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 national under-19 football team.[1]
Personal information | |||
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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) | ||
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, correct as of 23 May 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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 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 | |||||
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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 |
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". Archived from the original on 2015-08-17. 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
External links
- William Atashkadeh at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- #26 William Atashkadeh at ifkdb.com