Éamon Zayed

Éamon Zayed
Éamon Zayed (left)
Personnel
birthday	4th October 1983
place of birth	Dublin ,  Ireland
size	188 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
2000-2002	Leicester City
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2002-2006	Bray Wanderers	107 (54)
2004	→  Crewe Alexandra  (loan)	0 0(0)
2005	→  Aalesunds FK  (loan)	1 0(0)
2006-2008	Drogheda United	71 (20)
2008-2010	Sporting Fingal	54 (21)
2011	Derry City	35 (22)
2011-2013	Persepolis Tehran	15 0(7)
2013	Aluminum hormozgan	8 0(1)
2013-2014	Shamrock Rovers	22 0(4)
2014	→  Sligo Rovers  (loan)	12 0(5)
2014-2015	Sabah FA
2016–	Indy Eleven	59 (26)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2003-2004	Ireland U-21	12 0(5)
2011-2013	Libya	8 0(1)
1 Only league games are given. As of January 12, 2018

Éamon Zayed (born October 4, 1983 in Dublin ) is a Libyan - Irish football player. The Irish-born and raised striker will play for the US NASL franchise Indy Eleven from the 2016 season .

Career

youth

Zayed played for Dublin-based clubs Broadford Rovers and St. Joseph's Boys AFC in his youth. He was also active for his school team. In 2000 he moved to England in the Leicester City U-18 team . There he was also active in the U-19 and reserve team until 2002.

Beginnings and successes in Ireland

In 2002 he moved back to Ireland and only played in the Bray Wanderers U-21 team . There he could quickly attract attention and so he made his debut for the Wanderers in the League of Ireland on October 18, 2002 . In February 2004, Zayed was loaned to Crewe Alexandra . But he did not play a competitive game with the English and moved back in May of the same year. In October 2004, he became the first Bray Wanderers player to score four goals in a game.

In August 2005 he was loaned again and played for the Norwegian club Aalesunds FK . There he was used in a game.

For the 2006 season he signed a one and a half year contract with Drogheda United . He scored a goal in his first game on July 7th. A short time later, he also scored in the UEFA Europa League . With the team he was champion and top scorer in the 2007 season. At the end of the 2008 season, Drogheda had financial problems and the contract with Zayed was terminated.

After a trial session with the Korean first division club Incheon United , he moved to the Irish club Sporting Fingal in early 2009 . In the following two years he scored 24 goals in 40 games.

After a transfer to the Libyan first division club Al-Ahli SC failed, he signed a one-year contract with Derry City . With 26 goals he was the team's top scorer in the 2011 season and was named Ireland's Footballer of the Year .

Change to Iran

On December 23, 2011, he went to Persepolis Tehran , who played in the Persian Gulf Pro League . In his second game, on February 2, 2012, he scored three goals. He was substituted on in the second half of the game against Esteghlal Tehran . Persepolis were 2-0 down and only had ten players on the field. Zayed turned the game around and scored in the 82nd minute. Just two minutes later he equalized before scoring the winning goal in the 92nd minute. He was also able to achieve a hat trick in the AFC Champions League on March 21, 2012. He repeated this on May 6, 2012. So he got the nickname "Mr. hat-trick ". Due to his great popularity with fans and his performance, his contract was extended until the end of the 2012/2013 season. However, this contract was terminated on November 24, 2012 by mutual agreement.

On January 11, 2013, he signed a contract through the end of the season with Aluminum Hormozgan, who also played in the Persian Gulf Pro League.

Return to Ireland

Zayed returned to Ireland on July 3, 2013 and was hired by Shamrock Rovers . In the middle of his second season with the Rovers, he was loaned to the Sligo Rovers .

Moved to Malaysia and the USA

In December 2014, Zayed moved to Malaysia for Sabah FA, where he scored 11 goals in 21 games. On December 23, 2015, he signed a contract with the US team Indy Eleven , who play in the North American Soccer League .

National team

Ireland

Zayed was able to play for Ireland, Tunisia or Libya. He chose the Irish and made his debut for the U-20 national team at a 2003 tournament in South Korea . He played his first game for the Irish U-21 national team in August 2003 in a game against Poland. With the U-20 he took part in the 2003 Junior World Cup in the United Arab Emirates . He was on the pitch in all four games. After the tournament he was contacted by both the Tunisian and the Libyan federation to play for their national teams. He declined both requests as he wanted to continue playing for Ireland.

Libya

After he was not nominated again for an Irish selection after 2003, Zayed decided in October 2010 to want to play for the Libyan national football team . In the same month he was nominated for a game against Zambia by the then coach, Marcos Paquetá . However, he made his debut a few weeks later against Niger. After a good performance in this game, Zayed was nominated for the provisional squad of Libya for the 2012 African Cup of Nations in November , but not for the final squad. In 2011 he took part in the Pan-Arab Games in Qatar with the national team. On September 4, 2013, he scored his first goal for the selection.

Private

Zayed's father is from Libya and his mother is Irish. His paternal grandparents are from Tunisia. His younger brother, Adam, also played soccer for University College Dublin AFC .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Iranian Clásico: Tehran Derby between Persepolis & Esteghlal . transfermarkt.de. May 18, 2015. Accessed December 30, 2015.
2. ↑ Eamon Zayed: I miss Tehran derby . Tehran Times. May 14, 2015. Accessed December 30, 2015.
3. ^ Former League of Ireland striker Eamon Zayed set for Malaysia move . Irish Mirror. November 24, 2014. Accessed December 30, 2015.
4. ↑ Indy Eleven snap up Eamon Zayed . Extra time. December 24, 2015. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved on December 30, 2015.

Web links

• Éamon Zayed in the database of weltfussball.de
• Éamon Zayed in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)