Saman Ghoddos

Saman Ghoddos (born 6 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, striker or winger for Premier League club Brentford and the Iranian national team. He also previously played for the Swedish national team.

Club Career

Ostersund

2016 season

Saman Ghoddos scored 10 league goals in his first season in the Allsvenskan for Ostersunds FK, including their first top-flight goal in his Allsvenskan debut on 4 April 2016 against Hammarby IF. He scored a brace at his hometown club Malmo FF on 22 October in Swedbank Stadion. After his good performances in the 2016 season, Ghoddos drew interest from German club Hertha Berlin and Dutch club Ajax.

2017 season

Ghoddos started the 2017 season in fine form, leading Ostersund to the Swedish Cup final with six goals in six games, including an acrobatic goal in the quarter-final against Trelleborgs FF and a brace in the semi-final against Hacken. He scored his seventh domestic cup goal of the season in the final, leading Ostersund to the second qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League with manager Graham Potter.

In his UEFA debut, Ghoddos scored a goal and provided an assist for a 2–0 win against Galatasaray on 13 July 2017. In the return leg, Ghoddos won a penalty with a dribble past Fernando Muslera. In a league match on 13 August, he scored a long-range goal from 40 meters out against Hammarby IF in Stockholm's Tele2 Arena. On 24 August, Ghoddos scored two goals in the Europa League play-offs against PAOK to qualify his team to the group stages of the competition. He scored the club's first tournament proper goal in their group stage debut on 14 September. He won the attacker of the year award at the end of the 2017 Allsvenskan season. On 23 November, Ghoddos scored the winning goal to send his club to the knockout phase of the Europa League.

2018 season

• Saman Ghoddos