Marjan Haydaree (; born 22 July 1998) is a

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player who most recently played for the American club

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. Born in the United States, she represented the Afghanistan national team and is their all-time top scorer with four goals as of 2016. She has played

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for

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and San Jose State Spartans.

Personal life

Haydaree was born in

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, United States. Her parents are both from Afghanistan, and emigrated to the US in 1982 and 1991. She attended

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. Haydaree has never been to Afghanistan.

Club career

Haydaree plays as a

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. while at Clayton Valley Charter High School, she made 20 appearances for their soccer team, scoring 23 goals. She was an all-league player in her

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. Between 2017 and 2019, she played

for

. In the 2017–18 season, she made 19 appearances and scored 8 goals. In the 2018–19 season, she made 20 appearances and scored 28 goals. At one point in the season, Haydaree was the league's second top scorer, and she was named in the 2018 CCCSCA All Region team. In 2019, she signed with the

women's college soccer team, with two more years of college soccer eligibility.

International career

In 2012, Haydaree made her debut for the Afghanistan national team in an

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against

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. She was aged 13, making her the youngest member of the squad, and she scored on her debut as Afghanistan won 2–0. It was Afghanistan first ever international win. Haydaree has played international games in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Japan, India and Uzbekistan. At the

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, Haydaree scored goals in Afghanistan's matches against

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and

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. At the

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, she scored in Afghanistan's match against

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. As of 2016, Haydaree was Afghanistan's top scorer with four goals.

International goals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haydaree, Marjan Living people 1990s births Soccer players from California American people of Afghan descent Afghan women's footballers Women's association football forwards Afghanistan women's international footballers San Jose State Spartans women's soccer players