Jabar Sharza

Jabar Sharza (Dari: جبار شرزه, born 6 April 1994) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Abu Muslim FC, which plays in the Afghanistan Champions League. He is a member of the Afghanistan national football team.

Youth career Sharza began his youth career with Lyngby Boldklub. Sharza played also in the youth of Gentofte before making his debut for the senior team.

Club career Gentofte Sharza played 5 games for the Danish club and scored 5 goals. He made a free transfer to Brønshøj in the 2014–2015 season.

Brønshøj Boldklub After making just 2 appearances in the 1st division, he played the 2015–2016 season with Brønshøj in the 2nd division. Sharza scored 19 goals in 29 games, before making a transfer to Akademisk.

Akademisk Boldklub Sharza made an immediate impact in the 2016–2017 season for Akademisk with scoring off freekicks.

Fremad Amager Sharza signed for Fremad Amager in June 2017, and left the club at the end of 2018.

HIFK On 21 July 2019, newly promoted Finnish Veikkausliiga club HIFK announced, that they had signed a 1.5-year contract with Sharza.

Persela Lamongan On 25 September 2021, Sharza signed a one-year contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club Persela Lamongan on a free transfer. On 3 October, Sharza made his first league debut in a 3–0 loss against Arema as a substitute for Riyatno Abiyoso in the 74th minute at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium. On 16 October, Sharza scored his first goal for Persela against Madura United in the 55th minute at the Maguwoharjo Stadium, Sleman.

Return to Brønshøj After two years in Swedish football, Sharza returned to Brønshøj Boldklub in March 2024.

International career Sharza was called up in January for the national team of Afghanistan. He made his debut for Afghanistan in a friendly 2–1 win over Singapore on 23 March 2017. He then made a second appearance for Afghanistan which happened to be against Cambodia and helped them win 2–1 by scoring twice in the first half.

On 12 October 2023, Sharza scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Mongolia in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Career statistics Club

International goals Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first.

No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 27 March 2018 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 1–0 2–1 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2. 2–0 3. 7 September 2023 Bashundhara Kings Arena, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1–0 1–1 Friendly 4. 12 October 2023 Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 1–0 1–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification