Anoush Dastgir

Anoush Dastgir at the 2015 SAFF Championship, in which his Afghanistan team lost in the final to India
Personal information
Full name	Anoush Dastgir
Date of birth	(1989-11-27) 27 November 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Jabal Saraj, Parwan, Afghanistan
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Almere City (assistant coach[1])
Youth career
2008–2010	NEC/FC Oss
2010–2012	VVV-Venlo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	NEC Amateurs
2012–2013	VV Capelle
2013–2015	NEC Amateurs
2015	FC Lienden
International career
2015–2017	Afghanistan	4	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2017	NEC Nijmegen Youth
2017–2018	NEC Amateurs
2016	Afghanistan (interim)
2017–2018	Afghanistan (assistant)
2018–2023	Afghanistan
2020–2023	VV DUNO
2023–	Almere City (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anoush Dastgir (born 27 November 1989) is an Afghan football manager and retired player, who is the current assistant coach of Almere City in Eredivise. Dastgir has also played for the Afghanistan national team.

Dastgir, born in Afghanistan, grew up in Pakistan and India due to his father being a political refugee before settling in the Netherlands.^[2]

On July 10, 2018, Dastgir was announced by the Afghanistan Football Federation as the new head coach of the Afghanistan football team succeeding Otto Pfister.^[3]

• Anoush Dastgir at Soccerway