Monday, 17 October 2011

Afghan star Hadid astride two worlds

The place you would normally go looking for national team players is top-flight club football, although internationals drawn from second-tier clubs are by no means a complete rarity. However, it's highly unusual to find a current international playing his club football in the fifth tier – but that is the fascinating truth in the case of Mustafa Hadid.
Afghanistan striker Hadid is currently on the books with Altona 93 in the Hamburg suburbs, plying his trade in the Oberliga, the fifth tier of the German game. Back in 1996, he was just eight when he and his family fled the civil war in his home country and settled in the northern metropolis. "And I've not been back to [...]



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