Hadi Tabatabaei

Hadi Tabatabaei

Personal information
Full name	Sayed Hadi Tabatabaei
Date of birth	(1973-04-09) April 9, 1973
Place of birth	Rasht, Iran
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Esteghlal Rasht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1993	Esteghlal Rasht
1993–1994	Keshavarz
1994–1996	Pas
1996–1999	Bahman
1999	→ Fajr Sepasi (loan)
1999–2003	Esteghlal
2004–2005	Saba Battery	15	(0)
2005–2006	Shahid Ghandi	11	(0)
International career
1997–2000	Iran	14	(0)
Managerial career
2008–2011	Iran U23 (goalkeeping coach)
2014–2016	Iran U23 (assistant coach)
2016–2017	Damash Gilan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hadi Tabatabaei (Persian: هادى طباطبايی, born on April 13, 1973, in Rasht) is a retired Iranian football goalkeeper.

Following Tabatabaei's retirement in 2006 he became a fully qualified coach and holds an Asian Football Confederation 'A' level coaching licence.

International career

Tabatabaei debuted for Iran versus the Maldives on June 11, 1997,

Tabatabaei was a member for Iran national football team between 1997 and 2000, but after the injury right before the Asian Cup 2000 he was never called up for national team again. His most memorable games for the national team was a friendly match versus Denmark on October 10, 1999, in Copenhagen. Following that performance Iranian newspapers dubbed him the Lion of Copenhagen.

References

• Hadi Tabatabaei at National-Football-Teams.com