Hailai Arghandiwal

Hailai Arghandiwal
Personal information
Full name	Hailai Arghandiwal
Date of birth	22 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Alameda, California, United States
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2011	Livermore Fusion SC
2011–2014	Pleasanton Rage SC
College career
Years	Team
2014–2017	Santa Clara Broncos
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2019	Florentia
2019–2020	MSV Duisburg
International career‡
2010–	Afghanistan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:31, 18 November 2021 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:20, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

Hailai Arghandiwal (Pashto: هیلی ارغندیوال; born 22 April 1996) is a professional soccer player^[2] who plays as a midfielder. Born in the United States, she represented the Afghanistan national team.

Club career

Arghandiwal agreed a transfer to Italian Serie A club Florentia in December 2018.^[3] She became an MSV Duisburg player in 2019.^[4]

In 2010, as a 14-year-old high school pupil from Northern California, Arghandiwal was selected for the Afghanistan national team at the 2010 SAFF Women's Championship in Bangladesh. Her experiences at the tournament inspired her to become a campaigner for women's rights in Afghanistan.^[5] She was the national team captain at the 2012 SAFF Women's Championship in Sri Lanka.^[6]

She played in the Oakland Roots' Justice Match on 10 October 2020.^[7]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 September 2012	CR & FC Grounds, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Pakistan	3–0	4–0	2012 SAFF Women's Championship

^ "#10 - Hailai Arghandiwal - Pleasanton Rage ECNL U15". ECNL. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ Smith, Michelle (29 November 2013). "Humbled by her teammates' courage". ESPN W. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ "Hailai Arghandiwal È Una Giocatrice Della Florentia!" (in Italian). C.F. Florentia. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ Sophie Serbini, Jonathan Harding (27 December 2019). "Hailai Arghandiwal : "C'est une époque incroyable pour être une femme dans le sport et dans le foot"" (in French). dw.com.
^ "Hailai Arghandiwal: Soccer Champion". Muslim American Leadership Alliance. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ Fancher, Lou (2 October 2012). "Dublin High student plays in Sri Lankan world soccer tourney". The Mercury News. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ Oakland Roots on Twitter

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