Kahveh_Zahiroleslam
Kahveh Zahiroleslam
American soccer player
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kahveh Zahiroleslam | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-06-13) June 13, 2002 (age 21) | ||
| 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 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]
Sint-Truiden
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
- As of match played March 31, 2024[17]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
De Anza Force
- U.S. Soccer Development Academy Northwest Division: 2019[2]
Individual
- "Kahveh Zahiroleslam - 2022 - Men's Soccer". Yale University.
- "SSFC Spotlight: Kahveh Zahiroleslam starting for Sint-Truiden". 7 December 2023.
- Hewitt, Owen. "Men's Soccer Falls to Yale, 1-0".
- "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.
- "STVV legt Kahveh Zahiroleslam vast". VoetbalBelgie.
- "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.
- Kahveh Zahiroleslam at Soccerway