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{{short description|Afghan footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ahmad Hatifi
| image = Ahmad hatifie.jpg
| fullname = Ahmad Arash Hatifi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|3|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California]], United States<ref name=UCDavis>{{cite web|title=AHMAD HATIFIE|url=http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/ahmad_hatifie_168306.html|work=UC Davis|accessdate=2 November 2013|archive-date=28 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928215756/http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/ahmad_hatifie_168306.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| height = {{height|m=1.87}}
| currentclub = [[Oakland Stompers]]
| clubnumber = –
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = East Bay United/Bay Oaks
| collegeyears1 = 2005–2008
| college1 = [[UC Davis Aggies]]
| years1 = 2012–2013
| clubs1 = [[Bay Area Ambassadors]]
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2013–2014
| clubs2 = [[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]]
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2015–2016
| clubs3 = IFX Ballistic United
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2016–2018
| clubs4 = [[CD Aguiluchos USA]]
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| years5 = 2019–
| clubs5 = [[Oakland Stompers]]
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| nationalyears1 = 2011–
| nationalteam1 = [[Afghanistan national football team|Afghanistan]]
| nationalcaps1 = 34
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| club-update = 21 September 2021
| nationalteam-update = 1 February 2016
}}

'''Ahmad Arash Hatifi''' (born 13 March 1986) is a professional [[association football|football]] player who is a [[midfielder]] and currently plays for [[Oakland Stompers]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://buscadult.org/player/ahmad-hatifie/ |title=Ahmad Hatifie – IFX BUSC – ADULT SOCCER |access-date=2016-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125004610/http://buscadult.org/player/ahmad-hatifie/ |archive-date=2016-01-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Born in the United States, he represents the [[Afghanistan national football team|Afghanistan national team]].

==Career==

===Youth===
Born in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California]], Hatifi grew up in [[Alameda, California]] and attended [[Alameda High School]] where he captained the varsity soccer team.<ref name=UCDavis/> He then started to attend [[University of California, Davis]] in 2004 where he started to play for the soccer team in 2005.<ref name=UCDavis/> He captained the team in his junior and senior years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Afghan Premier Profile |url=http://afghanpremierfc.com/Text%20docs/Player%20Profiles/Arash%20Profile.pdf |work=Afghan Premier FC |accessdate=2 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106082633/http://afghanpremierfc.com/Text%20docs/Player%20Profiles/Arash%20Profile.pdf |archivedate=6 November 2013 }}</ref> After leaving college, Hatifi played for the [[Bay Area Ambassadors]] of the [[National Premier Soccer League]], the fourth tier of American soccer, from 2012 to 2013.<ref name=AP>{{cite web|title=Ahmad Hatifie|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/45874/Ahmad_Hatifie.html|work=National-Football-Teams|accessdate=2 November 2013}}</ref>

===Mumbai===
On 1 November 2013 it was confirmed that Hatifi had signed with [[Mumbai F.C.]] of the [[I-League]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mumbai FC rope in Afghanistan's Hashmatullah Barikzai and Ahmad Hatifie|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/11/01/4374696/mumbai-fc-rope-in-afghanistans-hashmatullah-barikzai-and?ICID=HP_BN_1|work=Goal.com|accessdate=2 November 2013}}</ref> He then made his debut for the side the next day against [[Bengaluru FC]] at the [[Balewadi Sports Complex]] in which he started and played 87 minutes as Mumbai drew the match 2–2.<ref>{{cite web|title=MUMBAI VS. BENGALURU 2 – 2|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/11/02/india/i-league/mumbai-fc/bengaluru/1585329/|work=Soccerway|accessdate=2 November 2013}}</ref>

==International==
In 2007, Hatifi was selected to play for [[Afghanistan national football team|Afghanistan]] in the World Cup qualifiers against [[Syria national football team|Syria]] and [[Sri Lanka national football team|Sri Lanka]].<ref name=AP/> He scored his first goal for his country on 20 August 2013 against [[Pakistan national football team|Pakistan]] in which he found the net in the 32nd minute as Afghanistan went on to win the match 3–0.<ref>{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Karen|title=Afghanistan beat Pakistan 3–0 in Kabul friendly|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23766790|date=20 August 2013|work=BBC|accessdate=16 August 2018}}</ref> He then won his first ever championship with Afghanistan on 11 September 2013 when his country won the [[2013 SAFF Championship]] by beating [[India national football team|India]] 2–0.<ref name=SAFF1>{{cite web|last=Bali|first=Rahul|title=Afghanistan 2–0 India: The Lions of Khorasan win their first ever SAFF Championship title|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/123521/afghanistan-vs-india/report|work=Goal.com|accessdate=2 November 2013}}</ref> On 22 May Hatifi scored the second goal in Afghanistan's 3–1 victory over [[Turkmenistan national football team|Turkmenistan]] at the [[2014 AFC Challenge Cup]]. This was also Afghanistan's first every victory at the [[AFC Challenge Cup]] in eight attempts.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFC Challenge Cup: Afghanistan 3–1 Turkmenistan |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-challenge-2014-cup-all-news/28644-afc-challenge-cup-afghanistan-vs-turkmenistan.html |work=[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] |date=23 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524004236/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-challenge-2014-cup-all-news/28644-afc-challenge-cup-afghanistan-vs-turkmenistan.html |archivedate=24 May 2014 }}</ref>

