Afrden Asqer

{{short description|Chinese association football player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Patronymic name|Afrden|Asqer|his}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Afrden Asqer

| image = Afrden Asqer.png

| caption = Afrden in 2024

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|9|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kashgar, Xinjiang, China

| height = 1.75 m

| currentclub = Shanghai Port

| clubnumber = 18

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017

| youthclubs1 = Shaanxi Laochenggen

| youthyears2 = 2017

| youthclubs2 = Shimizu S-Pulse

| youthyears3 = 2017–2018

| youthclubs3 = Kashima Antlers

| youthyears4 = 2018–2020

| youthclubs4 = Guangzhou Evergrande

| years1 = 2020–2024

| clubs1 = Guangzhou FC

| caps1 = 33

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2020

| clubs2 = → China U19 (loan)

| caps2 = 8

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2021

| clubs3 = → China U20 (loan)

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2021

| clubs4 = → Suzhou Dongwu (loan)

| caps4 = 24

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2023

| clubs5 = → Mjällby AIF (loan)

| caps5 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2024

| clubs6 = → Wuhan Three Towns (loan)

| caps6 = 16

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2025-

| clubs7 = Shanghai Port

| caps7 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2017-2018

| nationalteam1 = China U16

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2019-2023

| nationalteam2 = China U20

| nationalcaps2 = 10

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2023-

| nationalteam3 = China U23

| nationalcaps3 = 5

| nationalgoals3 = 1

| club-update = 14:21, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 14:01, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

}}

Afrden Asqer ({{zh|s=艾菲尔丁.艾斯卡尔|t=|p=Àifēi'ěrdīng Àisīkǎ'ěr}}; born 15 September 2003) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port.

Club career

=Early career=

Born in Kashgar, Xinjiang, trained in Xi'an, Shaanxi, Afrden played for Shaanxi Laochenggen until 2017, when he moved to Japan to sign for Shimizu S-Pulse.{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/165540051_515187/?pvid=000115_3w_a&fbclid=IwAR0pP-x8rKLLph56ISB-IAcYdUyffNWOzuD2HjAZDh8MZUoN1CEP6-nHy-M|title=新疆小将加盟J联赛清水心跳U18队,曾入选国少|trans-title=Xinjiang teenager joins the J-League Shimizu S-Pulse U18 team and was selected as a national junior|date=18 August 2017|accessdate=25 December 2021|website=sohu.com|language=Chinese}} While in Japan, he also played for Kashima Antlers.

In 2018, he returned to China to join the youth ranks of Guangzhou FC.{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/463121960_548711|title=恒大淘到宝了!17岁天才闪耀中甲 首秀贡献1球1助攻|trans-title=Evergrande has found a treasure! 17-year-old genius shines in China's first show with 1 goal and 1 assist|date=26 April 2021|accessdate=25 December 2021|website=sohu.com|language=Chinese}} Afrden went on to represent the China under-19 and under-20 teams in the China League Two in 2020 and 2021.{{cite web|url=https://new.qq.com/omn/20210511/20210511A040FX00.html|title=艾菲尔丁-艾斯卡尔入选U20国家队,苏州东吴损失锋线悍将!|trans-title=Afrden Afrden was selected for the U20 national team, Suzhou Dongwu lost the striker champion!|date=11 May 2021|accessdate=25 December 2021|website=new.qq.com|language=Chinese}}

=2021 season=

While also representing the China under-20 select in League Two, Afrden also played for Suzhou Dongwu in League One, again on loan from Guangzhou.

In March 2023, Afrden signed for Allsvenskan club Mjällby AIF on loan for the 2023 season with the option to make the move permanent.{{cite web|url=https://www.maif.se/nyheter/?ID=105037&NID=1014725|trans-title=Welcome to Mjällby AIF, Afrden Asqer!|title=Välkommen till Mjällby AIF, Afrden Asqer!|language=Swedish|website=www.maif.se|date=29 March 2023|accessdate=29 March 2023}}

=Shanghai Port=

On 6 January 2025, Guangzhou FC failed to acquire the entry permission into the 2025 league due to historical debts, all players were released as free agents.{{cite web|url=https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1820506579740154286&wfr=spider&for=pc|title=未获准入!中超八冠王广州队宣布解散|date=6 January 2025|accessdate=20 January 2025|website=baijiahao.baidu.com|language=Chinese}}On 27 January 2025, Afrden signed Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port. {{cite web|url=https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1822374907244422303&wfr=spider&for=pc|title=上海海港官宣明天、艾菲尔丁、刘若钒3人加盟!|date=27 January 2025|accessdate=27 January 2025|website=baijiahao.baidu.com|language=Chinese}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|27 July 2021}}.{{Soccerway|afrden-asqer/698239}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="3"|Guangzhou FC

|2020

|rowspan="2"|Chinese Super League

|0

000colspan="2"|–0000
2021

|0

000colspan="2"|–0000
colspan=2 | Total

!0

000000000
China U19 (loan)

|2020

|rowspan="2"|China League Two

|8

300colspan="2"|–0083
China U20 (loan)

|2021

|3

000colspan="2"|–0030
Suzhou Dongwu (loan)

|2021

|China League One

|24

200colspan="2"|–00242
colspan=3 | Career total

!35

5000000355

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References