Personal information | |||
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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 | 19 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 31, 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.
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]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sint-Truidense | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
Career total | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
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