Ali Askar Lali (Persian: علی عسکر لعلی) is an Afghan former football player and trainer. In 1981, he moved to Germany as a refugee and lived many years in Paderborn. He now lives in Germany and Afghanistan. He is now the assistant manager of the Afghanistan national football team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ali Askar Lali | ||
Date of birth | 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Afghanistan | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
?–1979 | Kabul F.C.[1] | ||
1980s | SC Paderborn 07 | ||
1980s | TuS Schloß Neuhaus | ||
1990s | Delbrücker SC | ||
1990s | VfL Lichtenau | ||
National team | |||
1977 | Afghanistan U20 | ||
1975–1979 | Afghanistan | ||
Teams managed | |||
TuRa Elsen | |||
VfL Lichtenau | |||
Türk Gücü Paderborn | |||
2002[2] | Afghanistan U-23 | ||
2003–2005[3] | Afghanistan | ||
2007–2008 | Afghanistan Women | ||
2009–2010 | Afghanistan U-15[4] | ||
2011– | Afghanistan(Assistant manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
As a coach Lali currently participates in a project of the Foreign Office to promote Afghan women's football and trained the Afghan women's national team.[5]
He was included in the Afghanistan national under-20 football team at the 1977 AFC Youth Championship hosted by Iran. At senior level, he participated in 1976 Qaed-e Azam International Football Tournament hosted by Pakistan and [1980 Olympic Games qualifycation.[6]
Afghanistan national football team – managers | |
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