Mehdi Mehdipour
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![]() Mehdipour in May 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mehdi Mehdipour | ||
Date of birth | October 25, 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Isfahan, Iran | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Esteghlal | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2009 | Sepahan | ||
2010–2013 | Zob Ahan | ||
2013–2014 | Rah Ahan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Rah Ahan | 6 | (0) |
2014–2020 | Zob Ahan | 92 | (3) |
2018–2019 | → Tractor (loan) | 43 | (3) |
2020– | Esteghlal | 93 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2010 | Iran U17 | ||
2011–2012 | Iran U20 | ||
2014–2016 | Iran U23 | 1 | (1) |
2022 | Iran | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2022 |
Mehdi Mehdipour (Persian: مهدی مهدیپور; born 25 October 1994) is an Iranian footballer who played as a midfielder for Persian Gulf Pro League club Esteghlal.
Style of play
[edit]Mehdipour is a central midfielder, but can play as a defensive or an attacking midfielder. He is known for his high accuracy passing and technique. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers in the Iran Pro League.[citation needed]
Club career
[edit]Early years
[edit]He started his career with Sepahan for youth levels. Later he joined Zob Ahan academy.
Rah Ahan
[edit]He joined Tehrani side with his former coach at Zob Ahan, Mansour Ebrahimzadeh in summer 2013. He made his debut against Iranian club Esteghlal on January 4, 2014 as a substitute.[1] He was released from Rah Ahan as December 2014.
Zob Ahan
[edit]Mehdipour returned to Zob Ahan on 26 December 2014.[2] In the 2015–2016 season, Mahdipour was one of the key players of Zob Ahan.[citation needed] Mehdipour played in the return match with Gostaresh Foolad F.C. during the 2015–16 season, scoring two goals.
Esteghlal
[edit]On 10 October 2020 he signed a 3-year contract with Esteghlal F.C, and on 25 June 2021 he scored his first goal against Gol Gohar Sirjan. He also scored a second goal from a free kick in the last minutes of the match against Sepahan in the last week of the 2020–21 Persian Gulf Pro League season.
Club career statistics
[edit]- As of 6 April 2024
Club | Division | Season | League | Hazfi Cup | Asia | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Rah Ahan | Persian Gulf Pro League | 2013–14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
Zob Ahan | 2014–15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||
2015–16 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||||
2016–17 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 2 | ||
2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | |||
Total | 72 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 4 | ||
Tractor | Persian Gulf Pro League | 2017-18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |
2018–19 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 2 | |||||
Total | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 49 | 3 | |||
Zob Ahan | Persian Gulf Pro League | 2019–20 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | |
Esteghlal | 2020–21 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |||
2021–22 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 32 | 1 | |||||
2022–23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||||
2023–24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | |||||
Total | 93 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 5 | ||
Career totals | 235 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 287 | 12 |
Assists
[edit]Season | Team | Assists |
---|---|---|
2014–15 | Zob Ahan | 0 |
2015–16 | Zob Ahan | 1 |
2016–17 | Zob Ahan | 3 |
2017–18 | Zob Ahan | 3 |
Tractor | 2 |
International career
[edit]U23
[edit]He was invited to the Iran U-23 training camp by Nelo Vingada[3] in preparation for Incheon 2014 and the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship (Summer Olympic qualification). He was named to the Iran U23 final roster for Incheon 2014.[4] He made his senior debut for the Iran national football team on 24 March 2022 against Korea Republic.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Zob Ahan
- Esteghlal
- Iran Pro League: 2021–22
- Iran Pro League runner-up: 2023–24
- Hazfi Cup runners-up: 2020–21, 2022–23
- Iranian Super Cup: 2022
References
[edit]- ^ Mehdi Mehdipour
- ^ Mehdi Mehdipour at fars news
- ^ Mehdi Mehdipour at isport
- ^ "بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد". ffiri.ir. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
External links
[edit]- Mehdi Mehdipour at PersianLeague
- Mehdi Mehdipour at IranLeague
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Isfahan
- Iranian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Sepahan S.C. footballers
- Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. players
- Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players
- Tractor S.C. players
- Persian Gulf Pro League players
- Iran men's under-20 international footballers
- Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Iran
- Esteghlal F.C. players
- Iranian football midfielder stubs