William Atashkadeh


William Atashkadeh is an Iranian-Swedish footballer. He has been capped by the Sweden men's national under-19 football team.

Club career

William Atashkadeh was born in Gothenburg and began his career with IFK Göteborg. After a successful 2012 campaign with Örebro SK in the Swedish Allsvenskan, which included scoring 6 goals in 16 appearances, Atashkadeh injured himself and returned to play only 9 games in the 2013 campaign. He joined Örgryte IS in 2015. Atashkadeh was Örgryte's leading goalscorer in the 2015 [Swedish Football Division 1|2015 Division 1 season] with 20 goals in 22 league matches.

International career

Atashkadeh played for the Sweden men's national under-19 football team. On 19 March 2013, Atashkadeh was invited by Iran manager Carlos Queiroz for their 2015 [AFC Asian Cup qualification|2015 Asian Cup qualifying] camp and trained with them but did not make his first senior international appearance.