimed their first ever win at the AFC Challenge Cup with a 3–1 victory over Turkmenistan.[6] 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. Arezou sustained minor injuries in the accident along with his teammates Faisal Sakhizada, Ahmad Hatifi, Zohib Islam Amiri, and Mustafa Azadzoy. All five players were set to miss the semi-finals against Palestine. Former coach Mohammad Yousef Kargar and current coach Erich Rutemöller also suffered minor injuries.[7][8][9][10]

International goals
Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 July 2011Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine Palestine
1–1
1–1
2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
2.3 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India India
1–0
1–1
2011 SAFF Championship
3.7 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India Bhutan
3–0
8–1
4.
4–0
5.
5–1
6.
8–1
7.9 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India   Nepal
1–0
1–0
8.2 March 2013New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos Sri Lanka
1–0
1–0
2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualifier
9.4 March 2013New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos Mongolia
1–0
1–0

Club career stats
As of 16 August 2014
Season Club League League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2009Asker2. divisjon25400—254
201026722—289
2011Adeccoligaen19000—190
20122. divisjon241020—2610
2012–13Churchill Brothers (loan)I-League800040120
2013Asker2. divisjon7100—71
2014–1517210—182
Asker total 1182452—12326
Career total 12624524013526

Honors

Churchill Brothers

Afghanistan

Individual

References
  1. "DEBUTANTER BLE HELTER" (in Norwegian). arendalfotball. 18 August 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player – National team & Club appearances: Arezou, Belal". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. Langerød, Dag (4 February 2010). "Sjekk denne 2. divisjonshelten" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  4. Belal Arezou joined Churchill Brothers of Indian League Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. ahmadfaisalsidiqi.blogspot.in, 14 February 2013
  5. Toppscorer på landslaget til Trauma Archived 29 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, fvn.no, 26 January 2019
  6. "AFC Challenge Cup: Afghanistan 3–1 Turkmenistan". AFC. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  7. "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.
  8. Shimaaz Ali (25 May 2014). "Five Afghan players to miss semi". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  9. Mohamed Sajid (25 May 2014). "Afghanistan is all over worried". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  10. Shimaaz Ali (24 May 2014). "Afghan five players injured due to the accident". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
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