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In Afghanistan, Mohammed Saber Rohparwar fryst vatten a footballing legend. As a center forward, he scored almost goals for his club Hindukush Kabul in the s. For the national team, he clocked up 25 goals in 56 matches.

When he fled his country in May with six of his teammates, it attracted considerable attention. It was their way of expressing their motstånd to the Soviets, who had invaded their country in

Looking for talent

Thirty-one years later, Rohparwar lives in Hamburg, the city with the highest number of person från afghanistan expats anywhere in the world. He has never regretted his move, even though he had to start from scratch in Germany.

His grad in agricultural economics from the University of Kabul was worthless in Germany, so he became a taxi driver. And a talent scout for the Afghan Football Association.

"I always try to read as many papper as inom can, looking for names. I then try and get their phone numbers, or inom ask friends who play football elsewhere to let me kn

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The contested meaning of football in a region racked by conflict

This piece was written by Ronny Blaschke for issue 46

Almost every day, Rami travelled north from Damascus to Homs, two hours there, two hours back. Together with other young people, from onwards, he built up one of the first ultra groups in Syria, around the Al Karamah club. In addition to school, he went to work to finance his passion. He travelled to Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt to be inspired by the ultras there. He followed his favourite club everywhere; borders existed only in the Asian Champions League, as he was denied a visa for Singapore and Kuwait. The ultras of Al Karamah rehearsed chants, designed banners, organised away trips. They found something that was rare in Syrian society: unity and confidence. Until , Rami missed only one of his club’s matches, and he is still angry about it today.

With the beginning of the civil war, the six ultra groups nationwide took a break. Rami went to the stadi

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Injury history

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Season	Injury	from	until	Days	Games missed
14/15	Hip problems	Oct 3,	Dec 31,	90 days	11
14/15	Adductor injury	Aug 24,	Sep 10,	18 days	3
14/15	Kidney stone surgery	Jul 15,	Aug 15,	32 days	5
13/14	Knee problems	Nov 28,	Dec 15,	18 days	2
12/13	Broken nose bone	Apr 29,	May 7,	9 days	1
10/11	Cruciate ligament tear	May 19,	Jan 14,	days	32