Saber Azizi (born 13 January 1996) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ariana FC.

Saber Azizi
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Ariana FC
Number 8
Youth career
IFK Malmö
0000–2014 BK Olympic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 BK Olympic 29 (4)
2016–2017 Landskrona BoIS 24 (0)
2018 FC Rosengård 1917 13 (0)
2018– Ariana FC 84 (24)
International career
2016– Afghanistan 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:18, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Club career edit

Born in Sweden, Azizi joined BK Olympic youth academy. He made his debut against Norrby IF for Landskrona BoIS.

Arian FC edit

Azizi joined Ariana FC – a club from Malmö founded by Afghan immigrants – in July 2018.[1]

International career edit

In September 2016, he received his first call-up to the Afghanistan senior side for the friendly against Lebanon.

In October 2017, he played his first competitive game for Afghanistan, against Jordan in the qualification for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.[2]

Career statistics edit

As of 14 November 2016
Season Club Div League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2016 Landskrona BoIS Division 1 Södra 9 0 2 0 11 0
2017 Landskrona BoIS Division 1 Södra 15 0 4 0 19 0
Career total 24 0 6 0 0 0 30 0

References edit

  1. ^ "KLART: Ariana FC värvar ännu en landslagsspelare". Ariana FC (in Swedish). 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ "BoIS-aren hoppade in i kvalmatch".

External links edit