Kahveh Zahiroleslam
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kahveh Zahiroleslam | ||
| Date of birth | June 13, 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Saratoga, California, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sint-Truiden | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| De Anza Force | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Yale Bulldogs | 28 | (13) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | Chicago FC United | 12 | (9) |
| 2023– | Sint-Truiden | 36 | (8) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 29, 2024 | |||
Kahveh Zahiroleslam (Persian: کاوه ظهیرالاسلام; born June 13, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden.
Early life
[edit]Kahveh Zahiroleslam was born and raised in Saratoga, California to an Iranian-American family.[1][2] He attended Prospect High School and played youth soccer for De Anza Force in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, helping the latter win the Northwest Division of USSDA Academy in the 2018–19 season.[2][3]
College career
[edit]He played college soccer for the Yale Bulldogs, scoring 13 goals and providing 4 assists in 28 games.[2][4][5] During his first season at Yale, he received four Ivy League Rookie of the Week selections, and the conference named him to the All-Ivy second team.[3] In 2022, he joined Chicago FC United in USL League Two during Yale's summer off-season, scoring 9 goals and providing 3 assists in 12 matches.[6]
Club career
[edit]Sint-Truiden
[edit]Following a successful trial with Belgian Pro League side Sint-Truiden, he signed a contract with the club ahead of the 2023–24 season.[7][5][8][9] He made his league debut on September 24, 2023, against Genk at the Cegeka Arena,[10] and scored his first goal for the club on October 31, 2023, in a Belgian Cup round of 32 match against Francs Borains.[11] He provided his first league assist on November 10, 2023, against Westerlo,[12] and scored his first league goal on December 9, 2023, against OH Leuven.[13][14] He scored his following goal and his club's first league goal of the 2024 calendar year in his following match against league leaders Union Saint-Gilloise on January 21, 2024, at the Joseph Marien Stadium in Brussels.[15] He scored his first brace for the club on February 1, 2024, against Gent, bringing his tally to 4 goals in 4 successive matches.[16]
The following season, he scored his first league goal of the season during their home opener on August 3, 2024 against Charleroi.[17] He scored two goals and provided an assist in the following home match on August 17 against Dender to help his team to their first point of the season.[18]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played September 29, 2024[19]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sint-Truidense | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 |
| 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Total | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | 37 | 9 | |||
| Career total | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 9 | ||
Honors
[edit]De Anza Force
- U.S. Soccer Development Academy Northwest Division: 2019[2]
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ "Sint-Truiden sign Iranian-American Kahveh Zahiroleslam – PersianFootball.com".
- ^ a b c d "Kahveh Zahiroleslam - 2022 - Men's Soccer". Yale University.
- ^ a b c "SSFC Spotlight: Kahveh Zahiroleslam starting for Sint-Truiden". 7 December 2023.
- ^ Hewitt, Owen. "Men's Soccer Falls to Yale, 1-0".
- ^ a b "Yale Bull Dogs striker Kahveh Zahiroleslam on trial with Sint-Truiden - Get Belgian & Dutch Football News". getfootballnewsbene.com. June 21, 2023.
- ^ "Chicago FC United | uslleaguetwo.com". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
- ^ "Nieuwe STVV-spits Kahveh Zahiroleslam ruilde Amerikaanse topuniversiteit in voor Stayen: "In het leven moet je je dromen najagen"". www.hbvl.be. October 1, 2023.
- ^ "STVV legt Kahveh Zahiroleslam vast". VoetbalBelgie.
- ^ https://www.proximus.be/pickx/nl/2360618/testspeler-kahveh-zahiroleslam-krijgt-contract-bij-stvv
- ^ "Americans Abroad weekend review: Pepi delivers again, Tillman oversleeps". www.socceramerica.com. 25 September 2023.
- ^ info, R. T. L. (October 31, 2023). "Croky Cup: Anderlecht se défait de La Louvière et file en 8es de finale". RTL Info.
- ^ "Westerlo vs. Sint-Truiden - 10 November 2023 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Sint-Truiden vs. OH Leuven - 9 December 2023 - Soccerway".
- ^ https://stvv.com/en/news/gamereport/wedstrijdverslag-stvv-oh-leuve
- ^ "Leider Union zweet en zwoegt, maar krijgt STVV in absolute slot toch nog klein | sporza".
- ^ https://sporza.be/nl/matches/voetbal/jupiler-pro-league/2023-2024/regulier/23/stvv-kaa-gent-live-tandem-bocat-zahiroleslam-hijst-stvv-na-rust-voorbij-tien-gentenaren~1687511946750/
- ^ https://www.persianfootball.com/news/2024/08/06/kaveh-zahiroleslam-scores-in-stvv-loss-to-charleroi-video/
- ^ https://www.walfoot.be/news/2024-08-17/encore-une-pluie-de-buts-en-pro-league--dender-arrache-un-nouveau-point-en-fin-de-match-stvv-reste-bon-dernier
- ^ Kahveh Zahiroleslam at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- People from Saratoga, California
- American men's soccer players
- American people of Iranian descent
- Sportspeople of Iranian descent
- Yale Bulldogs men's soccer players
- Chicago FC United players
- Sint-Truidense V.V. players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- American expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- USL League Two players
- Belgian Pro League players
- 21st-century American sportsmen