William Atashkadeh

William Atashkadeh (Persian: ویلیام آتشکده‎; born 12 April 1992 in Gothenburg) is an Iranian-Swedish footballer. He has been capped by the Sweden national under-19 football team.[1]

William Atashkadeh

Personal information
Full name	William Philip Siros Atashkadeh
Date of birth	(1992-04-12) 12 April 1992
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1996–2002	Azalea BK
2002–2010	IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	IFK Göteborg	5	(1)
2011–2014	Örebro SK	37	(7)
2015–2018	Örgryte IS	71	(34)
National team^‡
2009–2011	Sweden U17	9	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 May 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 March 2013

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 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

As of 28 April 2018

Club	Division	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Göteborg	Allsvenskan	2009	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	1	0
		2010	5	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	5	1
	Total		5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Örebro	Allsvenskan	2011	12	1	1	0	0	0	–	–	13	1
		2012	16	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	16	6
	Superettan	2013	9	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	10	0
	Allsvenskan	2014	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
	Total		37	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	39	7
Örgryte	Division 1	2015	22	20	0	0	–	–	2	0	24	20
	Superettan	2016	26	9	1	0	–	–	–	–	27	9
		2017	23	5	1	0	–	–	1	1	25	6
		2018	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
	Total		71	34	2	0	0	0	3	1	76	35
Career total			113	42	5	0	0	0	3	1	121	43

References

1. "Swedish Iranians Fan Thread". PersianFootball.com. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
2. "William Atashkadeh — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
3. "Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
4. "Öis vann pliktskyldigt över jumbon - Öis - Göteborgs-Posten". Archived from the original on 2015-08-17. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
5. "Skytteliga - Div 1 Södra, herrar — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
6. "Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
7. "Swedish-Iranian William Atashkadeh to join Team Melli". persianfootball.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
8. "Exclusive interview with William Atashkadeh". persianfootball.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
9. Interview: Omid Namazi

External links

• William Atashkadeh at SvFF (in Swedish)