Arash Borhani

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Arash Borhani
Personal information
Full name Arash Borhani
Date of birth 14 September 1983 (1983-09-14) (age 28)
Place of birth Kerman, Iran
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Esteghlal
Number 9
Youth career
1997–2001 Shahrdari Kerman
2001–2002 Pas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2006 Pas 101 (38)
2006–2007 Al Nasr Dubai 9 (3)
2007 → Pas (loan) 11 (2)
2007– Esteghlal 127 (59)
National team‡
2003–2006 Iran U23 16 (12)
2003–2011 Iran 37 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2012.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 March 2011

Arash Borhani (Persian: آرش برهانی‎, born September 14, 1983 in Kerman, Iran) is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League and is a member of Iran national football team.

He is top goal scorer of 2008–09 Iran's Premier Football League and also the second all-time top goal scorers of Iran's Premier Football League. Borhani is a Bronze Medalist of 2006 Asian Games with Iran national under-23 football team.[1]

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[edit] Club career

Having just moved to Pas in the Iran's Premier Football league, he helped the club to finish second in the IPL 2002/03 season. He Scored 4 Goals in the season, which 3 of them was on a Hattrick in the last match of the season.[2][3] He continued with Pas for the next seasons and became a fixed starter. He was one of club's main players in AFC Champions League 2005.

Shortly before the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Borhani signed for the UAE League, Al Nasr S.C. On January 21, 2007 Borhani signed back with his former team PAS Tehran F.C. after being sacked by Al Nasr S.C. due to unforeseen circumstances. Since signing back with PAS Tehran F.C., within a period of 5 months, he has scored only twice, which has put him through the most difficult time in his career.

Borhani had offers from Al-Ain of the UAE League, Mouscron of the Belgian League, Vitória Setúbal of the Portuguese Liga, Denizlispor of the Turkcell Super League and Mes Kerman F.C. and Esteghlal of Iran's Premier Football League, though it was not known which offer Borhani was likely to accept.[4][5][6] However on July 17, 2007 Borhani signed a contract with the IPL giants Esteghlal.[7] On October 27 Borhani scored his first hat-trick for Esteghlal in a 3-2 win over Paykan F.C.. On November 25 Borhani again scored a hat-trick plus 2 against Damash Gilan F.C. in the Hazfi Cup ending up with 5 goals, the games final score being 8-1 in favor of Esteghlal.He became the top scorer in 2008-09 season with 21 goals.The next season he scored 11 goals but missed so many chances during the final matches of the season.

[edit] Club career statistics

  • Last update: 18 February 2012
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2002-03 Pas Persian Gulf Cup 18 4 - - 18 4
2003-04 24 12 - - 24 12
2004-05 25 10 - - 25 10
2005-06 27 8 7 4 34 12
United Arab Emirates League President's Cup Asia Total
2006-07 Al-Nasr UAE League 7 1 2 2 [8] - - 9 3
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2006-07 Pas Persian Gulf Cup 11 2 0 0 - - 11 2
2007-08 Esteghlal 31 8 6 4 - - 37 12
2008-09 30 20[9] 1 5 6 2 37 27
2009-10 29 11 1 3 5 0 35 14
2010-11 23 14 3 0 5 2 31 16
2011-12 14 6 2 0 2 2 18 8
Total Iran 232 95 13 12 25 10 270 117
United Arab Emirates 7 1 2 2 0 0 9 3
Career total 239 96 15 14 25 10 279 120

The information in Hazfi Cup is not complete

[edit] Assist Goals

Season Team Assists
05–06 Pas 4
06–07 Pas 1
07–08 Esteghlal 2
08–09 Esteghlal 2
09–10 Esteghlal 1
10–11 Esteghlal 3

[edit] International career

While playing for PAS Tehran F.C., he was called to the Iran U-23 team for the 2004 Athens Olympics qualifications, where he had some good performances, including scoring four goals in two games versus Uzbekistan. Despite the talent on the team, the Iran U-23 team did not qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Around the same time he was called up to the Team Melli, where he scored some crucial goals, such as the tying goal versus Qatar in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match. He was not a regular starter for the team, but he was among Iran's final squad for 2006 FIFA World Cup.

In November 2006, he once again joined Iran U-23 team to participate at the 2006 Asian Games. In the quarter-final match against China, Arash Borhani, after masterfully dribbling around the Chinese goalkeeper, held the ball short of the goal line and invited his team-mates to approach. He held that position for a few seconds before moving the ball over the line and then started running with joy towards the bench and celebrating with others. Later on he apologized for dishonoring the China U-23 team.

He has been recently called up to the national squad by Iranian coach Ali Daei to play in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Third Round.He played in 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification for Team Melli.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 June 2004 Azadi Stadium, Tehran  Syria 3-0 7-1 2004 WAFF
2 21 June 2004 Azadi Stadium, Tehran  Syria 4-0 7-1 2004 WAFF
3 23 June 2004 Azadi Stadium, Tehran  Iraq 2-1 2-1 2004 WAFF
4 25 June 2004 Azadi Stadium, Tehran  Syria 3-1 4-1 2004 WAFF
5 9 October 2004 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha  Qatar 2-2 3-2 2006 WCQ
6 17 November 2004 Azadi Stadium, Tehran  Laos 6-0 7-0 2006 WCQ
7 2 February 2005 Azadi Stadium, Tehran  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 2-1 Friendly
8 28 May 2006 Gradski Vrt Stadium, Osijek  Croatia 2-1 2-2 Friendly
9 2 January 2009 Azadi Stadium, Tehran  China PR 1-0 3-1 Friendly
10 12 August 2009 Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium, Sarajevo  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-2 3-2 Friendly

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Country

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.jamejamonline.ir/papertext.aspx?newsnum=100844449838
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ "Arash Borhani in negotiation with UAE and Belgian clubs". IranSportsPress. http://www.iransportspress.com/?c=170&a=4425. Retrieved 2007-06-19. 
  5. ^ "Footballmedia Exclusive!Arash Borhani to join Vitoria de Setubal of Portugal!". FootballMedia.net. http://www.footballmedia.net/articles.asp?id=1671. Retrieved 2007-06-19. 
  6. ^ "Borhani to sign for Mes Kerman". IRNA. http://www2.irna.ir/fa/news/view/menu-154/8603293711180538.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-19. 
  7. ^ "(Persian)آرش برهاني به استقلال پيوست". FootballIran.ir. Archived from the original on 2007-08-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20070819091327/http://www.footballiran.ir/Negaresh_site/FullStory/?Id=8661. Retrieved 2007-07-18. 
  8. ^ goalzz
  9. ^ Profile of Arash Borhani - IPL 2008-2009
  10. ^ Youtube

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Iran Hadi Asghari
Iran Mohsen Khalili		 Persian Gulf Cup top scorer
2008–09		 Succeeded by
Iraq Emad Mohammed
Esteghlal F.C. – current squad
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