Anoush Dastgir (born 27 November 1989) is an Afghan

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manager and retired player, who is the current assistant coach of Almere City in

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. Dastgir has also played for the Afghanistan national team.

Early life

Dastgir, born in

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, grew up in

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and

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due to his father being a political refugee before settling in the

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Coaching career

Afghanistan

On July 10, 2018, Dastgir was announced by the

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as the new head coach of the Afghanistan football team succeeding

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* 1989 births Living people Afghan refugees Afghan expatriates in Pakistan Afghan expatriates in India Afghan emigrants to the Netherlands Naturalised citizens of the Netherlands Afghan men's footballers Afghanistan men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Lienden players Footballers from Kabul VV Capelle players Afghanistan national football team managers Afghan expatriate men's footballers Afghan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands Almere City FC non-playing staff NEC Nijmegen non-playing staff {{Afghanistan-footy-bio-stub