Jabar_Sharza
Jabar Sharza
Afghan footballer (born 1994)
Jabar Sharza (Dari: جبار شرزه, born 6 April 1994) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Brønshøj Boldklub. He is a member of the Afghanistan national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jabar Sharza | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Kabul, Afghanistan | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brønshøj | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lyngby BK | |||
| GVI | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | GVI | 5 | (5) |
| 2014–2016 | Brønshøj | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Akademisk | 26 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Fremad Amager | 31 | (12) |
| 2019–2020 | HIFK | 25 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Persela Lamongan | 10 | (3) |
| 2022 | → Persiraja Banda Aceh (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Ariana | 17 | (4) |
| 2024– | Brønshøj | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Afghanistan | 15 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | |||
Sharza began his youth career with Lyngby Boldklub. Sharza played also in the youth of Gentofte before making his debut for the senior team.
Gentofte
Sharza played 5 games and scored 5 goals. He made a free transfer to Brønshøj in the 2014–2015 season.
Brønshøj Boldklub
After making just 2 appearances in the 1st division he played the 2015–2016 season with Brønshøj in the 2nd division. Sharza scored 19 goals in 29 games, after that he made a transfer to Akademisk.[1]
Akademisk Boldklub
Sharza made immediate impact in the 2016–2017 season for Akademisk with scoring freekicks and making the difference.
Fremad Amager
Sharza signed for Fremad Amager in June 2017,[2] and left the club again at the end of 2018.[3]
HIFK
On 21 July 2019, newly promoted Finnish Veikkausliiga club HIFK announced, that they had signed a 1.5-year contract with Sharza.[4]
Persela Lamongan
On 25 September 2021, Sharza signed a one-year contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club Persela Lamongan on a free transfer.[5] On 3 October, Sharza made his first league debut in a 3–0 loss against Arema as a substitute for Riyatno Abiyoso in the 74th minute at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium.[6] On 16 October, Sharza scored his first goal for Persela against Madura United in the 55th minute at the Maguwoharjo Stadium, Sleman.[7]
Return to Brønshøj
After two years in Swedish football, Sharza returned to Brønshøj Boldklub in March 2024.[8]
Sharza was called up in January for the national team of Afghanistan.[9][10] He made his debut for Afghanistan in a friendly 2–1 win over Singapore on 23 March 2017. He then made a second appearance for Afghanistan which happened to be against Cambodia and helped them win 2–1 by scoring twice in the first half.[11]
On 12 October 2023, Sharza scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Mongolia in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
International goals
- Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first.[12]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 27 March 2018 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |  Cambodia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 2. | 2–0 | |||||
| 3. | 7 September 2023 | Bashundhara Kings Arena, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Bangladesh | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 12 October 2023 | Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |  Mongolia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Fremad Amager snupper Jabar Sharza‚ bold.dk, 1 June 2017
- SHARZA STOPPER I FREMAD AMAGER Archived 17 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, fremadamagerelite.dk, 7 January 2019
- HIFK sopimukseen tanskalaisen hyökkääjän kanssa, hifkfotboll.fi, 21 July 2019
- "Jabar Sharza, Pemain Asing Persela Sebentar Lagi Datang". sport.detik.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- "Pelatih Persela Cukup Puas dengan Jabar Sharza". jatim.times.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- "Hasil Persela Vs Madura United, Drama 1 Kartu Merah dan 4 Gol Berakhir Imbang". bola.kompas.com (in Indonesian). 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- Jabar vender hjem til Hvepsene, bronshojboldklub.dk, 9 March 2024
- "Jabar Sharza på landsholdet" (in Danish). ab-fodbold.dk. 29 January 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- "National Football Team Off To Qatar For Friendly Match". tolonews. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- "Lions draw positives from defeat". 24 March 2017.
- "Sharza, Jabar". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- Jabar Sharza at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jabar Sharza at Global Sports Archive
- Jabar Sharza at Soccerway
