Hadi Tabatabaei

Hadi Tabatabaei
Personal information
Full name Sayed Hadi Tabatabaei
Date of birth (1973-06-19) June 19, 1973
Place of birth Rasht, Iran
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position 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)
National team
1997–2000 Iran 14 (0)
Teams managed
2008–2011 Iran U23 (goalkeeping coach)
2014– Iran U23 (assistant coach)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (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.

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