Ali Askar Lali is a former Afghan football player and trainer. In 1981 he came to Germany as a refugee and lived many years in Paderborn. He now lives in Germany and Afghanistan.

As a coach Lali currently participates in a project of the Foreign Office to promote Afghan women's football and trained the Afghan women's national team.

National career

He was a member of Afghanistan national under-20 football team

Afghanistan national under-20 football team

Afghanistan national under-20 football team is controlled by Afghanistan Football Federation and represents Afghanistan in international under-20 football competitions...

 squad at 1977 AFC Youth Championship hosted by Iran

Iran

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. At senior level, he participated in 1976 Qaed-e Azam International Football Tournament hosted by Pakistan

Pakistan

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and 1980 Olympic Games Qualification.