Shamsuddin Amiri (; born 12 February 1985) is an Afghan former

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who played as a

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Early and personal life

Amiri fled to

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during the

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era, and played for

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. His family came back in 2003 and he was subsequently selected for the Afghanistan under-19 national team.

Club career

Amiri started his career at

. He joined Maiwand Kabul in 2003. He played for

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from 2004 until 2009, and was equally employed with the

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. He later played at Ferozi from 2010 until 2011.

International career

Amiri was called by the Afghanistan national under-23 team at the

2004 South Asian Games The 2004 South Asian Games, officially known as the IX South Asian Federation Games, were held in Islamabad, Pakistan from 29 March to 7 April 2004. Originally scheduled for 2001, the games were postponed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the U ...

. He subsequently received his senior call for

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at the

2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup The 2005 SAFF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of SAFF Gold Cup. It was the second time the competition was held in Pakistan. All matches were held at the People's Football Stadium in Karachi. The tournament started on 7 December and ended on 17 ...

. He also featured at the

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oc ...

in 2007,

2008 AFC Challenge Cup The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament was organised by AFC and was hosted by India. The tournament was played from 30 July – 13 August 2008. India won the final against Tajikistan. India was also the winner of the fair play award an ...

, and the

2008 SAFF Championship The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008. Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008. Venues Squads Group stage Group A ---- ---- --- ...

. In the June 2007 Amiri was given Afghanistan's best player of the year award at the age of only 22.

References

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* * Afghan men's footballers Afghanistan men's international footballers 1985 births Living people Footballers from Kabul Ferozi FC players Men's association football goalkeepers Afghan expatriates in Pakistan Expatriate men's footballers in Pakistan {{Afghanistan-footy-bio-stub