Ata Yamrali

Ata Yamrali

Personal information
Full name	Ata Mohammed Yamrali
Date of birth	(1982-07-05)5 July 1982
Place of birth	Kabul,Afghanistan
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	SC Poppenbüttel
	Hamburger SV
	TSV Sasel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	TSV Sasel
2001–2002	SC Victoria Hamburg	13	(2)
2002–2003	Holstein Quickborn	19	(1)
2003–2005	TSV Sasel	47	(4)
2005–2007	FC St. Pauli II	55	(10)
2007–2008	ASV Bergedorf	9	(1)
2008–2009	Niendorfer TSV	29	(5)
2009–2010	Wedeler TSV	33	(5)
2010–2012	TSV Sasel
2012–2014	VfL 93 Hamburg
2014–2015	SV Uhlenhorst-Adler
2015–2016	SC Poppenbüttel
2016–2020	SC Alstertal/Langenhorn	21	(3)
2020–2022	SC Poppenbüttel	18	(7)
International career
2007–2013	Afghanistan	12	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ata Yamrali(born 5 July 1982) is a German-Afghan formerfootballerwho played as anattacking midfielder.Between 2007 and 2013 he made 12 appearances for theAfghanistan national team,scoring 3 goals.

Early life

Yamrali was born inKabul.In 1985, when Yamrali was three years old and the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, his family fled from Kabul toGumbat,Iran.Three years later, they moved toHamburg,Germany.

Club career

Yamrali started playing club football at the age of 11, for SC Poppenbütteland also played youth football forHamburger SVandTSV Sasel.Having a suffered a shin fracture in May 2001, he had become a regular starter forSC Victoria Hamburg,playing in the fifth-tierVerbandsliga Hamburg,by November.

International career

Yamrali scored his first international goal for Afghanistan in2008 AFC Challenge Cupqualifiers against the hostsKyrgyzstan,to ensure Afghanistan qualified for the finals. He was a member of theAfghanistan national teamand appeared in two2010 FIFA World Cupqualifying matches.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League
		Division	Apps	Goals
TSV Sasel	2000–01
SC Victoria Hamburg	2001–02	Verbandsliga Hamburg	13	2
Holstein Quickborn	2002–03	Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia	19	1
TSV Sasel	2003–04	Oberliga Hamburg	27	4
	2004–05		20	0
	Total		47	4
FC St. Pauli II	2005–06	Oberliga Nord	30	4
	2006–07		26	6
	Total		56	10
ASV Bergedorf	2007–08	Oberliga Nord	9	1
Niendorfer TSV	2008–09	Oberliga Hamburg	29	5
Wedeler TSV	2009–10	Oberliga Hamburg	33	5
TSV Sasel	2010–11	Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa
	2011–12	Oberliga Hamburg	33	1
	Total
VfL 93 Hamburg	2012–13
	2013–14
	Total
SV Uhlenhorst-Adler	2014–15
SC Poppenbüttel	2014–15
	2015–16		2	1
	Total
SC Alstertal/Langenhorn	2016–17		6	1
	2017–18		5	1
	2018–19		10	1
	2019–20		0	0
	Total		21	3
SC Poppenbüttel	2020–21		3	2
	2021–22		15	5
	Total		18	7
Career total

International

Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yamrali goal.

List of international goals scored by Ata Yamrali

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 May 2008	Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	1–0	1–0	2008 AFC Challenge Cup
2	5 December 2011	New Delhi,India	Sri Lanka	3–1	3–1	2011 SAFF Championship
3	7 December 2011	New Delhi, India	Bhutan	1–0	8–1	2011 SAFF Championship