Arash Bayat
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arash Bayat | ||
Date of birth | July 19, 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–1993 | IK Östria Lambohov | ||
1994–2000 | Västra Frölunda IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2005 | Västra Frölunda IF | 95 | (17) |
2006–2008 | GIF Sundsvall[1] | 63 | (13) |
2008 | → IFK Mariehamn (loan)[2] | 10 | (2) |
2009 | Qviding FIF | 29 | (4) |
2010 | Ljungskile SK | 22 | (4) |
2011–2012 | Assyriska BK | 39 | (6) |
2013–2015 | Qviding FIF | 53 | (12) |
2016–2017 | Västra Frölunda IF | 17 | (2) |
Total | 328 | (60) | |
National team | |||
1999–2000 | Sweden U17 | 3 | (0) |
2001 | Sweden U19 | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2019 |
Arash Bayat (Persian: آرش بیات; born July 19, 1983) is a former Iranian-Swedish footballer, Arash was voted the best middle eastern player of Sweden in 4 different time: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005.
Career[]
Bayat has made an impressive career in Swedish second tier football with Västra Frölunda IF and GIF Sundsvall. GIF took the step up to the Swedish top flight, Allsvenskan at the end of the 2007 season. On August 17, 2008 it was announced that Bayat would join IFK Mariehamn for the remainder of the 2008 season on a loan. In December 2010 resigned his contract with Superettan club Ljungskile SK and joined as player to Assyriska BK.[3]
Attributes[]
He usually plays as a midfielder but can also play as a striker if required.
International career[]
In 10 March 1996 he acquired Swedish citizenship. Bayat played from 1999 to 2001, 37 games and scored sixteen goals for the Swedish U-16 and U-18 national football team.
Language[]
Persian is his official but he learned Swedish after he moved to Sweden.
Private life[]
He holds Swedish and Iranian citizenships.
Personal life[]
Arash Bayat has two siblings - Mohamed Bayat is a Swedish footballer who born in Linköping, Sweden who started his career with Östria Lambohov and Ali Bayat is an Iranian footballer who born in Tehran, Iran. His second sibling, Ali, started his career with Esteghlal before his family moved to Sweden. His second sibling also holds Swedish citizenship.
Early life[]
He was born in Tehran but moved to Sweden with his family at an early age.
Career statistics[]
- As of 24 May 2019
Club | Division | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Västra Frölunda | Allsvenskan | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
Superettan | 2001 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | ||
2002 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | |||
2003 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 10 | |||
2004 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 4 | |||
2005 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | |||
Totals | 95 | 17 | 0 | 0 | – | 95 | 17 | |||
Sundsvall | Superettan | 2006 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 9 | |
2007 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 4 | |||
Allsvenskan | 2008 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | ||
Totals | 63 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | 63 | 13 | |||
Mariehamn | Veikkausliiga | 2008 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 2 | |
Qviding | Superettan | 2009 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
Ljungskile | 2010 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 24 | 4 | ||
Assyriska | Division 2 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 4 | ||
18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 2 | ||||
Totals | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 39 | 6 | |||
Qviding | Division 1 | 2013 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 7 | |
2014 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 2 | |||
2015 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 3 | |||
Totals | 53 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | 53 | 12 | |||
Västra Frölunda | Division 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 2 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 2 | |||
Career Total | 328 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 332 | 60 |
Notes[]
- ^ Bayat's profile on svenskfotboll.se
- ^ Bayat's profile on veikkausliiga.com Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Arash Bayat klar för Assyriska BK Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Swedish footballers
- Iranian footballers
- Iranian expatriate footballers
- Sportspeople of Iranian descent
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Ettan Fotboll players
- Division 3 (Swedish football) players
- Västra Frölunda IF players
- GIF Sundsvall players
- IFK Mariehamn players
- Qviding FIF players
- Ljungskile SK players
- Expatriate footballers in Finland
- Iranian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Iranian emigrants to Sweden
- Sweden youth international footballers
- Association football midfielders