Fadi Afash

{{Short description|Syrian footballer (born 1974)}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2011}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fadi Afash

| image =

| fullname = Fadi Afash

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|01|04}}

| birth_place = Aleppo, Syria

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

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| years1 = ??–??

| years2 = ??–2001

| years3 = 2002–2005

| clubs1 = Stanislaus County Cruisers

| clubs2 = Utah Blitzz

| clubs3 = Portland Timbers

| caps1 = ?

| caps2 = ?

| caps3 = 53

| goals1 = ?

| goals2 = ?

| goals3 = 27

| nationalyears1 = ??–??

| nationalteam1 = Syria

| nationalcaps1 = ?

| nationalgoals1 = ?

| pcupdate = 14:35, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 14:04, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

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Fadi Afash (born 4 January 1974 in Syria) is a former football player, most notably with the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division. Afash is best known among Timbers fans for scoring the "Sunshine Goal", a goal that not only carried a strong emotional connection for many fans{{Cite web|url = http://timbersarmy.org/usl-memories-the-sunshine-goal|title = USL Memories: The Sunshine Goal|date = 21 Feb 2011|access-date = 16 Mar 2015|website = Timbers Army|publisher = |last = Grzybowski|first = Lucas|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20150316173536/http://timbersarmy.org/usl-memories-the-sunshine-goal|archive-date = 2015-03-16}} but also won the Timbers the 2004 regular-season championship of the USL First Division.{{Cite web|url = http://soccercityusa.pdxcite.net/timbers/mil082904.htm|title = Afash back-heel has Timbers at top of the table|date = 29 Aug 2004|accessdate = 16 Mar 2015|website = The Timber Mill|publisher = Soccer City USA|last = |first = }} On January 22, 2010 he was ranked 15th in the USL Second Division Top 15 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.{{cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/395254.html |title=USL-2 Top 15 of the Decade |access-date=2010-01-26 |work=USLsoccer.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126084842/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/395254.html |archive-date=2010-01-26 }}