# Moshtagh Yaghoubi

Moshtagh Hossain Yaghoubi (Finnish pronunciation:; Dari: مشتاق حسین یعقوبی) aka Mosa (born 8 November 1994) is an Afghan-born Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Attack Energy SC in Afghanistan Champions League.

## Early life

Moshtagh Yaghoubi was born on 8 November 1994 to an ethnic Hazara family in Kabul, Afghanistan.

## Youth career

Yaghoubi grew up in Finland and started playing football at the age of 13 with his local club HaPa. After playing in the youth teams of MP, HJK and PK-35 he joined Honka in 2011.

## Club career
### Honka

Yaghoubi made his debut for Honka against KuPS on 13 October 2011. Yaghoubi scored his first goal on 27 May 2012 against FC Haka. Yaghoubi made his Europa League debut on 18 July 2013 in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round where Honka lost 1–3 in the first leg to 2012–13 Ekstraklasa runners up Lech Poznań.

### Pallohonka

Yaghoubi played 1 season on loan for the second team of FC Honka. He played 22 games and scored 2 goals. After his loan he returned to FC Honka.

### Spartaks Jūrmala

In February 2014 Yaghoubi was transferred to the Latvian Higher League club FK Spartaks Jūrmala, signing a three-year contract. He was given shirtnumber 7.

### Dynamo Moscow

Soon after his move to Spartaks Jūrmala he immediately was loaned to the Russian Premier League side Dynamo Moscow. Yaghoubi was given shirt number 61 in the first team, but did not make any appearances for them, mostly remaining on the bench and being involved in the reserve team action.

### Return to Spartaks Jūrmala

In August 2014 he returned to Spartaks Jūrmala. Yaghoubi scored his first Latvian Higher League goal on 26 October 2014 in a 1–0 victory over FK Daugava Rīga.

### RoPS

On 5 March 2015 he signed a contract with RoPS which is a football team in the Finland Veikkausliiga. He made his debut against SJK on 17 March 2015. He scored his first goal against FC Inter Turku in the Suomen Cup. He ended the season with a second place in the Finnish league. He scored 4 goals and made 5 assists. He won at the end of the season the Best Midfielder award for his club and the Best Midfielder award for the Finland U21.

### Shakhter Karagandy

In February 2016, Yaghoubi went on trial with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Shakhter Karagandy. On 17 March 2016, Yaghoubi signed a season-long loan deal with Shakhter Karagandy. Yaghoubi's loan was terminated by Shakhter Karagandy on 17 June 2016.

### HJK Helsinki

On 4 November 2016, HJK Helsinki announced the signing of Yaghoubi.

### SJK Seinäjoki

On 31 January 2019, SJK announced the signing of Yaghoubi.

### HIFK

After a season at SJK, it was announced on 29 November 2019, that Yaghoubi would join HIFK from 2020, signing a deal until the end of 2021 with the club. He got shirt number 7.

### AC Oulu

On 18 December 2021, he joined AC Oulu on a two-year contract. In the summer of 2022 Yaghoubi returned to SJK on loan. Upon the completion of the loan, his contract with AC Oulu was terminated by mutual consent on 14 November 2022.
After playing for PK-35 in Finland and Kingston City FC in Australia, Yaghoubi signed with Attack Energy SC in Afghanistan Champions League and returned to his country of birth.

## International career
### Finland U21

Yaghoubi acquired Finnish nationality in 2013 and got called up for Finland national under-21 team for 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match against Lithuania on 11 June 2013. Yaghoubi scored his national team debut goal when Finland beat Wales U-21 5–1 in UEFA Under-21 Championship qualification on 14 August 2013.

### Finland

On 31 October 2013 Yaghoubi made his debut for Finland national football team in an unofficial 4–2 friendly match loss to Mexico. He eventually made his official debut for Finland in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Turkey. He came on the field in the 67th minute for Sakari Mattila.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 31 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Honka | 2011 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Honka | 2012 | Veikkausliiga | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 |
| Honka | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| Honka | Total | Total | 52 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 4 |
| Pallohonka (loan) | 2011 | Kakkonen | 20 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 2 |
| Pallohonka (loan) | 2012 | Kakkonen | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Pallohonka (loan) | Total | Total | 22 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 2 |
| Spartaks Jūrmala | 2014 | Virslīga | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 |
| Dynamo Moscow (loan) | 2013–14 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| RoPS | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 5 |
| Spartaks Jūrmala | 2016 | Virslīga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Shakhter Karagandy (loan) | 2016 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | — | — | 12 | 0 |
| HJK | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 |
| HJK | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 2 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 36 | 9 |
| HJK | Total | Total | 38 | 4 | 13 | 7 | – | – | 8 | 3 | 59 | 14 |
| SJK | 2018 | Veikkausliiga | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 1 |
| HIFK | 2020 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 1 |
| HIFK | 2021 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 3 |
| HIFK | Total | Total | 40 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 45 | 4 |
| AC Oulu | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 11 | 1 |
| SJK (loan) | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| PK-35 | 2023 | Kakkonen | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 |
| Kingston City | 2024 | Victorian Premier League | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Attack Energy | 2025 | Afghanistan Champions League | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 251 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 309 | 33 |
* 1 2 3 Appearances and goals in the UEFA Europa League
* ↑ One appearance in the UEFA Champions League, and four appearances and two goals in the UEFA Europa League

### International

    As of match played 9 June 2018
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Finland | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| Finland | 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| Finland | 2018 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 7 | 1 |
    Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Finland goal.
List of international goals scored by Moshtagh Yaghoubi :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
| 1 | 9 June 2018 | Tampere Stadium, Tampere, Finland | Belarus | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |

## Honours

Individual
* Veikkausliiga Midfielder of the Year: 2015

## Personal life

Yaghoubi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, to ethnic Hazara parents. Yaghoubi and his family fled Afghanistan in 1999 to settle down in Tehran, Iran. After living seven years in Iran his family applied for asylum in Finland.
Yaghoubi has a tattoo on his left arm with the name of his late father Gholam Sakhi.