Mustafa Amini

Mustafa Amini

Amini with Borussia Dortmund in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Mustafa Castillo Amini
Date of birth	(1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 24)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	AGF
Number	8
Youth career
2004–2008	Blacktown City
2009–2010	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Central Coast Mariners	23	(1)
2011–2015	Borussia Dortmund	0	(0)
2011–2012	→ Central Coast Mariners (loan)	18	(2)
2012–2015	Borussia Dortmund II	57	(3)
2015–2016	Randers FC	29	(0)
2016–	AGF	32	(5)
National team‡
2009	Australia U-17	2	(0)
2010–2013	Australia U-20	23	(3)
2011–2016	Australia U-23	18	(4)
2017–	Australia	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017

Mohammad Mustafa Castillo Amini, known as Mustafa Amini, (born 20 April 1993) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club AGF and the Australian national team.

Born in Sydney, Amini played youth football with the Australian Institute of Sport before starting his professional career with Central Coast Mariners in the A-League. In 2011, Amini signed for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. After playing only for their second team, he transferred in 2015 to Randers FC.

Amini has appeared numerous times for the Australian U-17, U-20 and U-23 teams. He took part in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Born in Sydney, Australia to an Afghan father and a Nicaraguan mother, Amini grew up in the Western Sydney area. He attended Wentworthville Public School and Westfields Sports High School until moving to Lake Ginninderra College in the ACT while playing for the AIS, earning his Year 12 certificate in March 2010. Amini wears a distinctive 'afro' haircut and is fluent in Dari-Persian and Spanish.