William Atashkadeh

William Atashkadeh (Persian: ویلیام آتشکده; born 12 April 1992 in Gothenburg) is an Iranian-Swedish footballer. He has been capped by the Sweden men's national under-19 football team.^[1]

William Atashkadeh

Personal information
Full name	William Philip Siros Atashkadeh
Date of birth	(1992-04-12) 12 April 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1996–2002	Azalea BK
2002–2010	IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	IFK Göteborg	5	(1)
2011–2014	Örebro SK	37	(7)
2015–2018	Örgryte IS	71	(34)
International career‡
2009–2011	Sweden U17	9	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 March 2013

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 men's 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]

Career statistics

As of 28 April 2018

Club	Division	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Göteborg	Allsvenskan	2009	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	1	0
		2010	5	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	5	1
	Total		5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Örebro	Allsvenskan	2011	12	1	1	0	0	0	–	–	13	1
		2012	16	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	16	6
	Superettan	2013	9	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	10	0
	Allsvenskan	2014	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
	Total		37	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	39	7
Örgryte	Division 1	2015	22	20	0	0	–	–	2	0	24	20
	Superettan	2016	26	9	1	0	–	–	–	–	27	9
		2017	23	5	1	0	–	–	1	1	25	6
		2018	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
	Total		71	34	2	0	0	0	3	1	76	35
Career total			113	42	5	0	0	0	3	1	121	43