Moshtagh Yaghoubi

Moshtagh Yaghoubi
Yaghoubi with HJK in 2017
Personal information
Full name Moshtagh Hossain Yaghoubi
Date of birth (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Attack Energy
Youth career
2007 HaPa
2008 MP
2009 HJK
2010 PK-35
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Honka 52 (4)
2011–2012 → Pallohonka (loan) 22 (2)
2014 Spartaks Jūrmala 6 (1)
2014 → Dynamo Moscow (loan) 0 (0)
2015 RoPS 26 (4)
2016 Spartaks Jūrmala 6 (0)
2016 → Shakhter Karagandy (loan) 11 (0)
2017–2018 HJK 38 (4)
2019 SJK 15 (1)
2020–2021 HIFK 40 (4)
2022 AC Oulu 6 (0)
2022 → SJK (loan) 8 (0)
2023 PK-35 12 (0)
2024 Kingston City[1] 5 (0)
2025– Attack Energy 0 (0)
International career‡
2009 Finland U15 4 (0)
2013 Finland U19 1 (0)
2013–2014 Finland U20 5 (1)
2013–2016 Finland U21 22 (6)
2017– Finland 7 (1)
Medal record
Honka
Winner Suomen Cup 2012
Runner-up Veikkausliiga 2013
RoPS
Runner-up Veikkausliiga 2015
Spartaks Jūrmala
Winner Latvian Higher League 2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:57, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Moshtagh Hossain Yaghoubi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmoʃtɑg ˈjɑgubi]; Dari: مشتاق حسین یعقوبی) aka Mosa (born 8 November 1994) is an Afghan-born Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Attack Energy SC in Afghanistan Champions League.

Early life

Moshtagh Yaghoubi was born on 8 November 1994 to an ethnic Hazara family in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Youth career

Yaghoubi grew up in Finland and started playing football at the age of 13 with his local club HaPa. After playing in the youth teams of MP, HJK and PK-35 he joined Honka in 2011.[2] [3]

Club career

Honka

Yaghoubi made his debut for Honka against KuPS on 13 October 2011.[4] Yaghoubi scored his first goal on 27 May 2012 against FC Haka.[5] Yaghoubi made his Europa League debut on 18 July 2013 in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round where Honka lost 1–3 in the first leg to 2012–13 Ekstraklasa runners up Lech Poznań.[6][7]

Pallohonka

Yaghoubi played 1 season on loan for the second team of FC Honka. He played 22 games and scored 2 goals. After his loan he returned to FC Honka.

Spartaks Jūrmala

In February 2014 Yaghoubi was transferred to the Latvian Higher League club FK Spartaks Jūrmala, signing a three-year contract. He was given shirtnumber 7.[8]

Dynamo Moscow

Soon after his move to Spartaks Jūrmala he immediately was loaned to the Russian Premier League side Dynamo Moscow. Yaghoubi was given shirt number 61 in the first team, but did not make any appearances for them, mostly remaining on the bench and being involved in the reserve team action.[9]

Return to Spartaks Jūrmala

In August 2014 he returned to Spartaks Jūrmala. Yaghoubi scored his first Latvian Higher League goal on 26 October 2014 in a 1–0 victory over FK Daugava Rīga.[10]

RoPS

On 5 March 2015 he signed a contract with RoPS which is a football team in the Finland Veikkausliiga.[11] He made his debut against SJK on 17 March 2015. He scored his first goal against FC Inter Turku in the Suomen Cup. He ended the season with a second place in the Finnish league. He scored 4 goals and made 5 assists. He won at the end of the season the Best Midfielder award for his club and the Best Midfielder award for the Finland U21.

Shakhter Karagandy

In February 2016, Yaghoubi went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Shakhter Karagandy.[12] On 17 March 2016, Yaghoubi signed a season-long loan deal with Shakhter Karagandy.[13] Yaghoubi's loan was terminated by Shakhter Karagandy on 17 June 2016.[14]

HJK Helsinki

On 4 November 2016, HJK Helsinki announced the signing of Yaghoubi.[15]

SJK Seinäjoki

On 31 January 2019, SJK announced the signing of Yaghoubi.[16]

HIFK

After a season at SJK, it was announced on 29 November 2019, that Yaghoubi would join HIFK from 2020, signing a deal until the end of 2021 with the club. He got shirt number 7.[17]

AC Oulu

On 18 December 2021, he joined AC Oulu on a two-year contract.[18] In the summer of 2022 Yaghoubi returned to SJK on loan. Upon the completion of the loan, his contract with AC Oulu was terminated by mutual consent on 14 November 2022.[19]

After playing for PK-35 in Finland and Kingston City FC in Australia, Yaghoubi signed with Attack Energy SC in Afghanistan Champions League and returned to his country of birth.[20]

International career

Finland U21

Yaghoubi with Finland U21 in 2015

Yaghoubi acquired Finnish nationality in 2013 and got called up for Finland national under-21 team for 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match against Lithuania on 11 June 2013.[21] Yaghoubi scored his national team debut goal when Finland beat Wales U-21 5–1 in UEFA Under-21 Championship qualification on 14 August 2013.[22]

Finland

On 31 October 2013 Yaghoubi made his debut for Finland national football team in an unofficial 4–2 friendly match loss to Mexico.[23] He eventually made his official debut for Finland in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Turkey. He came on the field in the 67th minute for Sakari Mattila.[24][25]

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2023[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Honka 2011 Veikkausliiga 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
2012 Veikkausliiga 27 1 4 0 6 0 – 37 1
2013 Veikkausliiga 24 3 2 0 4 0 2[a] 0 32 3
Total 52 4 6 0 10 0 2 0 70 4
Pallohonka (loan) 2011 Kakkonen 20 2 – – – 20 2
2012 Kakkonen 2 0 – – – 2 0
Total 22 2 – – – – – – 22 2
Spartaks Jūrmala 2014 Virslīga 6 1 0 0 — — 6 1
Dynamo Moscow (loan) 2013–14 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
RoPS 2015 Veikkausliiga 30 4 1 1 2 0 — 33 5
Spartaks Jūrmala 2016 Virslīga 6 0 0 0 — 2[a] 0 8 0
Shakhter Karagandy (loan) 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League 11 0 1 0 – — 12 0
HJK 2017 Veikkausliiga 16 2 4 2 – 3[a] 1 23 5
2018 Veikkausliiga 22 2 9 5 - 5[b] 2 36 9
Total 38 4 13 7 – – 8 3 59 14
SJK 2018 Veikkausliiga 15 1 3 0 — — 18 1
HIFK 2020 Veikkausliiga 17 1 1 0 – – 18 1
2021 Veikkausliiga 23 3 4 0 – – 27 3
Total 40 4 5 0 – – – – 45 4
AC Oulu 2022 Veikkausliiga 6 0 2 0 3 1 – 11 1
SJK (loan) 2022 Veikkausliiga 8 0 – – – 8 0
PK-35 2023 Kakkonen 12 0 – – – 12 0
Kingston City 2024 Victorian Premier League 5 0 – – – 5 0
Attack Energy 2025 Afghanistan Champions League 0 0 – – – 0 0
Career total 251 20 31 8 15 1 12 3 309 33
  1. ^ a b c Appearances and goals in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ One appearance in the UEFA Champions League, and four appearances and two goals in the UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 9 June 2018[27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 2013 1 0
2014 0 0
2015 0 0
2016 0 0
2017 3 0
2018 3 1
Total 7 1
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Finland goal.
List of international goals scored by Moshtagh Yaghoubi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 9 June 2018 Tampere Stadium, Tampere, Finland  Belarus 2–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours

Individual

Personal life

Yaghoubi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, to ethnic Hazara parents. Yaghoubi and his family fled Afghanistan in 1999 to settle down in Tehran, Iran. After living seven years in Iran his family applied for asylum in Finland.

Yaghoubi has a tattoo on his left arm with the name of his late father Gholam Sakhi.[29]

References

  1. ^ Player Profile Moshtagh Hossein Yaghoubi
  2. ^ ""Junioritasolla Yaghoubi"" (PDF) (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  3. ^ ""Innokas keskikenttätaituri "Mosa" syöttää tarkasti"" (in Finnish). lansivayla.fi. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  4. ^ ""KUPS VS. FC HONKA 1-4"". soccerway.com. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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  6. ^ "LE: FC Honka - Lech Poznań 1:3" (in Polish). lechpoznan.pl. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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  9. ^ «Динамо» объявило об аренде Ягуби (in Russian). Sports.ru. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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  11. ^ Administrator. "Moshtagh Yaghoubi siirtyy RoPS:n riveihin". Rovaniemen Palloseura.
  12. ^ ШАХТЕР ПРОСМАТРИВАЕТ ИНОСТРАННЫХ ФУТБОЛИСТОВ (in Russian). shahter.kz. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
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  16. ^ "Tervetuloa Kerhoon Mosa!". sjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  17. ^ Moshtagh Yaghoubi siirtyy HIFK:hon, hifkfotboll.fi, 29 November 2019
  18. ^ "Mosa saapuu vahvistamaan Laivastonsinisiä" (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  19. ^ "MOSHTAGH "MOSA" YAGHOUBI EI PALAA AC OULUN RIVEIHIN" [MOSHTAGH "MOSA" YAGHOUBI WILL NOT RETURN TO THE RANKS OF AC OULU] (in Finnish). AC Oulu. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  20. ^ Entinen Huuhkajien pelaaja siirtyi Afganistanin pääsarjaan, Ilta-Sanomat, 2 December 2024
  21. ^ "Yaghoubi liittyy Pikkuhuuhkajiin". palloliitto.fi. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  22. ^ "BBC Sport – European Championship qualifier: Wales U21 1–5 Finland U21". BBC Sport.
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  24. ^ "Turkey-Finland". fifa.com. 24 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  25. ^ "Suomi vain suupala Turkille - sysimustat minuutit ratkaisivat" (in Finnish). iltalehti.fi. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  26. ^ Moshtagh Yaghoubi at Soccerway
  27. ^ Moshtagh Yaghoubi at National-Football-Teams.com
  28. ^ Kai (30 October 2015). "Tässä ovat Captain's Ball -futisgaalan kaikki palkitut tahot". SuomiFutis (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  29. ^ "Hongan 17-vuotiaalla lupauksella rankka tausta" (in Finnish). is.fi. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

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