2022: Appeared in 10 games and started seven... Second on the team with four goals and 10 points... Scored in 1-1 tie at Duke... Assisted on the winning goal vs. Villanova.

2021: Second team All-Ivy selection… Four-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week selection… Tied for fifth in the Ivy League with seven goals and eighth with 16 points… Four of his seven goals were game winners… Three of his four goals in league games were game winners… Scored both goals in a 2-1 victory over Brown.

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Academy: Helped De Anza Force win the Northwest Division of USSDA Academy in 2018-2019 season… Finished regular season undefeated and was ranked fourth in the nation… Helped De Anza Force Academy II finish in top 4 at 2018 MIC Tournament in Lloret de Mar, Spain...  Team won western regionals in May 2018 and finished sixth in the nation at NPL nationals.
 
High School: Played one season at Prospect High School… Played 15 games at left back and scored four goals… Team finished with a 9-4-2 overall record and was second in league.
 
Personal: Son of Seyed Zahiroleslam and Niloufar Nouri… Have been involved with Mom’s Against Poverty (MAP) which was founded by family friends.  MAP is a non-profit tasked with helping children in poverty around the world. 
 
3 QUESTIONS FOR ZAHIROLESLAM
 
Biggest soccer influence? “My dad.  He introduced me to the game when I was 2 years old and I have never stopped playing ever since. He has been at every training and game apart from a few in the last 14 years.  He showed that he believed in me to chase my dreams and always put me in the best positions to succeed.”
 
Do you have an idol or hero? “Growing up my idol that I would always watch was Ronaldinho.  Playing on my favorite team, Barcelona, his flair and natural talent drew me to his style of play, and I knew I wanted to be a player that played with the same joy that he did.”
 
Why Yale? “I chose Yale due to its stellar academic reputation as well as the fact that the soccer program was one on the upswing. I noticed the passion of the coaches to become a top program and felt that their vision was one I could help make a reality during my times here.”
 
Stannard on Zahiroleslam: “Kahveh jumped out to us at the DA Playoffs last summer as the starting center forward on the #1 ranked U17 DA team in the nation.  He has a great frame that we think will only get stronger.  He moves well for his size and does a great job of occupying attention of one or two opponents and then finding the open teammate in space.  He can play with his back to goal and also has the ability to run into the channels and get behind the opponent.
 
“Kahveh will have a great mentor to learn from with Paolo Carroll but we also want him to compete with Paolo right away which will make them both better players and help the program.  Kahveh has immense talent and love for the game, and if he can push himself on a consistent basis to thrive on the competition, adapt to the physicality of the college game, and embrace the level of fitness and defensive work that is needed, the talent and potential is all there to be a big-time player in college, and possibly beyond.”