# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asghar-stanikzai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:14:03.929Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/asghar-stanikzai"
name: "Asghar Stanikzai"
slug: "asghar-stanikzai"
description: "Mohammad Asghar Afghan is an Afghan former cricketer who had captained the Afghanistan national cricket team. Asghar is a right-handed batsman and a medium-fast bowler. In May 2018, he was named as the captain of Afghanistan, for their inaugural Test match, against India. He made his Test debut, against India, on 14 June 2018. On 2 August 2018, he changed his last name from Stanikzai to Afghan."
tagline: "Afghanistan cricketer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Asghar_Afghan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1987-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.91
  momentum:             10
  historical:           10.19352533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Asghar Afghan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اسجار ستانيكزاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "আসগর আফগান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Asghar Afghan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اصغر افغان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "असगर स्टैनिकजई"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "அஷ்கர் ஸ்டானிக்சை"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اصغرافغان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Asghar Afghan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump