Shabir Isoufi (born 9 March 1992) is an Afghan football coach and former player who works as an assistant coach for the Afghanistan national team. He played for Dutch clubs

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, Excelsior,

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, Telstar,

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, ASWH and SC Feyenoord as a

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, and also represented

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...

at international level.

Playing career

Club career

Isoufi played club football in the Netherlands for

, Excelsior,

, Telstar and

. In June 2015 Shabir signed a contract with Hoofdklasse club ASWH. He moved to SC Feyenoord for the 2017–18 season.

International career

He made three appearances for the Netherlands at the

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. He earned seven caps for the Afghanistan senior team in 2015, scoring once.

International goals

Coaching career

Isoufi graduated with his UEFA B diploma on 22 May 2018. After gaining his diploma, Isoufi was appointed as the assistant coach of the Afghan national football team.

Personal life

In 2011, Isoufi was the highest paid athlete from Afghanistan with an annual salary of $80,000 ( USD).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Isoufi, Shabir 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Kandahar Afghan men's footballers Afghanistan men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Afghan emigrants to the Netherlands Afghan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Men's association football midfielders Feyenoord players Excelsior Rotterdam players FC Dordrecht players SC Telstar players BVV Barendrecht players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Derde Divisie players ASWH players SC Feyenoord players Afghan football managers