Anoush Dastgir

Anoush Dastgir currently serves as the Head Coach for the Netherlands U18 team at KNVB since August 2025. Prior to this role, Dastgir was an Assistant Coach and then Head Coach for the U21 team at Almere City FC from June 2022 to August 2025. Dastgir also held the position of Head Coach for the Afghanistan National Team from July 2018 to June 2022, and previously acted as Head Coach at VV DUNO from June 2020 to May 2022. Earlier coaching positions include Head Coach at N.E.C. Nijmegen from January 2018 to June 2021, overseeing teams at various youth levels from U13 to U19 between 2012 and 2017. Dastgir started working with the Afghanistan Football Federation as an Assistant Coach for the National Team from November 2016 to April 2018.