Zohib Islam Amiri


Zohib Islam Amiri sometimes also called Haroon Fakhruddin is a professional Afghan footballer who is a Midfielder and is currently playing for the Afghanistan national football team .

Early life

Zohib Islam was born on February 15, 1990 to an ethnic Hazara family in Kabul. Growing up Zohib Islam played football often, using a homemade ball consisting of rolled up fabric stitched together. During the Taliban rule he often witnessed executions at the national stadium.

Club career

Early career

Zohib Islam started his career with Shoa F.C. in 2005. In 2007, he went to play for Kabul Bank F.C..

Mumbai FC

Zohib Islam joined Mumbai FC in 2011, and quickly became one of the star players at the club. Following his impressive performances during the 2012–13 I-League Zohib Islam received the award for the fan's players on the season. Despite reviving this prestigious award his contract with Mumbai FC was not renewed and Zohib Islam began thinking of moving to Bahrain or Oman to play club football, but ultimately decided to stay in India.

Dempo SC

On January 11, Zohib Islam along with Tolgay Özbey signed for Indian giant Dempo SC for a one-year contract, and received shirt number 18. He made his debut against Rangdajied United and scored. On the 7 of April Zohib Islam was involved in an ugly brawl in a match between Dempo SC and his former club Mumbai FC.
On May 30 both he and Özbey signed extensions with Dempo.
On April 4, 2015 Zohib Islam scored two goals, including one only one minute from time to salvage a 2 – 2 draw with Sporting Goa.

DSK Shivajians

In January 2016, Amiri announced he signed a contract with Indian football club DSK Shivajians. He finished the season with DSK Shivajians last but did not relegate with his team because other clubs withdraw from the league.

Chennai City

In January 2017, Amiri joined with Chennai City in the Indian I-League.
He left after disagreement with the coach.

Gokulam Kerala F.C.

On 2 November 2019, it was announced that Amiri joined with Gokulam for 2019 i league.

International career

Amiri made his debut in the 2005 SAFF Gold Cup against Maldives.
Zohib Islam was part of the Afghanistan squad for the 2011 SAFF Championship, where they reached the final for the first time. Wearing number 3 Zohib Islam contributed many memorable performances, including scoring 1 of the goals in Afghanistan's biggest ever victory over Bhutan
of India during the 2011 SAFF Championship
Two years later Zohib Islam served as captain for Afghanistan at the 2013 SAFF Championship, and was the rock of which the Afghan defense was built on. Zohib Islam scored goals in a 3–0 win over Bhutan and a 3–1 win over Sri Lanka. He played a crucial role as Afghanistan made it to the final for a second consecutive time an achieved a 2–0 victory against India.
In May 2014 Zohib Islam captained the squad to the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup in the Maldives. On May 22 Zohib Islam scored the first goal of the game with a bullet header in Afghanistan's 3–1 victory over Turkmenistan at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup. This was also Afghanistan's first every victory at the AFC Challenge Cup in eight attempts. Unfortunately after Afghanistan's 0–0 draw with Laos that confirmed their progression out of the group stage, an accident occurred while the Afghan players were being driven back to their hotel. Zohib Islam suffered minor injuries, along with Faisal Sakhizada, Ahmad Hatifi, Balal Arezou, and Mustafa Azadzoy, the latter of which will have to take three weeks off to recover. All five players are set to miss the semi finals against Palestine. Former coach Mohammad Yousef Kargar and current coach Erich Rutemöller also suffered minor injuries.

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 December 2011Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India2–08–12011 SAFF Championship
2.2 September 2013Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal1–03–02013 SAFF Championship
3.4 September 2013Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal2–13–12013 SAFF Championship
4.14 May 2014Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait1–32–3Friendly
5.22 May 2014Addu Football Stadium, Addu City, Maldives1–03–12014 AFC Challenge Cup
6.10 October 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan2–23–32019 AFC Asian Cup qualification