Mustafa Azadzoy

Mustafa Azadzoy (Pashto: مصطفي ازادزوي; born 24 July 1992) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Atlas Delmenhorst and the Afghanistan national team.

Mustafa Azadzoy
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-07-24) 24 July 1992
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Youth career
2008–2011 Delmenhorster BV
2008–2011 VfB Oldenburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 VfB Oldenburg 20 (9)
2013–2016 TB Uphusen 54 (15)
2016 Nara United 11 (3)
2016–2017 Chainat Hornbill 24 (11)
2017 Chiangrai United 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Chiangmai (loan) 32 (10)
2019 Chiangmai 26 (7)
2020 Nakhon Pathom United 4 (1)
2020–2021 Trat 18 (4)
2022 Muangthong United 0 (0)
2022 → Ayutthaya United (loan) 14 (0)
2022– Atlas Delmenhorst 17 (1)
International career
2011– Afghanistan 25 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2022

Early life

Azadzoy was born in Afghanistan to a Pashtun family, and has five older brothers and sisters. When he was just six months old his family moved to Germany, although his uncle and aunt remain in Afghanistan. Soon clubs started noticing his talent, after spending time with Delmenhorster BV he was recruited by VfB Oldenburg who put Azadoy in their youth system.[1]

Club career

After spending his youth career in VfB Oldenburg he signed for TB Uphusen in 2013.

International career

In 2011, Azadzoy made his debut for Afghanistan national team in the 2011 SAFF Championship. In February 2013 Azadzoy was called up by Afghan coach Mohammad Yousef Kargar to play for Afghanistan against Sri Lanka encouraged by fellow Afghan-German footballer Mansur Faqiryar.[1]

Azadzoy was part of Afghanistan's squad at the 2013 SAFF Championship, in which he scored his first ever goal against Bhutan in a 3–0 win in the group stages.[2] He also scored the first goal in the Final against India, helping Afghanistan to a 2–0 win and handing them their first ever SAFF Championship.[3]

Azadoy had the honor of being 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.[4] Unfortunately 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. Azadoy had to spend time in hospital over night and is set to miss three weeks, while his teammates Zohib Islam Amiri, Faisal Sakhizada, Ahmad Hatifi and Balal Arezou all suffered minor injuries. 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.[5][6][7][8]

Career statistics
Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Azadzoy goal.
List of international goals scored by Mustafa Azadzoy
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
12 September 2013Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal Bhutan2–03–02013 SAFF Championship
211 September 2013Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal India1–02–02013 SAFF Championship
323 March 2017Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar Singapore2–12–1Friendly

Honours

Afghanistan

References
  1. "Azadzoy spielt für Afghanistan" (in German). 16 February 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. "Afghanistan vs Bhutan match report". Goal.com. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  3. "Afghanistan vs India match report". Goal.com. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. "AFC Challenge Cup: Afghanistan 3–1 Turkmenistan". AFC. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  5. "Afghan contingent suffers minor injuries in team bus accident". AFC. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. 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.
  7. Mohamed Sajid (25 May 2014). "Afghanistan is all over worried". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  8. 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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