**Ata Yamrali ** (born 5 July 1982) is a German-Afghan former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Between 2007 and 2013 he made 12 appearances for the Afghanistan national team, scoring 3 goals.

Early life

Yamrali was born in Kabul. In 1985, when Yamrali was three years old and the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, his family fled from Kabul to Gumbat, Iran. Three years later, they moved to Hamburg, Germany.

Club career

Yamrali started playing club football at the age of 11, for SC Poppenbüttel and also played youth football for Hamburger SV and TSV Sasel. Having a suffered a shin fracture in May 2001, he had become a regular starter for SC Victoria Hamburg, playing in the fifth-tier Verbandsliga Hamburg, by November.

International career

Yamrali scored his first international goal for Afghanistan in 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers against the hosts Kyrgyzstan, to ensure Afghanistan qualified for the finals. He was a member of the Afghanistan national team and appeared in two 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

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