Fadi Afash

Infobox Football biography
playername = Fadi Afash


fullname = Fadi Afash
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|01|04
cityofbirth = Aleppo
countryofbirth = Syria
height = 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
nickname =
position = Striker
currentclub = unattached
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = ??-??
??-2001
2002-2004
clubs = California Gold
Utah Blitzz
Portland Timbers
caps(goals) = ? (?)
? (?)
53 (27)
nationalyears = ??-??
nationalteam = Syria
nationalcaps(goals) = ? (?)
pcupdate = 14:35, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 14:04, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Fadi Afash (born January 4, 1974 in Syria) is a former football (soccer) player with the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division.

Afash is perhaps best known among Timbers fans for scoring the "sunshine goal".

He also had spells with California Gold (then the Stanislaus County Cruisers) and the Utah Blitzz.

Arrest

On January 21, 2007 Afash was arrested on suspicion of identity theft, forgery and first-degree theft, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 17 months in Clark County Jail.