Arash Bayat

{{Short description|Iranian-Swedish footballer}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Arash Bayat

| image =

| fullname = Arash Bayat

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|07|19}}

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

| height = {{height

| m = 1.74

| precision = 0}}

| position = Central midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1993

| youthclubs1 = IK Östria Lambohov

| youthyears2 = 1994–2000

| youthclubs2 = Västra Frölunda IF

| years1 = 2000–2005

| clubs1 = Västra Frölunda IF

| caps1 = 95

| goals1 = 17

| years2 = 2006–2008

| clubs2 = GIF Sundsvall[http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t3allpl.aspx?p=152184&playerid=1673 Bayat's profile on svenskfotboll.se]

| caps2 = 63

| goals2 = 13

| years3 = 2008

| clubs3 = → IFK Mariehamn (loan)[http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Player.aspx?ID=13001300 Bayat's profile on veikkausliiga.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720155936/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Player.aspx?ID=13001300 |date=July 20, 2011 }}

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2009

| clubs4 = Qviding FIF

| caps4 = 29

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2010

| clubs5 = Ljungskile SK

| caps5 = 22

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2011–2012

| clubs6 = Assyriska BK

| caps6 = 39

| goals6 = 6

| years7 = 2013–2015

| clubs7 = Qviding FIF

| caps7 = 53

| goals7 = 12

| years8 = 2016–2017

| clubs8 = Västra Frölunda IF

| caps8 = 17

| goals8 = 2

| totalcaps = 328

| totalgoals = 60

| nationalyears1 = 1999–2000

| nationalteam1 = Sweden U17

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2001

| nationalteam2 = Sweden U19

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 24 May 2019

}}

Arash Bayat ({{langx|fa|آرش بیات}}; born July 19, 1983) is a former Iranian-Swedish footballer, Arash was voted the best middle eastern player of Sweden in 4 different time: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005.