Hailai Arghandiwal
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hailai Arghandiwal | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Alameda, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Duisburg | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2011 | Livermore Fusion SC | ||
| 2011–2014 | Pleasanton Rage SC | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Santa Clara Broncos | 66 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Florentia | 1 | (0) |
| 2019– | Duisburg | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | Afghanistan | ||
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:55, 09 August 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:20, 1 March 2020 (UTC) | |||
Hailai Arghandiwal (Pashto: هیلی ارغندیوال; born 22 April 1996) is an Afghan American professional soccer player[2] who currently plays for German club Duisburg and the Afghanistan national team.
Club career[]
Arghandiwal agreed a transfer to Italian Serie A club Florentia in December 2018.[3] She became a Duisburg player in 2019.[4]
International career[]
In 2010, as a 14-year-old high school pupil from Northern California, Arghandiwal was selected for the Afghanistan women's national football team at the 2010 SAFF Women's Championship in Bangladesh. Her experiences at the tournament inspired her to become a campaigner for women's rights in Afghanistan.[5] She was the national team captain at the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka.[6]
She played in the Oakland Roots' Justice Match on October 10, 2020.[7]
References[]
- ^ "#10 - Hailai Arghandiwal - Pleasanton Rage ECNL U15". ECNL. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Smith, Michelle (29 November 2013). "Humbled by her teammates' courage". ESPN W. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Hailai Arghandiwal È Una Giocatrice Della Florentia!" (in Italian). C.F. Florentia. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Sophie Serbini, Jonathan Harding (27 December 2019). "Hailai Arghandiwal : "C'est une époque incroyable pour être une femme dans le sport et dans le foot"" (in French). dw.com.
- ^ "Hailai Arghandiwal: Soccer Champion". Muslim American Leadership Alliance. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Fancher, Lou (2 October 2012). "Dublin High student plays in Sri Lankan world soccer tourney". The Mercury News. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Oakland Roots on Twitter
External links[]
- Hailai Argandiwal at Goalzz.com (available in Arabic at Kooora.com)
- Hailai Arghandiwal on Twitter
- Profile at Santa Clara Broncos
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Afghan women's footballers
- Afghanistan women's international footballers
- Florentia San Gimignano S.S.D. players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- Serie A (women's football) players
- Afghan expatriates in Italy
- American people of Afghan descent
- Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer players
- Soccer players from California
- Sportspeople from San Francisco
- People from Dublin, California
- Women's association football midfielders
- MSV Duisburg (women) players
- Afghan expatriates in Germany
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- Afghan football biography stubs
- Central Asian women's football biography stubs
- American women's soccer biography stubs