Éamon Zayed
Zayed with Persepolis in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Éamon Zayed | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Indy Eleven | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2002 | Leicester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2006 | Bray Wanderers | 105 | (54) |
| 2004 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Aalesunds (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Drogheda United | 71 | (29) |
| 2008–2010 | Sporting Fingal | 40 | (24) |
| 2011 | Derry City | 36 | (26) |
| 2011–2013 | Persepolis | 19 | (12) |
| 2013 | Aluminium Hormozgan | 10 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Shamrock Rovers | 25 | (6) |
| 2014 | → Sligo Rovers (loan) | 11 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | Sabah | 21 | (11) |
| 2016– | Indy Eleven | 31 | (15) |
| National team | |||
| 2003–2004 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 12 | (5) |
| 2011– | Libya | 8 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 April 2016. |
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Éamon Zayed (Arabic: أیمن زايد; born 4 October 1983) is an Irish-born Libyan footballer who currently plays for Indy Eleven in the North American Soccer League and the Libya national football team.
Zayed gained international fame on 2 February 2012 after scoring a hat-trick in the final ten minutes of the Tehran derby against Esteghlal in a match where Persepolis were one man down and losing 2–0 until the 82nd minute, which later referred as "10 minutes with 10 men" or "10-10-3".
Zayed started his career with Broadford Rovers before moving to St. Joseph's Boys AFC, based in Sallynoggin, Dublin. While with the club, Zayed was selected at U-16 and U-17 levels for both the Leinster Schoolboys and Dublin teams, and was on the Leinster Schools team at U-17. In two years at Leicester City, he played for their youth (U-18), U-19 and Reserve sides. He then returned to Ireland after Leicester's relegation from the English Premiership in 2002.
He joined Bray Wanderers and after impressing in the Under-21s, Zayed soon graduated to the senior team making his League of Ireland debut on 18 October 2002 at the Carlisle Grounds. He scored the fastest hat-trick ever by a Bray Wanderers player against Dundalk in 2003 within a nine-minute spell from the 7th to the 15th minute.
Zayed signed for Crewe Alexandra in February 2004 on loan, but returned to Bray in May without having made a first team appearance at Gresty Road. Zayed was the PFAI Young Player of the Year for 2003. He represented the Eircom League Under-21s in a four nations tournament in Scotland in May 2004 and earned his second U-21 international cap against Scotland in May 2004 in Galway. In October 2004, Zayed became the first Bray player to score four goals in one match, in a 5–3 win over Athone Town. He again left Bray on loan in August 2005, this time for Aalesunds in Norway. He made one appearance for the club, coming on as a substitute in a 4–1 defeat by Molde.
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