Mosawer Ahadi

Mosawer Ahadi

Ahadi playing for the Afghanistan national team in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Abu Muslim
Youth career
2012	MiKi
2014	KOPSE
2015	Legirus Inter
2016–2017	HJK Helsinki
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017	PKKU	19	(3)
2018	Honka	1	(0)
2018	Honka II	12	(2)
2018	→ EIF (loan)	8	(0)
2019	JäPS	6	(1)
2020	Espoo	13	(4)
2021–2022	HIFK	24	(0)
2022	EIF	8	(0)
2023	HIFK	24	(4)
2024	Balzan	8	(0)
2025–	Abu Muslim
International career^‡
2017	Finland U17	6	(2)
2017–2018	Finland U18	3	(1)
2023–	Afghanistan	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2024

Mosawer Ahadi (born 8 March 2000) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Afghanistan Champions League club Abu Muslim, and the Afghanistan national football team.[2][3]

Club career

Palloherko Keski-Uusimaa

Ahadi's first senior club was PKKU in the Kakkonen. He made his senior league debut for the club on 29 April 2017 in a 3–2 away victory over PEPO. He was subbed off after 68 minutes, to be replaced by Phondo Wälläri.[4] He scored his first league goal for the club on 13 June 2017 in a 1–1 home draw with Klubi 04. His goal, scored in the 61st minute, made the score 1-1.[5]

Honka

In December 2017, Ahadi moved to FC Honka in the Veikkausliiga, arriving alongside Felix Ferahyan and Youness Rahimi.[6][7] He made his league debut for the club on 14 May 2018 in a short stint off the bench against VPS. He was subbed on for Kasperi Liikonen in the 88th minute.[8] For the remainder of the season, Ahadi played with the Honka youth team, Honka Akatemia in the Kakkonen. He scored two goals in Honka Akatemia's 6–0 victory over KK-46 on 1 June 2018.[9]

After coming back from loan at Ekenäs, Ahadi signed a contract extension with Honka for the 2019 season.[10]

Ekenäs (loan)

In July 2018, Ahadi was loaned out to Ekenäs in the Ykkönen.[11] He made his league debut for the club on 28 July 2018 in a 3–0 away victory over Jaro. He was subbed on for Hanson Boakai in the 77th minute.[12]

HIFK

On 5 February 2021, he signed with HIFK for the 2021 season.[13] In December 2021, the contract was extended for the 2022 season, with an option for 2023.[14]

Return to EIF

On 12 August 2022, Ahadi returned to EIF until the end of the season.[15]

Return to HIFK, move to Balzan

On 7 December 2022, Ahadi once again signed with HIFK for the 2023 season, but was released in 2024.[16] In July 2024, he was signed by the Maltese Premier League side Balzan.[17]

Abu Muslim

On 30 October 2024, Ahadi signed with Abu Muslim in the Afghanistan Champions League and returned to his country of birth.[18][19]

International career

He made his first appearance for Finland U17s on 16 January 2017 in a 3–3 draw with Belarus U17s. He made two appearances in Finland's UEFA European U17 Championship qualification run. One came in a 6–2 away defeat to Germany U17s,[20] and the other in a 5–0 away victory against Armenia U17s, in which he scored a goal in the 54th minute.[21]

He made his senior debut for Afghanistan in 2023.[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 December 2024[22]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Legirus Inter	2015	Kolmonen	0	0	–		1[b]	0	1	0
PKKU	2017	Kakkonen	19	3	1	0	–		20	3
Honka	2018	Veikkausliiga	1	0	4	1	–		5	1
Honka Akatemia	2018	Kakkonen	12	2	–		–		12	2
EIF (loan)	2018	Ykkönen	8	0	–		–		8	0
EIF Akademi (loan)	2018	Kolmonen	1	0	–		–		1	0
JäPS	2019	Kakkonen	6	1	–		–		6	1
JäPS II	2019	Kolmonen	2	0	–		–		2	0
Espoo	2020	Kakkonen	13	4	–		–		13	4
HIFK	2021	Veikkausliiga	16	0	3	0	–		19	0
	2022	Veikkausliiga	8	0	2	0	3[c]	0	13	0
	Total		24	0	5	0	3	0	32	0
EIF	2022	Ykkönen	9	0	–		–		9	0
HIFK	2023	Ykkönen	24	4	3	0	5[d]	1	32	5
Balzan	2024–25	Maltese Premier League	8	0	0	0	–		8	0
Abu Muslim	2025	Afghanistan Champions League
Career total			127	14	13	1	9	1	149	16

1. Includes Suomen Cup
2. Includes UEFA Regions' Cup
3. Includes Finnish League Cup
4. Includes Ykköscup

International

As of match played 11 June 2024[1]

Afghanistan
Year	Apps	Goals
2023	5	0
2024	4	0
Total	9	0

References

1. "Mosawer Ahadi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
2. Mosawer Ahadi at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
3. Mosawer Ahadi at WorldFootball.net
4. "PEPO vs. PKKU – 29 April 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
5. "PKKU vs. Klubi 04 – 13 June 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
6. "Honka kiinnitti kolme uutta pelaajaa". esporthonka.fi (in Finnish). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
7. "PKKU-lupaus Mosawer Ahadi liiganousija FC Honkaan". keski-uusimaa.fi (in Finnish). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
8. "VPS vs. Honka – 14 May 2018 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
9. "Honka Akatemia vs. BK-46 – 1 June 2018 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
10. Honka kiinnitti kolme uutta pelaajaa, esporthonka.fi, 20 December 2018
11. "ANFALLAREN MOSAWER AHADI KLAR FÖR EIF RESTEN AV SÄSONGEN". ekenasif.fi (in Finnish). 27 July 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
12. "Jaro vs. Ekenas – 28 July 2018 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
13. "TIEDOTE: HIFK:lle neljä uutta pelaajasopimusta" (in Finnish). HIFK. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
14. "Mosawer Ahadi jatkaa HIFK:ssa" (in Finnish). HIFK. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
15. "KANTÉ OCH AHADI FÖRSTÄRKER EIF" (in Finnish). EIF. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
16. "Mosawer Ahadi sopimukseen HIFK:n kanssa" [Mosawer Ahadi has an agreement with HIFK] (in Finnish). HIFK. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
17. Lia, Gianluca (29 July 2024). "Watch: Balzan sign Afghanistan international midfielder". SportsDesk. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
18. Welcome Mosawer Ahadi
19. Mosawer Ahadi profile
20. "Germany U17 vs. Finland U17 – 25 March 2017 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
21. "Armenia U17 vs. Finland U17 – 28 March 2018 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
22. Mosawer Ahadi stats, Football Association of Finland