Faysal Shayesteh (Dari: فیصل شایسته; born 10 June 1991)[1] is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for I-League club Sreenidi Deccan and the Afghanistan national team.
![]() Shayesteh lining up with Afghanistan in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Kabul, Afghanistan | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger / Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sreenidi Deccan | ||
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 | 24 | (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 | 16 | (2) |
2020–2022 | VV DUNO | 29 | (3) |
2022– | Sreenidi Deccan | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2014– | Afghanistan | 52 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:24, 27 June 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Kabul, Shayesteh moved to the Netherlands and played in the youth academy of FC Twente, until he signed with Heerenveen in 2010.
Shayesteh, 18-years old then, joined Heerenveen in the summer of 2010. He signed a contract until the summer of 2012.[2]
In February 2013, Shayesteh joined Bulgarian A PFG club Etar 1924.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] He left Songkhla after they relegated in 2015.
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.
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.[6]
On 19 November 2017, Shayesteh moved to I-League and signed with Gokulam Kerala for a season,[7][8] but appeared in a single match for the side.[9]
In June 2018, he moved to Thailand and signed with Thai League 2 side Lampang.[10]
In 2020, Shayesteh moved back to the Nederlands and joined VV DUNO in the Hoofdklasse.[11][12]
In August 2022, I-League side Sreenidi Deccan announced the signing of Shayesteh for the 2022–23 season.[13]
On 13 April 2014, Shayesteh made his debut for the national team of Afghanistan in a friendly match against Kyrgyzstan.[9] 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]
He is the younger brother of Qays Shayesteh,[18] who also plays football and represented Afghanistan national team from 2011 to 2017.
Club | Season | League | Cup | AFC | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Etar Veliko Tarnovo |
2012–13 | Bulgarian First League | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |
Songkhla United | 2014 | Thai Premier League | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 3 | |
2015 | Thai Division 1 League | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 4 | ||
Songkhla United total | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | ||
Pahang | 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |
Paykan | 2016–17 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Lampang | 2018 | Thai League 2 | 11 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | — | 13 | 2 | |
Air Force Central | 2019 | 11 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
Lampang | 2019 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 2 | ||
VV DUNO | 2020–21 | Hoofdklasse | 5 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
2021–22 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 3 | |||
DUNO total | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||
Sreenidi Deccan | 2022–23 | I-League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 112 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 16 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 14 May 2014 | Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kaifan, Kuwait | ![]() | 2–3 | 2–3 | Friendly |
2 | 22 May 2014 | Addu Football Stadium, Addu City, Maldives | ![]() | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2014 AFC Challenge Cup |
3 | 29 May 2015 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
4 | 13 October 2015 | Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman | ![]() | 2–3 | 2–5 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
5 | 24 December 2015 | Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2015 SAFF Championship |
6 | 28 December 2015 | Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2015 SAFF Championship |
7 | 31 December 2015 | Trivandrum International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, India | ![]() | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2015 SAFF Championship |
8 | 28 December 2018 | Miracle Hotel Resort, Antalya, Turkey | ![]() | 2–2 | Friendly | |
9 | 23 March 2019 | Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2019 Airmarine Cup |
10 | 14 June 2022 | Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
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