Zubayr Amiri

Zubayr Amiri (Dari: زبیر امیري; born 2 May 1990) is a Afghan footballer who plays for SC Hessen Dreieich and the Afghanistan national team. Amiri operates in midfield, and can also play in a more attacking role; he is considered a versatile player because he is proficient with both feet. He has previously played for Viktoria Aschaffenburg and Eintracht Frankfurt II.

Club Career

Amiri was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. After playing youth football for 1.FC Langendiebach, TSV 1860 Hanau and Viktoria Aschaffenburg, he began his senior career at Viktoria Aschaffenburg in the 2009–10 season, in which the club competed in the Hessenliga. Amiri had a successful season, playing twenty-eight of Viktoria's thirty-six games and also scoring twice, but he left the club at the end of the season after they went into administration and were relegated, despite finishing in eighth place. As a result of this, Amiri transferred to Eintracht Frankfurt II for the 2010–11 season.

Amiri made his debut for Frankfurt in a 3–2 loss to Hessen Kassel on 1 September 2010. In the midfielder's first season at the club, Frankfurt finished sixth in the Regionalliga Sud. Amiri featured in twenty-four of Frankfurt's thirty matches, scoring one goal. He also contributed eight assists, doubling the number of goals he created at Viktoria Aschaffenburg. His first goal for Frankfurt came in a 4–0 home win over 1860 Munich on 7 December 2010.

After being released by Eintracht Frankfurt, Amiri joined Regionalliga Sud club FC Bayern Alzenau in December 2011. He was given the number 11 shirt by the club. Later that month, Amiri helped Alzenau's under–23 side win the SV Heitzenroder-Silvestercup indoor football tournament. Amiri was the tournament's fourth–top scorer with 7 goals. The midfielder made his league debut for the club on 3 March 2012, coming on as a substitute for Patrick Armhein in a 3–1 defeat to Stuttgarter Kickers. He went on to make five more appearances for the side. Amiri's last league appearance for Alzenau came