William Atashkadeh

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William Atashkadeh
Personal information
Full name William Philip Siros Atashkadeh
Date of birth (1992-04-12) 12 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1996–2002 Azalea BK
2002–2010 IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 IFK Göteborg 5 (1)
2011–2014 Örebro SK 37 (7)
2015–2018 Örgryte IS 71 (34)
International career‡
2009–2011 Sweden U17 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 March 2013

William Atashkadeh (Persian: ویلیام آتشکده; born 12 April 1992 in Gothenburg) is an Iranian-Swedish footballer. He has been capped by the Sweden national under-19 football team.[1]

Club career[edit]

William Atashkadeh was born in Gothenburg and began his career with IFK Göteborg.[2] After a successful 2012 campaign with Örebro SK in the Swedish Allsvenskan, which included scoring 6 goals in 16 appearances, Atashkadeh injured himself and returned to play only 9 games in the 2013 campaign.[3] He joined Örgryte IS in 2015.[4] Atashkadeh was Örgryte's leading goalscorer in the 2015 Division 1 season with 20 goals in 22 league matches.[5][6]

International career[edit]

Atashkadeh played for the Sweden national under-19 football team.[7] On 19 March 2013, Atashkadeh was invited by Iran manager Carlos Queiroz for their 2015 Asian Cup qualifying camp and trained with them but did not make his first senior international appearance.[8][9]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 28 April 2018
Club Division Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Göteborg Allsvenskan 2009 0 0 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
2010 5 1 0 0 0 0 – – 5 1
Total 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Örebro Allsvenskan 2011 12 1 1 0 0 0 – – 13 1
2012 16 6 0 0 – – – – 16 6
Superettan 2013 9 0 1 0 – – – – 10 0
Allsvenskan 2014 0 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0
Total 37 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 7
Örgryte Division 1 2015 22 20 0 0 – – 2 0 24 20
Superettan 2016 26 9 1 0 – – – – 27 9
2017 23 5 1 0 – – 1 1 25 6
2018 0 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0
Total 71 34 2 0 0 0 3 1 76 35
Career total 113 42 5 0 0 0 3 1 121 43

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Swedish Iranians Fan Thread". PersianFootball.com. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  2. ^ "William Atashkadeh — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Öis vann pliktskyldigt över jumbon - Öis - Göteborgs-Posten". Archived from the original on 2015-08-17. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Skytteliga - Div 1 Södra, herrar — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Swedish-Iranian William Atashkadeh to join Team Melli". persianfootball.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Exclusive interview with William Atashkadeh". persianfootball.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  9. ^ Interview: Omid Namazi

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