Amir Bashti

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Amir Bashti
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-21) March 21, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth San Jose, California, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, winger, forward
Youth career
2014 San Jose Earthquakes
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Stanford Cardinal 88 (19)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Burlingame Dragons 7 (1)
2019 San Francisco Glens 2 (0)
2019–2020 Atlanta United 2 24 (2)
International career
2014–2015 United States U18 1 (0)
2015–2016 United States U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 4, 2020

Amir Bashti (born March 21, 1997) is an American former professional soccer player.

Early life[edit]

Bashti was born and raised in San Jose, California. He attended Monta Vista High School in Cupertino and played youth soccer for the San Jose Earthquakes Academy.[1][2] He is of Iranian descent.

College career[edit]

Bashti played four years of college soccer at Stanford University from 2015–2018. As a 4 year starter, he won 3 national titles with Stanford, recording 19 goals and 13 assists in 88 games in his collegiate career.[3][4] He won Pac-12 player of the week honors twice during his senior year and was named in the All-Pac-12 first team at the end of the season.[5][6][7]

While at college, Bashti also appeared for USL PDL side Burlingame Dragons in 2016[8] and 2017.[9]

Professional career[edit]

Early career[edit]

In the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, Atlanta United selected Bashti in the second round (48th overall).[10]

After failing to sign a contract with Atlanta, on June 28, 2019 Amir went back to California where he grew up and signed a contract with the San Francisco Glens of the USL League Two, where he played in two matches.[11]

In August 2019, Bashti trained with the Glens' European partner club, German 2. Bundesliga side Holstein Kiel, playing in an under-23 match against Hamburg.[12]

Atlanta United 2[edit]

On August 22, 2019, Bashti went back to Atlanta and signed a contract with their reserve side Atlanta United 2 who play in the USL Championship.[13] He scored his first goal for the club on September 28, 2019 in a 1–1 draw at Saint Louis FC.[14] Bashti scored his first goal of the 2020 season and provided an assist on September 23, 2020 against New York Red Bulls II.[15] He was subsequently named in the USL Championship Team of the Week for his performance against New York.[16]

International career[edit]

Youth[edit]

Bashti was called up to the United States men's national under-18 soccer team in December 2014 and played in a friendly match against Germany U-18 on December 19, 2014 in Marbella.[17] He played for the U-20 team against France on September 4, 2015 and Israel on September 7, 2015 before being called into the under-20 squad by manager Tab Ramos for the Dallas Cup in March 2016.[18][19] In July 2016, Bashti was named in Brad Friedel's squad for the 2016 COTIF Tournament.[20]

Style of play[edit]

Bashti is a versatile midfielder and can play in any position in the front six; central midfield being his preferred position.[21]

Honors[edit]

College[edit]

Stanford Cardinals

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Amir Bashti - Men's Soccer". Stanford University Athletics.
  2. ^ "Q&A: Quakes in College - Stanford University Freshman Amir Bashti | San Jose Earthquakes".
  3. ^ "Amir Bashti - Men's Soccer". Stanford University Athletics.
  4. ^ "Pair Named All-Americans". Stanford University Athletics.
  5. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week". Pac-12.
  6. ^ "Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week". Pac-12.
  7. ^ a b "Pac-12 announces Men's Soccer All-Conference honors". Pac-12.
  8. ^ "Burlingame Dragons FC - 2016 Regular Season - Roster - # - Amir Bashti - M". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  9. ^ "Burlingame Dragons FC - 2017 Regular Season - Roster - # - Amir Bashti -". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  10. ^ "Atlanta United select midfielders Asiedu, Bashti in MLS SuperDraft". Gwinnett Daily Post.
  11. ^ "AMIR BASHTI SIGNS WITH SF GLENS". San Francisco Glens. June 28, 2019.
  12. ^ "SF Glens' Bashti training with 2. Bundesliga's Holstein Kiel". The San Francisco Examiner. August 11, 2019.
  13. ^ "Bashti Links Up With ATLUTD2". USL Championship. August 22, 2019.
  14. ^ UTD 2, ATL (September 28, 2019). "GOLAZO IN THE TOP CORNER Amir Bashti nets his FIRST #ATLUTD2 goal!pic.twitter.com/VpKY3OLONj".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ "Phoenix Rising FC vs. Las Vegas Lights FC - September 11, 2020 | USLChampionship.com". www.uslchampionship.com. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  16. ^ "USL Championship Team of the Week – Week 14". September 29, 2020.
  17. ^ "Academy players Bashti, Marcinkowski called to USMNT U-18 camp | San Jose Earthquakes".
  18. ^ Athletics, Stanford. "Stanford freshman Bashti named to U.S. Soccer U-20 team". www.paloaltoonline.com.
  19. ^ "Amir Bashti | MLSsoccer.com".
  20. ^ "News & Stories | U.S. Soccer Official Website".
  21. ^ Roberson, Doug. "Bashti: From 'Dribble, Pass, Shoot' champion to Atlanta United". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  22. ^ "Stanford beats Indiana 1-0 in double OT for third straight title | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
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