Jabar Sharza
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jabar Sharza | ||
Date of birth | 6 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Kabul, Afghanistan | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Lyngby BK | |||
GVI | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | GVI | 5 | (5) |
2014–2016 | Brønshøj | 2 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Akademisk | 26 | (4) |
2017–2018 | Fremad Amager | 31 | (12) |
2019–2020 | HIFK | 25 | (4) |
2021–2022 | Persela Lamongan | 10 | (3) |
2022 | → Persiraja Banda Aceh (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Ariana | 17 | (4) |
2024 | Brønshøj | ||
2024– | Ariana | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017– | Afghanistan | 15 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Jabar Sharza (Dari: جبار شرزه, born 6 April 1994) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder at Ariana FC , which plays in the Swedish Ettan Division. He is a member of the Afghanistan national football team.
Youth career
[edit]Sharza began his youth career with Lyngby Boldklub. Sharza played also in the youth of Gentofte before making his debut for the senior team.
Club career
[edit]Gentofte
[edit]Sharza played 5 games and scored 5 goals. He made a free transfer to Brønshøj in the 2014–2015 season.
Brønshøj Boldklub
[edit]After making just 2 appearances in the 1st division he played the 2015–2016 season with Brønshøj in the 2nd division. Sharza scored 19 goals in 29 games, after that he made a transfer to Akademisk.[1]
Akademisk Boldklub
[edit]Sharza made immediate impact in the 2016–2017 season for Akademisk with scoring freekicks and making the difference.
Fremad Amager
[edit]Sharza signed for Fremad Amager in June 2017,[2] and left the club again at the end of 2018.[3]
HIFK
[edit]On 21 July 2019, newly promoted Finnish Veikkausliiga club HIFK announced, that they had signed a 1.5-year contract with Sharza.[4]
Persela Lamongan
[edit]On 25 September 2021, Sharza signed a one-year contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club Persela Lamongan on a free transfer.[5] On 3 October, Sharza made his first league debut in a 3–0 loss against Arema as a substitute for Riyatno Abiyoso in the 74th minute at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium.[6] On 16 October, Sharza scored his first goal for Persela against Madura United in the 55th minute at the Maguwoharjo Stadium, Sleman.[7]
Return to Brønshøj
[edit]After two years in Swedish football, Sharza returned to Brønshøj Boldklub in March 2024.[8]
International career
[edit]Sharza was called up in January for the national team of Afghanistan.[9][10] He made his debut for Afghanistan in a friendly 2–1 win over Singapore on 23 March 2017. He then made a second appearance for Afghanistan which happened to be against Cambodia and helped them win 2–1 by scoring twice in the first half.[11]
On 12 October 2023, Sharza scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Mongolia in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first.[12]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 27 March 2018 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
2. | 2–0 | |||||
3. | 7 September 2023 | Bashundhara Kings Arena, Dhaka, Bangladesh | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
4. | 12 October 2023 | Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Fremad Amager snupper Jabar Sharza‚ bold.dk, 1 June 2017
- ^ SHARZA STOPPER I FREMAD AMAGER Archived 17 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, fremadamagerelite.dk, 7 January 2019
- ^ HIFK sopimukseen tanskalaisen hyökkääjän kanssa, hifkfotboll.fi, 21 July 2019
- ^ "Jabar Sharza, Pemain Asing Persela Sebentar Lagi Datang". sport.detik.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Pelatih Persela Cukup Puas dengan Jabar Sharza". jatim.times.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Hasil Persela Vs Madura United, Drama 1 Kartu Merah dan 4 Gol Berakhir Imbang". bola.kompas.com (in Indonesian). 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Jabar vender hjem til Hvepsene, bronshojboldklub.dk, 9 March 2024
- ^ "Jabar Sharza på landsholdet" (in Danish). ab-fodbold.dk. 29 January 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "National Football Team Off To Qatar For Friendly Match". tolonews. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "Lions draw positives from defeat". 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Sharza, Jabar". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
External links
[edit]- Jabar Sharza at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jabar Sharza at Global Sports Archive
- Jabar Sharza at Soccerway
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Afghan men's footballers
- Afghanistan men's international footballers
- Danish men's footballers
- Afghan emigrants to Denmark
- Sportspeople of Afghan descent
- Naturalised citizens of Denmark
- Men's association football forwards
- Brønshøj Boldklub players
- Akademisk Boldklub players
- Fremad Amager players
- HIFK Fotboll players
- Persela Lamongan players
- Persiraja Banda Aceh players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
- Footballers from Kabul
- Afghan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia
- Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Afghan expatriate sportspeople in Sweden