Daleho Irandust

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Daleho Irandust
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Personal information
Full name Daleho Irandust
Date of birth (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team
 Groningen
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2012 Balltorps FF
2013–2015 GAIS
2016 BK Häcken
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 BK Häcken 111 (18)
2021– Groningen 1 (0)
National team‡
2015–2017 Sweden U19 4 (1)
2018–2020 Sweden U21 8 (0)
2019– Sweden 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2020

Daleho Irandust (Persian: دالاهو ایراندوست‎, Persian pronunciation: [dɒːlɒːhu irɒːnduːst]; born 4 June 1998) is a Swedish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Groningen in the Dutch Eredivisie and the Swedish national team.[1]

Club career[]

BK Häcken[]

Born and raised in Gothenburg, Daleho Irandust won the Gothia Cup in 2016 with the under-19 side of BK Häcken.[2] Irandust made his debut for the senior side of Häcken with a goal and two assists on 24 August 2016 against Växjö in the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen.[2] He made his Allsvenskan debut for Häcken on 9 April 2017 against Djurgården.[1] He scored his first Allsvenskan goal for the club on 5 May 2017 against Sirius, before scoring his second a week later in a 1–0 win at Kalmar.[1] He was nominated for the newcomer of the year award at the end of the 2017 Allsvenskan season with 2 goals and 5 assists.[3]

Irandust scored a free kick against Norrby after opening the scoring against Värnamo in the 2017–18 Svenska Cupen.[4] He scored his first goal of the 2018 Allsvenskan season on 7 July 2018 against GIF Sundsvall. He made his UEFA debut in the following match with a goal and an assist on 12 July in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.[5] He scored another goal in the next round of the Europa League for a 1–1 draw against German Bundesliga side RB Leipzig.[6]

Irandust scored his first goal of the 2019 Allsvenskan season in their opening match against Malmö FF and provided an assist to Alexander Faltsetas in the Swedish Cup final to qualify Häcken for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.[7]

He scored his first goal of the 2020 Allsvenskan season in their opening match against Falkenberg before scoring from his own half a week later against IK Sirius.[8][9] His first goal of the 2021 Allsvenskan season was scored on 18 July 2021 for a 1–0 win against IFK Norrköping at the Nya Parken.[10]

Groningen[]

On 31 August 2021, Irandust joined Dutch Eredivisie side FC Groningen, receiving the number 10 jersey after Arjen Robben on a five-year deal for an approximately SEK 3 million transfer fee.[11][12] He made his club debut on 12 September 2021 during the 2021–22 season in an Eredivisie match against Heerenveen at the Euroborg.[13] He scored his first goal for the club and provided an assist to Romano Postema on 27 October 2021 in a KNVB Cup match against Helmond Sport.[14] Irandust scored his first Eredivisie goal and provided an assist to Jørgen Strand Larsen on 27 November 2021 in a league match against Fortuna Sittard.[15]

International career[]

Youth[]

Irandust has played for the Sweden national under-19 football team. Due to his Kurdish-Iranian heritage, Irandust is eligible to play for either Sweden or Iran. In June 2017, Irandust reaffirmed his decision to represent Sweden over Iran.[16] He was called into the Sweden national under-21 football team on 27 August 2017 for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.[17] Irandust made his debut for the under-21s on 7 June 2018 with an assist to Carlos Strandberg in a 4–0 win over Malta.[18] He was called into the under-21 squad in August 2019 for the start of their 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification campaign.[19] He provided assists to Pontus Almqvist and Gustav Henriksson in September 2020 during a 3–0 win over Italy.[20]

Senior[]

Irandust was called into the Sweden national football team by manager Janne Andersson on 3 December 2018 for their January 2019 friendly matches against Finland and Iceland.[21] He made his international debut for Sweden on 8 January 2019 against Finland.[22]

Style of play[]

Irandust has been praised for his creativity and sharp left foot.[2]

Outside football[]

Personal life[]

Daleho Irandust was born and raised in Gothenburg to Kurdish-Iranian parents.[16]

Sponsorship[]

Irandust is outfitted by American sportswear manufacturer Nike.[23]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 1 September 2021.[24]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Häcken 2017 Allsvenskan 25 2 2 1 — 27 3
2018 Allsvenskan 29 4 4 2 3 2 36 8
2019 Allsvenskan 27 4 2 0 2 0 31 4
2020 Allsvenskan 23 6 5 2 — 28 8
2021 Allsvenskan 7 2 1 0 — 8 2
Career total 111 18 14 5 5 2 130 25

International[]

As of 9 January 2020.[25]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2019 2 0
2020 1 0
Total 3 0

Honours[]

BK Häcken

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Sweden - D. Irandust - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. ^ a b c d https://bkhacken.se/player/daleho-irandust-2/
  3. ^ "Häckens Daleho Irandust tror på seger mot Malmö FF".
  4. ^ "Irandust ger Häcken ledningen efter fantastisk frispark".
  5. ^ "Irandust fixade Häcken-seger med succéinhopp - P4 Göteborg".
  6. ^ "Häcken-Leipzig 2019 History | UEFA Europa League".
  7. ^ a b "TV: Häcken cupmästare - tog säker seger mot AFC i finalen".
  8. ^ "0-1".
  9. ^ "TV: Irandusts galna fullträff - drömmål från egen planhalva: "Okej mål"".
  10. ^ "Inhopparen Irandust matchhjälte för Häcken i comebacken". 18 July 2021.
  11. ^ https://www.rtvnoord.nl/nieuws/847526/irandust-tekent-voor-5-jaar-bij-de-fc-en-krijgt-nummer-10-ik-ben-zo-gelukkig
  12. ^ https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/officiellt-allsvensk-stjarna-klar-for-groningen/
  13. ^ https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/603793[bare URL]
  14. ^ http://www.football-oranje.com/knvb-cup-1st-round-groningen-heerenveen-and-sparta-safely-through/
  15. ^ https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/603709[bare URL]
  16. ^ a b ""De hörde av sig från Iran, jag sa bara nej – jag vill inte"".
  17. ^ "Även Irandust kallas till U21 — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se.
  18. ^ "Under 21 UEFA European Championship qualifier: Malta no match for strong Sweden - the Malta Independent".
  19. ^ "Nilssons trupp till EM-kvalstarten".
  20. ^ "TV: Svensk kross - U21-landslaget körde över Italien".
  21. ^ "Irandust en av tre uttagna Häcken-spelare: "Finns ytterligare ett steg"".
  22. ^ "Sverige - Finland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll".
  23. ^ "Han ligger bakom Häckens specialtröja". 14 July 2016.
  24. ^ "Sweden - D. Irandust - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  25. ^ https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/daleho-irandust/677259/

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