Taufee Skandari

Taufee Skandari (born 2 April 1999) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for B36 Tórshavn and the Afghanistan national team.

Taufee Skandari
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-02) 2 April 1999
Place of birth Afghanistan
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
B36 Tórshavn
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2017 Windsor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Windsor
2018 Woodford Town
2018–2019 SK Bischofshofen 12 (0)
2019 Bursaspor 0 (0)
2020–2021 Northwood
2021–2022 Ware
2022–2023 New Salamis
2023– B36 Tórshavn 13 (3)
International career
2023– Afghanistan 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:09, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:21, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Skandari started his career with Windsor before joining Woodford Town and then spending a season abroad with Austrian Regionalliga side SK Bischofshofen and Turkish club Bursaspor. He then returned to England to join Northwood before moving onto Ware.[1] In February 2023, he joined Faroe Islands Premier League side B36 Tórshavn from New Salamis.[2]

International career

In May 2023, Skandari was called up to the Afghanistan squad for the 2023 CAFA Nations Cup.[3] On 10 June 2023, he made his senior international debut, starting in a 1–0 loss to Kyrgyzstan.[4]

Personal life

Skandari was born in Afghanistan[1] before moving to England the following year.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 June 2023[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Afghanistan 202350
Total50

References

  1. "Ware Move for Afghan Midfielder". southern-football-league.co.uk. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. @B36 (4 February 2023). "new signing for @B36.To all our UK followers - say welcome to our english midfielder, Taufee Skandari (23)" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 June 2023 via Twitter.
  3. @B36 (25 May 2023). "our midfielder, Taufee Skandari (24), is selected for the Afghanistan national team" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 June 2023 via Twitter.
  4. "Kyrgyzstan vs. Afghanistan". national-football-teams.com. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  5. "Taufee Skandari". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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