Jabar Sharza (Dari: ìèçñ ôñòÃÂ, born 6 April 1994) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Abu Muslim FC, which plays in the Afghanistan Champions League. He is a member of the Afghanistan national football team.
Sharza began his youth career with Lyngby Boldklub. Sharza played also in the youth of Gentofte before making his debut for the senior team.
Sharza played 5 games for the Danish club and scored 5 goals. He made a free transfer to Brønshøj in the 2014âÂÂ2015 season.
After making just 2 appearances in the 1st division, he played the 2015âÂÂ2016 season with Brønshøj in the 2nd division. Sharza scored 19 goals in 29 games, before making a transfer to Akademisk.
Sharza made an immediate impact in the 2016âÂÂ2017 season for Akademisk with scoring off freekicks.
Sharza signed for Fremad Amager in June 2017, and left the club at the end of 2018.
On 21 July 2019, newly promoted Finnish Veikkausliiga club HIFK announced, that they had signed a 1.5-year contract with Sharza.
On 25 September 2021, Sharza signed a one-year contract with Indonesian Liga 1 club Persela Lamongan on a free transfer. On 3 October, Sharza made his first league debut in a 3âÂÂ0 loss against Arema as a substitute for Riyatno Abiyoso in the 74th minute at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium. On 16 October, Sharza scored his first goal for Persela against Madura United in the 55th minute at the Maguwoharjo Stadium, Sleman.
After two years in Swedish football, Sharza returned to Brønshøj Boldklub in March 2024.
Sharza was called up in January for the national team of Afghanistan. He made his debut for Afghanistan in a friendly 2âÂÂ1 win over Singapore on 23 March 2017. He then made a second appearance for Afghanistan which happened to be against Cambodia and helped them win 2âÂÂ1 by scoring twice in the first half.
On 12 October 2023, Sharza scored the only goal in a 1âÂÂ0 win against Mongolia in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.