Maziar Zare
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maziar Zare Eshghdoust | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Bandar Anzali, Iran | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Malavan | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2004 | Malavan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2008 | Malavan | 105 | (7) |
| 2008–2009 | Persepolis | 30 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Emirates Club | 13 | (2) |
| 2010 | Al-Sharjah | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Persepolis | 59 | (6) |
| 2012– | Malavan | 96 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | Iran U23 | 6 | (2) |
| 2007–2014 | Iran | 34 | (5) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 April 2016. | |||
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Maziar Zare Eshghdoust (Persian: مازیار زارع عشقدوست, born 22 December 1984 in Bandar Anzali, Iran) is an Iranian Football player. He currently plays for Malavan in the Iran Pro League. He is a right-footed Defensive Midfielder.
He is dubbed as The New Ghayeghran after the late Sirous Ghayeghran, Malavan's legend and also wore the coveted number 9 shirt.
Club career
He Played 4 seasons for Malavan and moved to Persepolis in the summer of 2008 and played in AFC Champions League for the team and was the regular player for the team which he took the penalties. After a disappointing season in UAE he returned to Persepolis in 2010 and won the Hazfi Cup in the first season. He was one of the regular players of the team during the second season but was mostly substituted towards the end of the season when Mustafa Denizli was the coach. In June 2012, he moved back to Malavan along with former teammate Pejman Nouri.
Club career statistics
- Last Update: 26 September 2015
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Iran | League | Hazfi Cup | Asia | Total | ||||||
| 2004–05 | Malavan | Pro League | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | |
| 2005–06 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2006–07 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2007–08 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 4 | |||
| 2008–09 | Persepolis | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 6 | |
| United Arab Emirates | League | President's Cup | Asia | Total | ||||||
| 2009–10 | Emirates | UAE League[1] | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | 19 | 2 | |
| Al Sharjah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Iran | League | Hazfi Cup | Asia | Total | ||||||
| 2010–11 | Persepolis | Pro League | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 5 |
| 2011–12 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | Malavan | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | ||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | Iran | 270 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 304 | 29 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 294 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 335 | 31 | ||
- Assist Goals
| Season | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| 05–06 | Malavan | 2 |
| 06–07 | 0 | |
| 07–08 | 4 | |
| 08–09 | Persepolis | 0 |
| 10–11 | 0 | |
| 11–12 | 0 | |
| 12–13 | Malavan | 1 |
| 13–14 | 4 | |
| 14–15 | 0 | |
International career
Maziar Zare was a member of Iran national under-23 football team in the 2006 Asian Games, where he scored a 30-yard strike for Iran. He was called up to the senior squad in June 2007 for the West Asian Football Federation Championship 2007. He made his debut for Iran in a match vs Iraq. He played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification and 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification for Team Melli.
He also was invited in June 2011 by Carlos Queiroz[2] to participate in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
International goals
- Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 January 2009 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran |  China PR | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 9 January 2009 | Azadi Stadium, Tehran |  Singapore | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 3 | 23 March 2009 | Kuwait National Stadium, Kuwait City |  Kuwait | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Honours
- Persepolis
References
External links
- Maziar Zare at PersianLeague.com
- Maziar Zare at TeamMelli.com
- Maziar Zare's Profile in 18ghadam.ir
- Maziar Zare at National-Football-Teams.com
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