Mustafa Hadid

Mustafa Hadid is an Afghan former footballer who played as a right-back or forward. Hadid also played for the Afghanistan national team.

Club career

Born in Kabul, Hadid moved to Hamburg with his family in 2016, escaping the Third Afghan Civil War. He began his career in 1998 in the youth side of TuS Germania Schnelsen before joining the U-19 of Hamburger SV in summer 2004. He played in the Under 19 Bundesliga for Hamburger SV and returned to his first club TuS Germania Schnelsen in 2006. After one season in the Oberliga Hamburg for TuS Germania Schnelsen, he signed in summer 2007 for Eintracht Norderstedt. In August 2008, it was announced Hadid would play his former club Germania Schnelsen with Eintracht Norderstedt.
Hadid joined Altona 93 in 2009, where he was deployed as a right-back instead of a forward as he had been previously. In April 2016, while at Altona 93, he suffered an Anterior cruciate ligament injury in match against former club Eintracht Norderstedt.

International career

Hadid played in Afghanistan national team's first friendly match at home in ten years against Pakistan. He won the 2013 SAFF Championship with Afghanistan. In January 2016, he competed with Afghanistan at the 2015 SAFF Championship. He played the full 120 minutes in the final against India which Afghanistan lost 2–1.