Rahmat Akbari
Rahmat Akbari (born 20 June 2000) is an Afghan-Australian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Brisbane Roar and the Afghan National Team.[1]
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| Full name | Rahmat Akbari | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jaghori, Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Brisbane Roar | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||
| Logan Lightning FC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brisbane Strikers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | QAS NTC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Brisbane Roar | ||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Brisbane Roar NPL | 46 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Brisbane Roar | 60 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Melbourne Victory NPL (loan) | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Australia U17 | 15 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 October 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
Club career
Brisbane Roar
On 6 October 2017, Akbari made his professional debut in the opening round of the 2017–18 season, replacing Nicholas D'Agostino in the 83rd minute as the Roar were beaten 2-0 by Melbourne City at AAMI Park.
Melbourne Victory
Akbari joined Melbourne Victory on a one-year loan in October 2018.[2][3][4] He made his Victory debut on 11 November 2018, replacing James Troisi in the 89th minute as they demolished the Central Coast Mariners 4–1 at home.
Return to Brisbane Roar
On 4 June 2019, it was announced that Akbari had returned to Brisbane following the completion of his contract.[5]
International career
Due to his Afghan heritage, Akbari is available to represent Afghanistan national football team. On 7 March 2022, it was reported that he had accepted a call-up for Afghanistan to play in two friendly matches.[6]
Personal life
Born in Jaghori, Afghanistan to an ethnic Hazara family, Akbari was raised in Pakistan for the first five years of his life, before his family migrated to south-east Queensland as refugees in 2005.[7]
Club
- As of match played 14 September 2021[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brisbane Roar | 2017–18 | A-League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| Melbourne Victory | 2018–19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| Brisbane Roar NPL | 2019 | NPL Queensland | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Brisbane Roar | 2019–20 | A-League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 0 | – | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 61 | 0 | |||
Notes
References
- ^ Player Profile, Brisbane Roar FC Official Website, retrieved 19 March 2022
- ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Rahmat Akbari". Melbourne Victory. Football Federation Australia. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Signing news: Victory secure exciting teenager Barnett". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 4 June 2019.
Rahmat Akbari was on loan at Victory from Roar for the 2018/19 Season
- ^ Rugari, Vince. "Victory sign exciting teen Akbari in time for A-League kick-off". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Jay Barnett". Melbourne Victory. Football Federation Australia. 4 June 2019.
- ^ Lewis, Dale (7 March 2022). "Aussie Akbari accepts Afghanistan call-up". FTBL. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ Cormack, Michael (22 July 2015). "Edens Landing teen Rahmat Akbari finds peace on the football field after migrating to Australia". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ Rahmat Akbari at Soccerway
External links
- Rahmat Akbari at Soccerway