Moshtagh Yaghoubi

Moshtagh Yaghoubi
Personal information
Full name Moshtagh Hossain Yaghoubi
Date of birth (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Shakhter Karagandy
(loan from Spartaks Jūrmala)
Number 97
Youth career
2007 HaPa
2008 MP
2009 HJK
2010 PK-35
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011–2014 FC Honka 52 (4)
2011–2012 → Pallohonka (loan) 22 (2)
2014 FK Spartaks Jūrmala 6 (1)
2014 → FC Dynamo Moscow (loan) 0 (0)
2015 RoPS 26 (4)
2016– Spartaks Jūrmala 1 (0)
2016– → Shakhter Karagandy (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2009 Finland U15 4 (0)
2013 Finland U19 1 (0)
2013–2014 Finland U20 5 (1)
2013– Finland U21 20 (6)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 March 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 February 2015

Moshtagh Hossain Yaghoubi aka Mosa (Dari: مشتاق حسین یعقوبی; born 8 November 1994) is an Afghan-born Finland footballer who currently plays for Shakhter Karagandy, on loan from FK Spartaks Jūrmala.

Club career

Honka

Moshtagh made his Europa League debut on 18 July 2013 in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round where Honka lost 1–3 in the first leg to 2012–13 Ekstraklasa runners up Lech Poznań.

Pallohonka

Yaghoubi played 1 season on loan for the second team of FC Honka. He played 22 games and scored 2 goals. After his loan he returned to FC Honka.

Spartaks Jūrmala

In February 2014 Yaghoubi was transferred to the Latvian Higher League club FK Spartaks Jūrmala, signing a three-year contract. He was given shirtnumber 7.[1]

Dynamo Moscow

Soon after his move to Spartaks Jūrmala he immediately was loaned to the Russian Premier League side Dynamo Moscow. Yaghoubi was given shirt number 61 in the first team, but did not make any appearances for them, mostly remaining on the bench and being involved in the reserve team action.[2]

Return to Spartaks Jūrmala

In August 2014 he returned to Spartaks Jūrmala. Yaghoubi scored his first Latvian Higher League goal on 26 October 2014 in a 1–0 victory over FK Daugava Rīga.[3]

RoPS

On 5 March 2015 he signed a contract with RoPS which is a football team in the Finland Veikkausliiga.[4] He made his debut against SJK on 17 March 2015. He scored his first goal against FC Inter Turku in the Suomen Cup. He ended the season with a second place in the Finnish league. He scored 4 goals and made 5 assists. He won at the end of the season the Best Midfielder award for his club and the Best Midfielder award for the Finland U21.

Shakhter Karagandy

In February 2016, Yaghoubi went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Shakhter Karagandy.[5] On 17 March 2016, Yaghoubi signed a season-long loan deal with Shakhter Karagandy.[6]

International career

Yaghoubi acquired Finnish nationality in 2013 and got called up for Finland national under-21 team for 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match against Lithuania on 11 June 2013.[7] Yaghoubi scored his national team debut goal when Finland beat Wales U-21 5–1 in UEFA Under-21 Championship qualification on 14 August 2013.[8] On 31 October 2013 Yaghoubi made his debut for Finland national football team in an unofficial 4–2 friendly match loss to Mexico.[9] Because it was a friendly match he can still decide to play for the Afghan national team.

Career statistics

Club performance

Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Finland League Suomen Cup Europe1 Other Total
2011FC HonkaVeikkausliiga10------10
2011→Pallohonka (loan)Kakkonen222------222
2012FC HonkaVeikkausliiga27150--70391
2013FC HonkaVeikkausliiga24330--40313
2014FC HonkaVeikkausliiga00--20--20
2015RoPSVeikkausliiga26411----275
Russia League Russian Cup Europe1 Other Total
2014→Dynamo Moscow (loan)Russian Premier League00------00
Latvia League Latvian Cup Europe1 Other Total
2014FK Spartaks JūrmalaVirslīga61------61
Career total 10611912011012812
Statistics accurate as of last match played on 25 October 2015.

1 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.

Honours

Club

FC Honka
RoPS

Personal life

Yaghoubi currently lives in Finland. Yaghoubi has a tattoo on his left arm which has the words "Gholam Sakhi" on it. He always kisses it when he scores. This refers to his father, who has died. He is an ethnic Hazara.

References

  1. ↑ ""Spartaks" paraksta līgumu ar afgāņu izcelsmes Somijas U21 pussargu" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  2. ↑ «Динамо» объявило об аренде Ягуби (in Russian). Sports.ru. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jagubi atgriežas "Spartakā", "Daugava" (D) piesaka kārtējo ukraini" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Administrator. "Moshtagh Yaghoubi siirtyy RoPS:n riveihin". Rovaniemen Palloseura.
  5. ↑ "ШАХТЕР ПРОСМАТРИВАЕТ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ФУТБОЛИСТОВ". http://shahter.kz (in Russian). FC Shakhter Karagandy. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016. External link in |website= (help)
  6. ↑ "ЯГУБИ МОШТАГ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С ШАХТЕРОМ". shahter.kz (in Russian). FC Shakhter Karagandy. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Yaghoubi liittyy Pikkuhuuhkajiin". palloliitto.fi.
  8. ↑ "BBC Sport – European Championship qualifier: Wales U21 1–5 Finland U21". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ "Finland-Mexico". ca.sports.yahoo.com. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

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