American association football player
Hailai Arghandiwal (Pashto: هیلی ارغندیوال; born 22 April 1996) is a professional soccer player[2] who plays as a midfielder. Born in the United States, she represented the Afghanistan national team.
Club career
Arghandiwal agreed a transfer to Italian Serie A club Florentia in December 2018.[3] She became an MSV Duisburg player in 2019.[4]
International career
In 2010, as a 14-year-old high school pupil from Northern California, Arghandiwal was selected for the Afghanistan national team at the 2010 SAFF Women's Championship in Bangladesh. Her experiences at the tournament inspired her to become a campaigner for women's rights in Afghanistan.[5] She was the national team captain at the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka.[6]
She played in the Oakland Roots' Justice Match on 10 October 2020.[7]
International goals
References
- ^ "#10 - Hailai Arghandiwal - Pleasanton Rage ECNL U15". ECNL. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Smith, Michelle (29 November 2013). "Humbled by her teammates' courage". ESPN W. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Hailai Arghandiwal È Una Giocatrice Della Florentia!" (in Italian). C.F. Florentia. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Sophie Serbini, Jonathan Harding (27 December 2019). "Hailai Arghandiwal : "C'est une époque incroyable pour être une femme dans le sport et dans le foot"" (in French). dw.com.
- ^ "Hailai Arghandiwal: Soccer Champion". Muslim American Leadership Alliance. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Fancher, Lou (2 October 2012). "Dublin High student plays in Sri Lankan world soccer tourney". The Mercury News. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Oakland Roots on Twitter
External links
- Hailai Arghandiwal at WorldFootball.net
- Hailai Argandiwal at Goalzz.com (also in Arabic at Kooora.com)
- Hailai Arghandiwal on X
- Profile Archived 10 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine at Santa Clara Broncos
