Jabar Sharza (Dari: جبار شرزه, born 6 April 1994 in Kabul, Afghanistan) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jabar Sharza | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Kabul, Afghanistan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lyngby BK | |||
| GVI | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | GVI | 5 | (5) |
| 2014–2016 | Brønshøj BK | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | AB | 26 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Fremad Amager | 31 | (12) |
| 2019–2020 | Helsinki IFK | 25 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Persela Lamongan | 10 | (3) |
| 2022 | → Persiraja Banda Aceh (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017– | Afghanistan | 5 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:17, 19 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:17, 1 December 2019 (UTC) | |||
Sharza began his youth career with Lyngby Boldklub. Sharza played also in the youth of Gentofte before making his debut for the senior team.
Sharza played 5 games and scored 5 goals. He made a free transfer to Brønshøj BK in the 2014–2015 season.
After making just 2 appearances in the 1st division he played the 2015–2016 season with Brønshøj in the 2nd division. Sharza scored 19 goals in 29 games, after that he made a transfer to Akademisk BK.[2]
Sharza made immediate impact in the 2016–2017 season for Akademisk BK with scoring freekicks and making the difference.
Sharza signed for Fremad Amager in June 2017,[3] and left the club again at the end of 2018.[4]
On 21 July 2019, newly promoted Finnish Veikkausliiga club Helsinki IFK announced, that they had signed a 1.5-year contract with Sharza.[5]
On 25 September 2021, Sharza signed a one-year contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club Persela Lamongan on a free transfer.[6] On 3 October, Sharza made his first league debut in a 3–0 loss against Arema as a substitute for Riyatno Abiyoso in the 74th minute at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium.[7] On 16 October, Sharza scored his first goal for Persela against Madura United in the 55th minute at the Maguwoharjo Stadium, Sleman.[8]
Sharza was called up in January for the national team of Afghanistan.[9][10] He made his debut for Afghanistan in a friendly 2–1 win over Singapore on 23 March 2017.He then made a second appearance for Afghanistan which happened to be against Cambodia and helped them win 2-1 by scoring twice in the first half.[11]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 27 March 2018 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification | |
| 2. | 2–0 |
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