William Atashkadeh
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Philip Siros Atashkadeh | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Örgryte IS | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2002 | Azalea BK | ||
| 2002–2009 | IFK Göteborg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | IFK Göteborg | 5 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | Örebro SK | 40 | (7) |
| 2015– | Örgryte IS | 48 | (29) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Sweden U19 | 9 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2016. | |||
William Atashkadeh (Persian: ویلیام آتشکده; born 12 April 1992 in Gothenburg) is an Iranian-Swedish footballer who currently plays for Örgryte IS in the Superettan, having previously played for the Sweden national under-19 football team.[1]
Club career
William Atashkadeh was born in Gothenburg and began his career with IFK Göteborg.[2] After a successful 2012 campaign with Örebro SK in the Swedish Allsvenskan, which included scoring 6 goals in 16 appearances, Atashkadeh injured himself and returned to play only 9 games in the 2013 campaign.[3] He joined Örgryte IS in 2015.[4] Atashkadeh was Örgryte's leading goalscorer in the 2015 Division 1 season with 20 goals in 22 league matches.[5][6]
International career
Atashkadeh played for the Sweden national under-19 football team.[7] On 19 March 2013, Atashkadeh was invited by Iran manager Carlos Queiroz for their 2015 Asian Cup qualifying camp and trained with them but did not make his first senior international appearance.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "Swedish Iranians Fan Thread". PersianFootball.com. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ↑ "William Atashkadeh — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ "Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ "Öis vann pliktskyldigt över jumbon - Öis - Göteborgs-Posten". web.archive.org. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ "Skytteliga - Div 1 Södra, herrar — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ "Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ "Swedish-Iranian William Atashkadeh to join Team Melli". persianfootball.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ "Exclusive interview with William Atashkadeh". persianfootball.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ Interview: Omid Namazi