:Ata Yamrali

{{short description|German-Afghan footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ata Yamrali

| image =

| fullname = Ata Mohammed Yamrali

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|07|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kabul, Afghanistan

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Attacking midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = SC Poppenbüttel

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Hamburger SV

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs3 = TSV Sasel

| years1 = 2000–2001

| clubs1 = TSV Sasel

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2001–2002

| clubs2 = SC Victoria Hamburg

| caps2 = 13

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2002–2003

| clubs3 = Holstein Quickborn

| caps3 = 19

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2003–2005

| clubs4 = TSV Sasel

| caps4 = 47

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2005–2007

| clubs5 = FC St. Pauli II

| caps5 = 55

| goals5 = 10

| years6 = 2007–2008

| clubs6 = ASV Bergedorf

| caps6 = 9

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2008–2009

| clubs7 = Niendorfer TSV

| caps7 = 29

| goals7 = 5

| years8 = 2009–2010

| clubs8 = Wedeler TSV

| caps8 = 33

| goals8 = 5

| years9 = 2010–2012

| clubs9 = TSV Sasel

| caps9 =

| goals9 =

| years10 = 2012–2014

| clubs10 = VfL 93 Hamburg

| caps10 =

| goals10 =

| years11 = 2014–2015

| clubs11 = SV Uhlenhorst-Adler

| caps11 =

| goals11 =

| years12 = 2015–2016

| clubs12 = SC Poppenbüttel

| caps12 =

| goals12 =

| years13 = 2016–2020

| clubs13 = SC Alstertal/Langenhorn

| caps13 = 21

| goals13 = 3

| years14 = 2020–2022

| clubs14 = SC Poppenbüttel

| caps14 = 18

| goals14 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2007–2013

| nationalteam1 = Afghanistan

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 3

}}

Ata Yamrali (born 5 July 1982) is a German-Afghan former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Between 2007 and 2013 he made 12 appearances for the Afghanistan national team, scoring 3 goals.

Early life

Yamrali was born in Kabul. In 1985, when Yamrali was three years old and the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, his family fled from Kabul to Gumbat, Iran.{{cite news |last1=Glauche |first1=Peter |title=Fußballer zwischen zwei Welten |trans-title=Footballer between two worlds |url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article486310/Fussballer-zwischen-zwei-Welten.html |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=Welt |date=9 November 2001 |language=German}} Three years later, they moved to Hamburg, Germany.

Club career

Yamrali started playing club football at the age of 11, for SC Poppenbüttel{{cite news |last1=Havekost |first1=Folke |last2=Stahl |first2=Volker |title=WM-Qualifikation: Aus Norderstedt in die Nationalelf |trans-title=World Cup qualification: From Norderstedt to the national team |url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article1401245/Aus-Norderstedt-in-die-Nationalelf.html |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=Welt |date=26 November 2007 |language=German}} and also played youth football for Hamburger SV and TSV Sasel. Having a suffered a shin fracture in May 2001, he had become a regular starter for SC Victoria Hamburg, playing in the fifth-tier Verbandsliga Hamburg, by November.

International career

Yamrali scored his first international goal for Afghanistan in 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers against the hosts Kyrgyzstan, to ensure Afghanistan qualified for the finals. He was a member of the Afghanistan national team and appeared in two 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.{{FIFA player|284856|Ata Yamrali}}

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{NFT|12449|access-date=4 March 2021}}

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

DivisionAppsGoals
TSV Sasel

|2000–01

|

|
SC Victoria Hamburg

|2001–02

|Verbandsliga Hamburg

|13

2
Holstein Quickborn

|2002–03

|Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia

|19

1
rowspan="3"|TSV Sasel

|2003–04

|rowspan="2"|Oberliga Hamburg

|27

4
2004–05

|20

0
colspan="2"|Total

!47||4

rowspan="3"|FC St. Pauli II

|2005–06

|rowspan="2"|Oberliga Nord

|30

4
2006–07

|26

6
colspan="2"|Total

!56||10

ASV Bergedorf

|2007–08

|Oberliga Nord

|9

1
Niendorfer TSV

|2008–09

|Oberliga Hamburg

|29

5
Wedeler TSV

|2009–10

|Oberliga Hamburg

|33

5
rowspan="3"|TSV Sasel

|2010–11

|Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa

|
2011–12

|Oberliga Hamburg

|33

1
colspan="2"|Total

!||

rowspan="3"|VfL 93 Hamburg

|2012–13

|

|
2013–14

|

|
colspan="2"|Total

!||

SV Uhlenhorst-Adler

|2014–15

|

|
rowspan="3"|SC Poppenbüttel

|2014–15

|

|
2015–16

|

|2

1
colspan="2"|Total

!||

rowspan="5"|SC Alstertal/Langenhorn

|2016–17

|

|6

1
2017–18

|

|5

1
2018–19

|

|10

1
2019–20

|

|0

0
colspan="2"|Total

!21||3

rowspan="3"|SC Poppenbüttel

|2020–21

|

|3

2
2021–22

|

|15

5
colspan="2"|Total

!18||7

colspan="3"|Career total

!||

=International=

:Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yamrali goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Ata Yamrali

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|17 May 2008Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan{{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Kyrgyzstanalign="center"|1–0align="center"|1–02008 AFC Challenge Cup
align="center"|25 December 2011New Delhi, India{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Sri Lankaalign="center"|3–1align="center"|3–12011 SAFF Championship
align="center"|37 December 2011New Delhi, India{{flagicon|Bhutan}} Bhutanalign="center"|1–0align="center"|8–12011 SAFF Championship

References