Iranian-born Australian football player

Daniel Arzani ( persian : دانیال ارزانی ; born 4 January 1999 ) is an australian master football player who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for Lommel SK in the Belgian First Division B, on loan from Manchester City, and the australian national team. [ 3 ]

Club career [edit ]

Sydney FC [edit ]

Daniel Arzani played for the young person team of Sydney FC in 2016. [ 4 ]

Melbourne City FC [edit ]

2016–17 temper [edit ]

Arzani started playing for Melbourne City in 2016. [ 5 ] On 28 January 2017, Arzani scored a goal for Melbourne City Youth in the Grand Final to win the 2016–17 A-League National Youth League. [ 6 ]

2017–18 season [edit ]

On 6 January 2018 during their 2017–18 season, Arzani was brought on as a utility with the senior side and provided two assists in a 2–1 rejoinder win against Wellington Phoenix FC. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] He provided two more assists in his beginning senior originate on 9 January against Perth Glory FC. [ 9 ] Arzani scored his first A-League finish on 25 January 2018 against Newcastle Jets FC. [ 10 ] After precisely four starts from his cabaret ‘s 18 league games, Arzani led his team for the most successful dribbles with 31. [ 11 ] He won the A-League player of the month award for his performances in January. [ 12 ] By April 2018, Arzani led the league in successful dribbles with 89, provided the most assists out of all under-23 players in the league, and was nominated for the A-League Young Footballer of the Year award. [ 13 ] At the conclusion of the temper, it was announced that he won the award. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] He was subsequently named in the A-League Team of the Season. [ 16 ] In July 2018, Arzani won the Harry Kewell Medal for the best australian male under-23 player. [ 17 ]

Manchester City [edit ]

On 9 August 2018, Arzani moved from Melbourne City to fellow City Football Group club Manchester City, with his new club indicating they intended to lend him to another side. [ 18 ]

lend to Celtic [edit ]

On 17 August 2018, Arzani was loaned to Scottish champions Celtic on a biennial lend manage. [ 19 ] Arzani scored a exempt kick for the Celtic Academy on 17 September 2018 against Aberdeen. [ 20 ] He was given his first gear team debut by director Brendan Rodgers on 31 October 2018 in a scottish Premiership equal against Dundee. [ 21 ] He suffered a tear ACL on debut, ruling him out for the 2019 AFC asian Cup and the rest of the Celtic season, a well as the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Arzani made his rejoinder from wound on 17 September 2019 in a celtic reserves match against Hibernian. [ 24 ] He made his return to the Celtic first team on 18 January 2020 under coach Neil Lennon in a scottish Cup match against Partick Thistle. [ 25 ] Arzani scored his final goal for Celtic in a reserves match against English Championship side Middlesbrough on 11 February 2020. [ 26 ]

lend to Utrecht [edit ]

On 7 August 2020, Arzani joined Dutch Eredivisie side FC Utrecht on loanword ahead of their 2020–21 season. [ 27 ] He made his cabaret debut in a friendly match against the Go Ahead Eagles the follow day on 8 August 2020. [ 28 ] He provided his first assist for the cabaret in his following friendly meet against AFC Ajax at the Johan Cruyff Arena on 13 August 2020 and made his Eredivisie debut in their open meet at VVV-Venlo on 18 September 2020. [ 29 ] He had his first aid in the Eredivisie from a corner on 27 September 2020 during his next match against RKC Waalwijk. [ 30 ] Arzani subsequently made his Jong Utrecht introduction on 19 October 2020 against Jong Ajax before making his dutch Cup debut for the senior team against FC Dordrecht on 27 October 2020 with an aid to Sander van de Streek. [ 31 ] Arzani scored his first base goal for Jong Utrecht on 4 December 2020 in a league couple against Almere City FC. [ 32 ]

loan to Aarhus [edit ]

On 26 January 2021, Arzani joined AGF in the Danish Superliga on lend during the 2020–21 season. [ 33 ] He scored a goal on his golf club debut in a friendly match against AC Horsens on 3 February 2021 and made his league introduction against Lyngby on 7 February 2021. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] He made his danish Cup debut in the following match on 10 February against B.93 Copenhagen. [ 36 ] Arzani made two appearances for the reserve side within his beginning month, scoring in both matches. [ 37 ] He made his final examination appearance of the temper on 28 May 2021 in a european play-off equal against AaB, helping his team reach the qualification rounds of the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League. [ 38 ]

loan to Lommel [edit ]

