Yama Sherzad

Yama Sherzad

Personal information
Full name	Yama Sherzad
Date of birth	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Kunduz, Afghanistan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Breitenrain
Youth career
2009–2010	Steffisburg
2010–2011	Interlaken
2011–2018	Thun
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2022	Thun II	64	(4)
2022–2023	Xamax II	27	(8)
2023–2024	Biel-Bienne	2	(0)
2024–	Breitenrain	2	(0)
International career^‡
2023–	Afghanistan	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2023

Yama Sherzad (Dari: یما شیرزاد, born 1 January 2001) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Swiss Promotion League club Breitenrain.

Early career

A native of Afghanistan. In 2006, he fled to Switzerland with his family. In 2009, he began playing football at the academies of clubs from the canton of Bern, before moving to the Thun academy in 2011.[1][2]

Club career

In the 2017/18 season, he was included for the first time in Thun's second team, playing in the Swiss Promotion League. He made his debut on 3 March 2018 in a home game against Düdingen. On 19 September 2019, he scored his first goal for the team in an away game against Portalban-Gletterens.

In June 2022, he joined the reserves side of Xamax.[3]

On 10 July 2023, Sherzad was transferred to the Biel-Bienne club as a free agent.[4][5]

In January 2024, Sherzad terminated his contract with Biel-Bienne to join Swiss Promotion League fellow Breitenrain.[6]

International career

In June 2023, Sherzad received his first call up to the Afghanistan national team, selected in the 23-men squad for the 2023 CAFA Nations Cup. He made his debut on 10 June against Kyrgyzstan.[3]

References

1. "Das Schlitzohr aus Afghanistan". jungfrauzeitung.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
2. "Ein Flüchtling auf dem Weg nach oben". bernerzeitung.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
3. "Vom Flüchtling zum Nati-Spieler: Die fantastische Geschichte von Yama Sherzad". 4-4-2.com (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
4. "Yama Sherzad von Xamax zum FCB". fcbiel-bienne.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
5. "AFGHANISCHER EX-FLÜCHTLING YAMA SHERZAD ERFÜLLT SICH PROFI-TRAUM IN BIEL". onefootball.com (in German). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
6. "Football: Yama Sherzad rebondit à Breitenrain". ajour.ch (in French). Retrieved 6 February 2024.

External links

• Yama Sherzad at National-Football-Teams.com
• Yama Sherzad at Global Sports Archive
• Yama Sherzad at WorldFootball.net