# Ata Yamrali

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.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals |
| TSV Sasel | 2000–01 | | | |
| SC Victoria Hamburg | 2001–02 | Verbandsliga Hamburg | 13 | 2 |
| Holstein Quickborn | 2002–03 | Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia | 19 | 1 |
| TSV Sasel | 2003–04 | Oberliga Hamburg | 27 | 4 |
| TSV Sasel | 2004–05 | Oberliga Hamburg | 20 | 0 |
| TSV Sasel | Total | Total | 47 | 4 |
| FC St. Pauli II | 2005–06 | Oberliga Nord | 30 | 4 |
| FC St. Pauli II | 2006–07 | Oberliga Nord | 26 | 6 |
| FC St. Pauli II | Total | Total | 56 | 10 |
| ASV Bergedorf | 2007–08 | Oberliga Nord | 9 | 1 |
| Niendorfer TSV | 2008–09 | Oberliga Hamburg | 29 | 5 |
| Wedeler TSV | 2009–10 | Oberliga Hamburg | 33 | 5 |
| TSV Sasel | 2010–11 | Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa | | |
| TSV Sasel | 2011–12 | Oberliga Hamburg | 33 | 1 |
| TSV Sasel | Total | Total | | |
| VfL 93 Hamburg | 2012–13 | | | |
| VfL 93 Hamburg | 2013–14 | | | |
| VfL 93 Hamburg | Total | Total | | |
| SV Uhlenhorst-Adler | 2014–15 | | | |
| SC Poppenbüttel | 2014–15 | | | |
| SC Poppenbüttel | 2015–16 | | 2 | 1 |
| SC Poppenbüttel | Total | Total | | |
| SC Alstertal/Langenhorn | 2016–17 | | 6 | 1 |
| SC Alstertal/Langenhorn | 2017–18 | | 5 | 1 |
| SC Alstertal/Langenhorn | 2018–19 | | 10 | 1 |
| SC Alstertal/Langenhorn | 2019–20 | | 0 | 0 |
| SC Alstertal/Langenhorn | Total | Total | 21 | 3 |
| SC Poppenbüttel | 2020–21 | | 3 | 2 |
| SC Poppenbüttel | 2021–22 | | 15 | 5 |
| SC Poppenbüttel | Total | Total | 18 | 7 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | | |

### International

    Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yamrali goal.
List of international goals scored by Ata Yamrali :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 7 May 2008 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyzstan | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2008 AFC Challenge Cup |
| 2 | 5 December 2011 | New Delhi, India | Sri Lanka | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2011 SAFF Championship |
| 3 | 7 December 2011 | New Delhi, India | Bhutan | 1–0 | 8–1 | 2011 SAFF Championship |