Omid Musawi
Omid Musawi (born 1 January 2001) is a Dutch-Afghan footballer who plays as an attacker for the Australian club Para Hills Knights SC and the Afghanistan national football team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Afghanistan | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Para Hills Knights SC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AGOVV | -2011 | ||
| FC Twente | 2011–2020 | ||
| SBV Vitesse | 2020 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| PEC Zwolle | 2020–2022 | ||
| Para Hills Knights SC | 2022– | ||
| National team | |||
| 2022– | Afghanistan | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Biography
changeBorn in Afghanistan, Omid fled at the age of five for the violance with his family from Afghanistan to the Netherlands. As of 2022 he lived for 16 years in the Netherlands and also among others his mother in Dordrecht and his grandfather in Apeldoorn.[2]
Becoming a footballer he played with AGOVV, the FC Twente (under-19) team from 2021, and for the PEC Zwolle (under-21) team since 2021.[3] Still having the Afghan roots, he was proud receiving a letter of the national coach in January 2022. He was later invited to join a training camp in Turkey. He played in unofficial matches against Kuwait and Jordan. He became known by Afghan people after an interview on national television.[2] He made his official debut for the national team in June 2022.
References
change- ↑ Omid Musawi at transfermarkt
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Zestien jaar na zijn vlucht uit Afghanistan komt de voetbaldroom van PEC-spits Omid Musawi uit" (in Dutch). De Stentor. 22 April 2022.
- ↑ Omid Musawi at National-Football-Teams.com