William Atashkadeh

William Atashkadeh
Personal information
Full name	William Philip Siros Atashkadeh
Date of birth	12 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1996–2002	Azalea BK
2002–2010	IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2011	IFK Göteborg
2011–2014	Örebro SK
2015–2018	Örgryte IS
International career‡
2009–2011	Sweden U17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 March 2013

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

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 men's 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
Club	Division	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Göteborg	Allsvenskan	2009	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	1	0
	Allsvenskan	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
	Allsvenskan	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

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

External links

William Atashkadeh at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
#26 William Atashkadeh at ifkdb.com

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[1] "Swedish Iranians Fan Thread". PersianFootball.com. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

[svenskfotboll-2] "William Atashkadeh — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

[soccerway-3] "Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

[gp-4] "Öis vann pliktskyldigt över jumbon - Öis - Göteborgs-Posten". Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

[svenskfotboll2-5] "Skytteliga - Div 1 Södra, herrar — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

[soccerway2-6] "Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

[persianfootball-7] "Swedish-Iranian William Atashkadeh to join Team Melli". persianfootball.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

[persianfootball2-8] "Exclusive interview with William Atashkadeh". persianfootball.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

[9] Interview: Omid Namazi

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