Éamon Zayed

Éamon Zayed
Zayed with Persepolis in 2012
Personal information
Full name Éamon Zayed
Date of birth (1983-10-04) 4 October 1983
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2000–2002 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Bray Wanderers 105 (54)
2004Crewe Alexandra (loan) 0 (0)
2005Aalesunds (loan) 1 (0)
2006–2008 Drogheda United 71 (47)
2008–2010 Sporting Fingal 39 (21)
2011 Derry City 36 (22)
2011–2013 Persepolis 15 (7)
2013 Aluminium Hormozgan 8 (1)
2013–2014 Shamrock Rovers 22 (4)
2014Sligo Rovers (loan) 11 (5)
2014–2015 Sabah 21 (11)
2016–2017 Indy Eleven 59 (26)
2018 Charlotte Independence 25 (8)
2019–2020 Chattanooga Red Wolves 19 (6)
Total 441 (226)
International career
2003 Republic of Ireland U20 4 (0)
2003–2004 Republic of Ireland U21 6 (0)
2011–2015 Libya 8 (1)
Managerial career
2021–2024 Northern Colorado Hailstorm
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:53, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Éamon Zayed (Arabic: أیمن زايد; born 4 October 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in the Republic of Ireland, he represented the Libya national team as a player.

Zayed gained international fame on 2 February 2012 after scoring a hat-trick in the final ten minutes of the Tehran derby against Esteghlal in a match where Persepolis were one man down and losing 2–0 until the 82nd minute, and which was later referred to as "10 minutes with 10 men" or "10–10–3".