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Faysal Shayesteh

Faysal Shayesteh
Shayesteh with Afghanistan in 2023
Personal information
Full name Faysal Shayesteh
Date of birth (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger / Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sreenidi Deccan
Number 10
Youth career
2009–2010 Twente
2010–2012 SC Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 10 (1)
2014–2015 Songkhla United 24 (7)
2016–2017 Pahang FA 10 (1)
2017 Paykan 1 (0)
2017–2018 Gokulam Kerala 1 (0)
2018 Lampang 11 (1)
2019 Air Force Central 11 (0)
2019 Lampang 16 (2)
2020–2022 VV DUNO 29 (3)
2022– Sreenidi Deccan 22 (4)
International career‡
2014– Afghanistan 59 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:02, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:24, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Faysal Shayesteh (Dari: فیصل شایسته; born 10 June 1991)[1] is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for I-League club Sreenidi Deccan and the Afghanistan national team.

Youth career

Born in Kabul, Shayesteh moved to the Netherlands and played in the youth academy of FC Twente, until he signed with Heerenveen in 2010.

Club career

Heerenveen

Shayesteh, 18-years old then, joined Heerenveen in the summer of 2010. He signed a contract until the summer of 2012.[2]

Etar

In February 2013, Shayesteh joined Bulgarian A PFG club Etar 1924.[3] On 2 March, he made his league debut in a 2–1 home win over Montana, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute.[4]

Songkhla United

In October 2013, Shayesteh made a transfer move to Thailand football club Songkhla United after his contract expired with Etar. He was given shirt number 10.[5] He left Songkhla after they relegated in 2015.

Pahang

In July 2016, Shayesteh announced on Facebook that he joined Pahang. It was also announced that he will play with shirt number 10. After just 6 months he resigned with Pahang.

Paykan

In January 2017, Shayesteh signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Paykan F.C. to becoming the first ever Afghan professional footballer in the Persian Gulf Pro League.[6]

Gokulam Kerala

On 19 November 2017, Shayesteh moved to I-League and signed with Gokulam Kerala for a season,[7][8] but appeared in a single match for the side.[9]

Lampang

In June 2018, he moved to Thailand and signed with Thai League 2 side Lampang.[10]

VV DUNO

In 2020, Shayesteh moved back to the Nederlands and joined VV DUNO in the Hoofdklasse.[11][12]

Sreenidi Deccan

In August 2022, I-League side Sreenidi Deccan announced the signing of Shayesteh for the 2022–23 season.[13] He was part of team that earned qualification for 2023 Indian Super Cup.[14][15] In the group stage opener, he scored a goal in their 1–1 draw with Bengaluru.[16] They maintained their good form in second match when Sreenidi defeated Kerala Blasters by 2–0 on 12 April,[17][18] but failed to progress to the semi-finals after 1–0 defeat to RoundGlass Punjab in last match.[19][20]

International career

On 13 April 2014, Shayesteh made his debut for the Afghan national team in a friendly match against Kyrgyzstan.[9] He played as left fullback. In the 17th minute of the match he missed a penalty. On 14 May 2014, Afghanistan played a friendly match against Kuwait, where Shayesteh scored off a free-kick.

On 22 May 2014, Shayesteh scored his first goal with a free-kick from nearly 50 meters against Turkmenistan in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.[21] After Djelaludin Sharityar retired, Shayesteh became the new captain of the national team. He led the team to the final of the 2015 SAFF Championship in Tiruvanantapuram, which was the country's last participation.[22] He scored three goals in that competition but finished as runners-up, as Afghanistan lost 1–2 to India.[23] In April 2016, he was named as Afghanistan's Athlete of the Year for 2015.[24]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Qays Shayesteh,[25] who also plays football and represented Afghanistan national team from 2011 to 2017.

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 April 2023[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Etar Veliko
Tarnovo 		2012–13 Bulgarian First League 10 1 0 0 — 10 1
Songkhla United 2014 Thai Premier League 17 3 0 0 — 17 3
2015 Thai Division 1 League 7 4 0 0 — 7 4
Total 24 7 0 0 0 0 24 7
Pahang 2016 Malaysia Super League 10 1 0 0 — 10 1
Paykan 2016–17 Persian Gulf Pro League 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Lampang 2018 Thai League 2 11 1 2 1 — 13 2
Air Force Central 2019 Thai League 2 11 0 1 0 — 12 0
Lampang 2019 Thai League 2 16 2 0 0 — 16 2
VV DUNO 2020–21 Hoofdklasse 5 0 1 0 — 6 0
2021–22 Hoofdklasse 24 3 0 0 — 24 3
Total 29 3 1 0 0 0 30 3
Sreenidi Deccan 2022–23 I-League 22 4 4[b] 2 — 26 6
Career total 134 19 8 3 0 0 142 22
  1. ^ Includes Thai FA Cup, KNVB Cup, Super Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup

International

Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shayesteh goal.
List of international goals scored by Faysal Shayesteh[9]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 May 2014 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kaifan, Kuwait  Kuwait 2–3 2–3 Friendly
2 22 May 2014 Addu Football Stadium, Addu City, Maldives  Turkmenistan 3–1 3–1 2014 AFC Challenge Cup
3 29 May 2015 New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos  Laos 1–0 2–0 Friendly
4 13 October 2015 Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman  Syria 2–3 2–5 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 24 December 2015 Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India  Bangladesh 2–0 4–0 2015 SAFF Championship
6 28 December 2015 Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India  Maldives 1–0 4–1 2015 SAFF Championship
7 31 December 2015 Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India  Sri Lanka 5–0 5–0 2015 SAFF Championship
8 28 December 2018 Miracle Hotel Resort, Antalya, Turkey  Turkmenistan 1–0 2–0 Friendly
9 23 March 2019 Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Malaysia 1–0 1–2 2019 Airmarine Cup
10 14 June 2022 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India  Cambodia 1–0 2–2 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

Afghanistan

Individual

  • Afghanistan's Athlete of the Year: 2015[28]

References

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