On 19 August 2021, Arzani joined City Football Group -owned Lommel SK in the belgian moment division on loan, scoring a finish on his club debut during a trial on 8 August in a friendly catch against Eredivisie slope RKC Waalwijk. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] He made his competitive debut for the club on 21 August in a league match against Mouscron during the 2021–22 season. [ 41 ] Arzani scored his first league goal for the club on 11 December 2021 against Mouscron at the Stade Le Canonnier. [ 42 ]

International career [edit ]

youth [edit ]

Arzani has played for Australia at the under-17, under-20 and under-23 levels, and was called into Australia ‘s 2014 AFC U-16 Championship and 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads. [ 43 ] Due to his iranian heritage, Arzani was eligible to represent both Iran and Australia at international level. In February 2018, Arzani stated that he was leaning more towards representing Australia over Iran. [ 44 ] Arzani returned to the under-23 team in October 2019 for Australia ‘s Olympic qualifying preparations ahead of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship. [ 45 ] Manager Graham Arnold stated Arzani would be missing the tournament due to his ongoing recovery procedure before noting that he could be added to their Olympic police squad should Australia qualify. [ 23 ] [ 46 ]

Arzani scored his first finish for the under-23 team on 12 June 2021, scoring a brace in a friendly match against Mexico during Olympic preparations in Marbella. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] On 28 June 2021, Arzani was named in the Olyroos Olympic team. [ 49 ] He made his Olympic debut on 22 July 2021, starting the couple and playing 79 minutes in a 2–0 acquire over Argentina at the Sapporo Dome. [ 50 ] Arzani played in all three group stage matches against Argentina, Spain, and Egypt. [ 51 ]

aged [edit ]

At the age of 19, Arzani was called into Australia ‘s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 7 May 2018. [ 52 ] He made his international debut for Australia as an 84th-minute utility for Mathew Leckie in a friendly match against the Czech Republic on 1 June 2018. [ 53 ] He was named in Bert van Marwijk ’ s final examination 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup the follow day, becoming the youngest ever australian musician in a World Cup police squad american samoa well as the youngest player overall at the 2018 World Cup. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Arzani scored his first base international goal for Australia one minute after being substituted on in the adjacent friendly catch for a 2–1 win against Hungary on 9 June 2018. [ 56 ] He made his World Cup debut on 16 June 2018 as an 84th minute substitute against France. [ 57 ] At the age of 19 years and 163 days he became the youngest player to ever make a World Cup appearance for Australia. [ 58 ] Arzani was used as a substitute in all three World Cup matches against France, Denmark and Peru. [ 59 ] In August 2021, Arzani was called into the Australia squad for the originate of the third round off of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. [ 60 ]

style of toy [edit ]

Arzani has been praised for his immediate accelerate and nice dribble, capable of playing across either wing or in behind the striker. [ 61 ] He played street football and futsal from a new age. [ 2 ] [ 62 ]

personal life [edit ]

Born in Iran to Sima and John Arzani along with his brother Ben, Daniel moved to Australia with his syndicate at the historic period of seven and was raised in Sydney before moving to Melbourne. [ 2 ] [ 63 ] [ 64 ] He is eloquent in English and Persian. [ 43 ] Arzani is a former student of Sydney Boys High School and La Trobe University. [ 65 ] [ 66 ]
Arzani has a contract with american sportswear supplier Nike. [ 67 ]

career statistics [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

As of 5 May 2021[5]

International [edit ]

Statistics accurate as of match played 8 November 2018.[70]
Australia
Year Apps Goals
2018 6 1
Total 6 1

International goals [edit ]

As of 9 June 2018 Scores and results list Australia’s goal tally first.[5]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 June 2018 Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary 2  Hungary 1–0 2–1 Friendly

Honours [edit ]

cabaret [edit ]

Melbourne City

individual [edit ]

References [edit ]