Unfortunately though after Afghanistan's 0–0 draw with [[Laos national football team|Laos]] that confirmed their progression out of the group stage, an accident occurred while the Afghan players were being driven back to their hotel. Hatifi suffered injuries along with teammates [[Zohib Islam Amiri]], [[Faisal Sakhizada]], [[Balal Arezou]], and [[Mustafa Azadzoy]], the latter of which will have to take three weeks off to recover, while Hatifi is set to miss two weeks. All five players are set to miss the semi-finals against [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]]. Former coach [[Mohammad Yousef Kargar]] and current coach [[Erich Rutemöller]] also suffered minor injuries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Afghan contingent suffers minor injuries in team bus accident |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-challenge-2014-cup-all-news/28666-afghan-contingent-suffers-minor-injuries-in-team-bus-accident.html |work=[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] |date=25 May 2014 |accessdate=25 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526111215/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-challenge-2014-cup-all-news/28666-afghan-contingent-suffers-minor-injuries-in-team-bus-accident.html |archivedate=26 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Five Afghan players to miss semi |url=http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/Five-Afghan-players-to-miss-semi-5447 |work=Maldives Soccer |date=25 May 2014 |accessdate=26 May 2014 |author=Shimaaz Ali |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526013910/http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/Five-Afghan-players-to-miss-semi-5447 |archive-date=2014-05-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Afghanistan is all over worried |url=http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/Afghanistan-is-all-over-worried-5449 |work=Maldives Soccer |date=25 May 2014 |accessdate=26 May 2014 |author=Mohamed Sajid |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527211421/http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/Afghanistan-is-all-over-worried-5449 |archive-date=2014-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Afghan five players injured due to the accident |url=http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/Afghan-five-players-injured-due-to-the-accident-5443 |work=Maldives Soccer |date=24 May 2014 |accessdate=26 May 2014 |author=Shimaaz Ali |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526011500/http://www.maldivesoccer.com/s/Afghan-five-players-injured-due-to-the-accident-5443 |archive-date=2014-05-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{updated|27 April 2014}}<ref>{{soccerway|ahmad-arash-hatifi/286737}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Federation Cup
!colspan="2"|Durand Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]]
|[[2013–14 I-League|2013–14]]
|[[I-League]]||15||1||0||0||—||—||—||—||15||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!15!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!15!!1
|}

===National team statistics===
{{Updated|2 November 2013}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | [[Afghanistan national football team|Afghanistan national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
|2011||3||0
|-
|2013||8||1
|-
!Total||11||1
|}

===International goals===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 20 August 2013 || [[Ghazi Stadium]], [[Kabul]], Afghanistan || {{fb|PAK}} || '''2'''–0 || 3–0 || [[International friendly]]
|-
| 2 || 22 May 2014 || [[Addu Football Stadium]], [[Addu City]], Maldives || {{fb|TKM}} || '''2'''–0 || 3–1 || [[2014 AFC Challenge Cup]]
|-
| 3 || 28 December 2015 || [[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], India || {{fb|MDV}} || '''3'''–1 || 4–1 || [[2015 SAFF Championship]]
|-
| 4 || 31 December 2015 || [[Trivandrum International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], India || {{fb|SRI}} || '''4'''–0 || 5–0 || [[2015 SAFF Championship]]
|}

==Honours==

'''Afghanistan'''
*[[SAFF Championship]]: [[2013 SAFF Championship|2013]]<ref name=SAFF1 />

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Oakland, California]]
[[Category:Soccer players from Alameda County, California]]
[[Category:Afghan men's footballers]]
[[Category:Afghanistan men's international footballers]]
[[Category:American men's soccer players]]
[[Category:American people of Afghan descent]]
[[Category:Sportspeople of Afghan descent]]
[[Category:Mumbai FC players]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in India]]
[[Category:Afghan expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Afghan expatriate sportspeople in India]]
[[Category:American expatriate men's soccer players]]
[[Category:American expatriate sportspeople in India]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Alameda, California]]
[[Category:University of California, Davis alumni]]

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