William Atashkadeh

{{Infobox football biography

| name = William Atashkadeh

| image = William Atashkade crop.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption =

| fullname = William Philip Siros Atashkadeh

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|04|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

| height = {{height|m=1.81}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1996–2002

| youthclubs1 = Azalea BK

| youthyears2 = 2002–2010

| youthclubs2 = IFK Göteborg

| years1 = 2010–2011

| years2 = 2011–2014

| years3 = 2015–2018

| clubs1 = IFK Göteborg

| clubs2 = Örebro SK

| clubs3 = Örgryte IS

| caps1 = 5

| caps2 = 37

| caps3 = 71

| goals1 = 1

| goals2 = 7

| goals3 = 34

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 2009–2011

| nationalteam1 = Sweden U17

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| medaltemplates =

| club-update = 23 May 2018

| nationalteam-update = 19 March 2013

}}

William Atashkadeh ({{langx|fa|ویلیام آتشکده}}; born 12 April 1992 in Gothenburg) is an Iranian-Swedish footballer. He has been capped by the Sweden men's national under-19 football team.{{cite web|url=http://www.persianfootball.com/forums/showthread.php?106276-Swedish-Iranians-2013|title=Swedish Iranians Fan Thread |publisher=PersianFootball.com|date= |accessdate=20 January 2013}}

Club career

William Atashkadeh was born in Gothenburg and began his career with IFK Göteborg.{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=5814|title=William Atashkadeh — svenskfotboll.se|publisher=svenskfotboll.se|accessdate=25 July 2016}} After a successful 2012 campaign with Örebro SK in the Swedish Allsvenskan, which included scoring 6 goals in 16 appearances, Atashkadeh injured himself and returned to play only 9 games in the 2013 campaign.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/william-atashkadeh/72677/|title=Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|publisher=int.soccerway.com|accessdate=25 July 2016}} He joined Örgryte IS in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.gp.se/sport/fotboll/ois/1.2802810-ois-vann-pliktskyldigt-over-jumbon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817014346/http://www.gp.se:80/sport/fotboll/ois/1.2802810-ois-vann-pliktskyldigt-over-jumbon |archive-date=2015-08-17 |url-status=dead|title=Öis vann pliktskyldigt över jumbon - Öis - Göteborgs-Posten|accessdate=25 July 2016}} Atashkadeh was Örgryte's leading goalscorer in the 2015 Division 1 season with 20 goals in 22 league matches.{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/cuper-och-serier/information/?scr=scorers&ftid=57210|title=Skytteliga - Div 1 Södra, herrar — svenskfotboll.se|publisher=svenskfotboll.se|accessdate=25 July 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/william-atashkadeh/72677/|title=Sweden - W. Atashkadeh - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|publisher=uk.soccerway.com|accessdate=25 July 2016}}

International career

Atashkadeh played for the Sweden men's national under-19 football team.{{cite web|url=https://www.persianfootball.com/news/2013/03/19/swedish-iranian-william-atashkadeh-to-join-team-melli/|title=Swedish-Iranian William Atashkadeh to join Team Melli|publisher=persianfootball.com|accessdate=25 July 2016}} On 19 March 2013, Atashkadeh was invited by Iran manager Carlos Queiroz for their 2015 Asian Cup qualifying camp and trained with them but did not make his first senior international appearance.{{cite web|url=https://www.persianfootball.com/news/2013/04/08/14249/|title=Exclusive interview with William Atashkadeh|publisher=persianfootball.com|accessdate=25 July 2016}}[https://soundcloud.com/gol-bezan/interview-omid-namazi Interview]: Omid Namazi

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Division !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
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Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="3"\|Göteborg \|rowspan="2"\|Allsvenskan \|2009 \|0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	1	0
2010 \|5	1	0	0	0	0	–	–	5	1
colspan=2\|Total !5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
rowspan="5"\|Örebro \|rowspan="2"\|Allsvenskan \|2011 \|12	1	1	0	0	0	–	–	13	1
2012 \|16	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	16	6
rowspan="1"\|Superettan \|2013 \|9	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	10	0
rowspan="1"\|Allsvenskan \|2014 \|0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
colspan=2\|Total !37	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	39	7
rowspan="5"\|Örgryte \|rowspan="1"\|Division 1 \|2015 \|22	20	0	0	–	–	2	0	24	20
rowspan="3"\|Superettan \|2016 \|26	9	1	0	–	–	–	–	27	9
2017 \|23	5	1	0	–	–	1	1	25	6
2018 \|0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
colspan=2\|Total !71	34	2	0	0	0	3	1	76	35
colspan=3\|Career total !113	42	5	0	0	0	3	1	121	43