Mohammad Mashriqi
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mohammad Yusef Mashriqi | ||
Date of birth | July 7, 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Flushing, New York | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1996 | Blau Weiss Gottschee | ||
2005–2008 | Long Island Blackbirds | ||
2008– | New York Red Bulls | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Bakersfield Brigade | 5 | (0) |
2009 | Brooklyn Knights | 7 | (1) |
2010 | Jersey Express S.C. | ||
2011–2013 | Brishna F.C. | ||
2013–2014 | Bhawanipore F.C. | ||
2015 | United Cyclones Soccer Club | ||
National team‡ | |||
2001 | United States U15 | ||
2011– | Afghanistan | 30 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 01, 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 01, 2016 |
Mohammad Yusef Mashriqi (born 7 July 1987) is an Afghan professional soccer player.
Early life[]
Mashriqi's soccer lineage started with his father, Tahir, a former member of the Afghanistan national team.[citation needed] When communists took control of his country during the 10-year Afghanistan War, soccer took a back seat to survival for Tahir and his wife, Safora, and their son Sabir and daughter, Sabira, who were 5 and 3 at the time. Tahir took his family and fled to Pakistan. They reached the U.S. Embassy, and in 1985 they were safely in the United States.[1] After settling in the Flushing, New York area, Mohammad was born two years later, in 1987.
Career[]
Youth and college[]
Mashriqi attended Flushing High School and from the age of nine played for the famed Blau Weiss Gottschee club in New York, winning four State Cup championships. He was a member of his regional ODP from 2001 to 2005, and played for the Brooklyn Knights in the USL Super-Y League, helping them reach the national semifinals. He played four years of college soccer at Long Island University[2]
During his college years, Mashriqi also played in the USL Premier Development League for Bakersfield Brigade in 2006 [3] and 2007,[4] and with the Brooklyn Knights in 2009[5]
Mashriqi trained with the Under-17 squad of prestigious club Paris Saint-Germain,[1] and with the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer during their 2008 pre-season. Mashriqi is currently a part of the reserve squad for New York Red Bulls which plays in the MLS Reserve Division, while simultaneously playing for New York-area amateur team .
International[]
Mashriqi was a member of the U.S. Under-14 National Team,[6] but switched his international allegiance to his father's country, Afghanistan in 2010.
He played in both of Afghanistan's qualifying games for the 2014 FIFA World Cup against Palestine[7][8] in July 2011, and scored his first international goal for Afghanistan in its 8–1 victory over Bhutan in the quarter finals of the 2011 SAFF Championship on December 7, 2011.[9]
After being absent for almost 2 years Mashriqi was called up for the friendly match against Malaysia in October 2016.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Five Boro Sports". fiveborosports.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Mohammed Mashriqi - 2008 Men's Soccer". liuathletics.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2012-01-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2012-01-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-12-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Flushing's Mashriqi named to national team". timesledger.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ FIFA.com. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ - Matches - Palestine-Afghanistan - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ FIFA.com. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ - Matches - Afghanistan-Palestine - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Breaking his duck: Mashriqi scores 1st international goal in Afghanistan's 8–1 Cup win". bigapplesoccer.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
External links[]
- Long Island University bio
- Mohammad Mashriqi at National-Football-Teams.com
- bigapplesoccer.com
- infosportinc.com
- brishnafc.com
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Afghan expatriate footballers
- Afghan footballers
- Afghanistan international footballers
- American people of Afghan descent
- Association football midfielders
- Expatriate footballers in India
- Long Island University alumni
- People from Flushing, Queens