Jabar Sharza
جبار شرزه
Personal information
Full name Jabar Sharza
Date of birth (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
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– Ariana 8 (1)
International career‡
2017– Afghanistan 12 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2023

Jabar Sharza (Dari: جبار شرزه, born 6 April 1994) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Youth career

Sharza began his youth career with Lyngby Boldklub. Sharza played also in the youth of Gentofte before making his debut for the senior team.

Career

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]

International career

Sharza was called up in January for the national team of Afghanistan.[8][9] 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.[10]

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.[11]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 March 2018Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Cambodia1–02–12019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.2–0
3.7 September 2023Bashundhara Kings Arena, Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh1–01–1Friendly
4.12 October 2023Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Mongolia1–01–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Fremad Amager snupper Jabar Sharza‚ bold.dk, 1 June 2017
  3. ↑ SHARZA STOPPER I FREMAD AMAGER Archived 17 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine, fremadamagerelite.dk, 7 January 2019
  4. ↑ HIFK sopimukseen tanskalaisen hyökkääjän kanssa, hifkfotboll.fi, 21 July 2019
  5. ↑ "Jabar Sharza, Pemain Asing Persela Sebentar Lagi Datang". sport.detik.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Pelatih Persela Cukup Puas dengan Jabar Sharza". jatim.times.co.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Jabar Sharza på landsholdet" (in Danish). ab-fodbold.dk. 29 January 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "National Football Team Off To Qatar For Friendly Match". tolonews. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Lions draw positives from defeat". 24 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Sharza, Jabar". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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