William Atashkadeh Explained

William Atashkadeh
Fullname:William Philip Siros Atashkadeh
Birth Date:12 April 1992
Birth Place:Gothenburg, Sweden
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:1996–2002
Youthclubs1:Azalea BK
Youthyears2:2002–2010
Youthclubs2:IFK Göteborg
Years1:2010–2011
Years2:2011–2014
Years3:2015–2018
Clubs1:IFK Göteborg
Clubs2:Örebro SK
Clubs3:Örgryte IS
Caps1:5
Caps2:37
Caps3:71
Goals1:1
Goals2:7
Goals3:34
Nationalyears1:2009–2011
Nationalteam1:Sweden U17
Nationalcaps1:9
Nationalgoals1:1
Club-Update:23 May 2018
Nationalteam-Update: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 men's national under-19 football team.[1]

Club career

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

Atashkadeh played for the Sweden men's 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

ClubDivisionSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GöteborgAllsvenskan200900100010
201051000051
Total5110000061
ÖrebroAllsvenskan20111211000131
201216600166
Superettan20139010100
Allsvenskan2014000000
Total377200000397
ÖrgryteDivision 12015222000202420
Superettan201626910279
20172351011256
2018000000
Total71342000317635
Career total1134250003112143

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swedish Iranians Fan Thread . PersianFootball.com. 20 January 2013.
  2. Web site: William Atashkadeh — svenskfotboll.se. svenskfotboll.se. 25 July 2016.
  3. Web site: Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway. int.soccerway.com. 25 July 2016.
  4. Web site: Öis vann pliktskyldigt över jumbon - Öis - Göteborgs-Posten. https://web.archive.org/web/20150817014346/http://www.gp.se:80/sport/fotboll/ois/1.2802810-ois-vann-pliktskyldigt-over-jumbon . 2015-08-17 . dead. 25 July 2016.
  5. Web site: Skytteliga - Div 1 Södra, herrar — svenskfotboll.se. svenskfotboll.se. 25 July 2016.
  6. Web site: Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway. uk.soccerway.com. 25 July 2016.
  7. Web site: Swedish-Iranian William Atashkadeh to join Team Melli. persianfootball.com. 25 July 2016.
  8. Web site: Exclusive interview with William Atashkadeh. persianfootball.com. 25 July 2016.
  9. https://soundcloud.com/gol-bezan/interview-omid-namazi Interview