| Ata Yamrali | |
| Fullname: | Ata Mohammed Yamrali |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Height: | 1.90 m |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | SC Poppenbüttel |
| Youthclubs2: | Hamburger SV |
| Youthclubs3: | TSV Sasel |
| Years1: | 2000–2001 |
| Clubs1: | TSV Sasel |
| Years2: | 2001–2002 |
| Clubs2: | SC Victoria Hamburg |
| Caps2: | 13 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2002–2003 |
| Clubs3: | Holstein Quickborn |
| Caps3: | 19 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2003–2005 |
| Clubs4: | TSV Sasel |
| Caps4: | 47 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2005–2007 |
| Clubs5: | FC St. Pauli II |
| Caps5: | 55 |
| Goals5: | 10 |
| Years6: | 2007–2008 |
| Clubs6: | ASV Bergedorf |
| Caps6: | 9 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs7: | Niendorfer TSV |
| Caps7: | 29 |
| Goals7: | 5 |
| Years8: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs8: | Wedeler TSV |
| Caps8: | 33 |
| Goals8: | 5 |
| Years9: | 2010–2012 |
| Clubs9: | TSV Sasel |
| Years10: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs10: | VfL 93 Hamburg |
| Years11: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs11: | SV Uhlenhorst-Adler |
| Years12: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs12: | SC Poppenbüttel |
| Years13: | 2016–2020 |
| Clubs13: | SC Alstertal/Langenhorn |
| Caps13: | 21 |
| Goals13: | 3 |
| Years14: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs14: | SC Poppenbüttel |
| Caps14: | 18 |
| Goals14: | 7 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2007–2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Afghanistan |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
Ata Yamrali (born 5 July 1982) is a German-Afghan former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Between 2007 and 2013 he made 12 appearances for the Afghanistan national team, scoring 3 goals.
Yamrali was born in Kabul. In 1985, when Yamrali was three years old and the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, his family fled from Kabul to Gumbat, Iran.[1] Three years later, they moved to Hamburg, Germany.[1]
Yamrali started playing club football at the age of 11, for SC Poppenbüttel[2] and also played youth football for Hamburger SV and TSV Sasel.[1] Having a suffered a shin fracture in May 2001, he had become a regular starter for SC Victoria Hamburg, playing in the fifth-tier Verbandsliga Hamburg, by November.[1]
Yamrali scored his first international goal for Afghanistan in 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers against the hosts Kyrgyzstan, to ensure Afghanistan qualified for the finals. He was a member of the Afghanistan national team and appeared in two 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.
| Club | Season | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | |||
| TSV Sasel | 2000–01 | ||||
| SC Victoria Hamburg | 2001–02 | Verbandsliga Hamburg | 13 | 2 | |
| Holstein Quickborn | 2002–03 | Landesliga Hamburg-Hammonia | 19 | 1 | |
| TSV Sasel | 2003–04 | Oberliga Hamburg | 27 | 4 | |
| 2004–05 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Total | 47 | 4 | |||
| FC St. Pauli II | 2005–06 | Oberliga Nord | 30 | 4 | |
| 2006–07 | 26 | 6 | |||
| Total | 56 | 10 | |||
| ASV Bergedorf | 2007–08 | Oberliga Nord | 9 | 1 | |
| Niendorfer TSV | 2008–09 | Oberliga Hamburg | 29 | 5 | |
| Wedeler TSV | 2009–10 | Oberliga Hamburg | 33 | 5 | |
| TSV Sasel | 2010–11 | Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa | |||
| 2011–12 | Oberliga Hamburg | 33 | 1 | ||
| Total | |||||
| VfL 93 Hamburg | 2012–13 | ||||
| 2013–14 | |||||
| Total | |||||
| SV Uhlenhorst-Adler | 2014–15 | ||||
| SC Poppenbüttel | 2014–15 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | |||||
| SC Alstertal/Langenhorn | 2016–17 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 3 | |||
| SC Poppenbüttel | 2020–21 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | 15 | 5 | |||
| Total | 18 | 7 | |||
| Career total | |||||
Scores and results list Afghanistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yamrali goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 May 2008 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2008 AFC Challenge Cup | ||
| 2 | 5 December 2011 | New Delhi, India | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2011 SAFF Championship | ||
| 3 | 7 December 2011 | New Delhi, India | 1–0 | 8–1 | 2011 SAFF Championship |