Kaveh Rezaei

Kaveh Rezaei
Personal information
Full name Kaveh Rezaei
Date of birth (1992-04-05) 5 April 1992
Place of birth Eslamabad Gharb, Iran
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Zob Ahan
Number 9
Youth career
2005–2011 Foolad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009–2012 Foolad 35 (2)
2012–2014 Saipa 69 (12)
2014– Zob Ahan 34 (11)
National team‡
2007–2009 Iran U17 13 (10)
2009–2010 Iran U20 3 (5)
2012–2014 Iran U23 19 (11)
2015– Iran 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015

Kaveh Rezaei (Persian: کاوه رضایی‎‎; born April 5, 1992) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Zob Ahan in the Iran Pro League as a striker.

Club career

Foolad

Rezaei started his career at Foolad. In the 2010-11 season, he scored one goal and provided two assists for his team mates in 16 games. During the next season, Rezaei played in 12 games starting in 4 and playing the whole 90 minutes in one of those games.

Saipa

He moved to Saipa to gain more playing time in the 2012–13 season, though not a fix started he managed to make 33 appearance, scored 5 goals against Saba, Peykan, Fajr Sepasi, Saba and Gohar. He also made 2 assist during the season.

Zob Ahan

On 28 December 2014 he joined Zob Ahan with a 18-month contract which keep him until end of 2015–16 season with Isfahani side.[1] On 16 April 2015 Rezaei scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 victory against Naft Tehran.

Club Statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2009–10FooladPro League 7010––80
2010–11 14110––151
2011–12 12000––120
2012–13Saipa 33500––335
2013–14 25610––266
2014–15 11121––132
Zob Ahan 10511––116
2015–16 2462052318
Career total 13624825214828
SeasonTeamAssists
10–11Foolad 1
11–12Foolad 2
12–13Saipa 2
13–14Saipa 3
14–15Saipa 1
Zob Ahan 3
15–16Zob Ahan 2

International

U17

Rezaei finished as the top scorer of the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship scoring in every single game he played in and finishing with 6 goals in 5 games. Iran won the championship winning the final game 2-0 against South Korea.

Rezaei featured for Iran in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup scoring a goal against Gambia.[2]

U19

Rezaei also made the squad for the unsuccessful 2010 AFC U-19 Championship, surprisingly his involvement was highly limited under the guidance of his former U17 manager, Ali Doustimehr. However he started in Iran's last game of the group stages, scoring both goals in the game and helping to record Iran's only win of the tournament.

U23

In 2012 he broke in to coach Ali Reza Mansourian's squad and has been regular feature ever since. He was called up for the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship, where he was the leading goalscorer after the group stage with 5 goals in 3 matches, including a hat trick in his last game.[3] He named in Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.[4]

Senior

He made his debut against India during Iran's 2018 World Cup Qualification campaign on 8 September 2015.

Honours

Club

Zob Ahan

International

Iran U-16

Individual

References

  1. ↑ http://www.zobahanclub.com/main/index.php/per/2014-07-31-21-40-11/item/537-2014-12-28-10-35-31
  2. ↑ FIFA
  3. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men/afc-u22-championship/27553-kalaf-claims-mvp-award.html
  4. ↑ "بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد". ffiri.ir. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
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