Shabir Isoufi

Shabir Isoufi (born 9 March 1992) is an Afghan football coach and former player, who works as an assistant coach for the Afghanistan national team.

Shabir Isoufi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Kandahar, Afghanistan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Afghanistan (assistant coach)
Youth career
	Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Feyenoord	0	(0)
2010–2011	→ Excelsior (loan)	4	(0)
2011–2012	→ Dordrecht (loan)	10	(1)
2012–2013	→ Telstar (loan)	30	(7)
2013–2014	Telstar	31	(2)
2014–2015	Barendrecht	12	(1)
2015–2017	ASWH
2017–2018	SC Feyenoord
Total		87	(11)
International career
2009	Netherlands U17
2015	Afghanistan	7	(1)
Managerial career
2018–	Afghanistan (assistant coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played for Dutch clubs Feyenoord, Excelsior, Dordrecht, Telstar, Barendrecht, ASWH and SC Feyenoord as a midfielder, and also represented Afghanistan at international level.

Playing career

Club career

Isoufi played club football in the Netherlands for Feyenoord, Excelsior, Dordrecht, Telstar and Barendrecht.^[2][3] In June 2015 Shabir signed a contract with Hoofdklasse club ASWH,^[4] and later moved to SC Feyenoord for the 2017–18 season.^[1]

International career

He made three appearances for the Netherlands at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[5]

He earned seven caps for the Afghanistan senior team in 2015, scoring once.^[1]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	29 May 2015	New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos	Laos	2–0	2–0	Friendly[1]

Coaching career

Isoufi graduated with his UEFA B diploma on 22 May 2018.^[6] After gaining his diploma, Isoufi was appointed as the assistant coach of the Afghan national football team.^[7]

Personal life

In 2011, Isoufi was the highest paid athlete from Afghanistan with an annual salary of US $80,000.^[8]