Faysal Shayesteh

Faysal Shayesteh (Dari: فیصل شایسته; born 10 June 1991) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder[1] for Dutch club VV DUNO and the Afghanistan national team.[2]

Faysal Shayesteh
Shayesteh lining up with Afghanistan in 2015
Personal information
Full name Faysal Shayesteh
Date of birth (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991
Place of birth Kabul, Afghanistan
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 VV DUNO
Youth career
2009–2010 Twente
2010–2012 SC Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Etar Veliko Tarnovo 10 (1)
2014–2015 Songkhla United 23 (7)
2016–2017 Pahang FA 10 (1)
2017 Paykan 1 (0)
2017–2018 Gokulam Kerala 1 (0)
2018 Lampang 11 (1)
2019 Air Force Central 11 (0)
2019 Lampang
2020– VV DUNO
National team‡
2014– Afghanistan 47 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2021

Youth career

Born in Kabul, Shayesteh moved to the Nederlands and played in the youth academy of FC Twente, until he signed with Heerenveen in 2010.

Career

Heerenveen

Shayesteh, 18-years old then, joined Heerenveen in the summer of 2010. He signed a contract until the summer of 2012.[3]

Etar

In February 2013, Shayesteh joined Bulgarian A PFG club Etar 1924.[4] On 2 March, he made his league debut in a 2–1 home win over Montana, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute.[5]

Songkhla United

In October 2013 Shayesteh made a transfer move to Thailand football club Songkhla United after his contract expired with Etar. He was given shirt number 10.[6] He left Songkhla after they relegated in 2015.

Pahang

In July 2016 Shayesteh announced on Facebook that he joined Pahang. It was also announced that he will play with shirt number 10. After just 6 months he resigned with Pahang.

Paykan

In January 2017, Shayesteh signed a one-and a-half-year contract with Paykan F.C. to becoming the first ever Afghan professional footballer in the Persian Gulf Pro League.[7]

Gokulam Kerala

On 19 November 2017, Shayesteh moved to I-League and signed with Gokulam Kerala for a season,[8][9] but appeared in a single match for the side.[10]

Lampang

In June 2018, he moved to Thailand and signed with Thai League 2 side Lampang.[11]

VV DUNO

In 2020, Shayesteh moved back to the Nederlands and joined VV DUNO in the Hoofdklasse.[12][13]

International career

On 13 April 2014, Shayesteh made his debut for the national team of Afghanistan in a friendly match against Kyrgyzstan.[10] He played as left fullback. In the 17th minute of the match he missed a penalty. On 14 May 2014, Afghanistan played a friendly match against Kuwait. Shayesteh scored a beautiful free-kick at the game.

On 22 May 2014, Shayesteh scored his first goal with a free-kick from nearly 50 meters against Turkmenistan in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.[14] After Djelaludin Sharityar retired Shayesteh became the new captain of the national team. He led the team into the final of the 2015 SAFF Championship in Tiruvanantapuram, which was the country's last participation.[15] He scored three goals in that competition but finished as runners-up, as Afghanistan lost 1–2 to India.[16] In April 2016, he was named as Afghanistan's Athlete of the year 2015.[17]

Career statistics

International goals
Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first.[10]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 May 2014Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kaifan, Kuwait Kuwait2–32–3Friendly
2.22 May 2014Addu Football Stadium, Addu City, Maldives Turkmenistan3–13–12014 AFC Challenge Cup
3.29 May 2015New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos Laos1–02–0Friendly
4.13 October 2015Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman Syria2–32–52018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.24 December 2015Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India Bangladesh2–04–02015 SAFF Championship
6.28 December 2015 Maldives1–04–1
7.31 December 2015 Sri Lanka5–05–0
8.28 December 2018Miracle Hotel Resort, Antalya, Turkey Turkmenistan?–?2–2Friendly
9.23 March 2019Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia1–01–22019 Airmarine Cup

Honours

International

Individual
  • Afghanistan's Athlete of the Year: 2015[19]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Qays Shayesteh,[20] who also plays football and represented Afghanistan national team from 2011 to 2017.

References
  1. Ik ben als voetballer uit Hengelo een nationale held in Afghanistan vice.com
  2. "Faysal Shayesteh Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
  3. "Faysal Shayesteh Van FC Twente Naar Heereveen" (in Dutch). fairdealsports.nl. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  4. "Афганистанец ще играе в А група" (in Bulgarian). segabg.com. 18 February 2013.
  5. "Etar 1924 2–1 Montana". soccerway.com. 2 March 2013.
  6. "Faysal Shayesteh Naar Songkhla United FC" (in Dutch). hieristhailand.nl. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  7. "کاپیتان تیم ملی افغانستان به پیکان پیوست" (in Persian). varzesh3.com. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  8. Easwar, Nisanth V (27 November 2017). "I-League 2017: Gokulam Kerala FC squad analysis - Hopeful debutants to be the surprise package?". goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  9. Kundu, Abhishek (23 January 2017). "I-League 2018-19: Gokulam FC rope in Haitian midfielder Fabien Vorbe". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  10. "Faysal Shayesteh player profile". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  11. Faysal Shayesteh joins Lampang Football Club aff.org.af. Retrieved 22 August 2021
  12. Faysal Shayesteh profile: VV DUNO vvduno.nl. Retrieved 22 August 2021
  13. FIFA World Cup Qualifiers rival watch: Afghanistan Khel Now. Retrieved 22 August 2021
  14. "AFC Challenge Cup: Afghanistan 3–1 Turkmenistan". AFC. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  15. "Afghanistan FA Secretary General Sayed Alireza Aghazada: This is our last Participation in SAFF Championship". GoalNepal. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  16. India win 2015 SAFF Championship title thedailystar.net. Retrieved 22 August 2021
  17. "Faysal Shayesteh on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022.
  18. India won the 2015 SAFF football championship gktoday.in. Retrieved 22 August 2021
  19. Proud to lead Afghanistan: Faysal Shayesteh sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021
  20. Zainal, Zulhilmi (4 June 2016). "TRANSFER NEWS: Pahang rumoured to have signed Afghan captain". Goal.com.
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