Mehdi Sharifi

Mehdi Sharifi

Sharifi in 2014 with Iran
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Sharifi
Date of birth (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992
Place of birth Varposht, Isfahan, Iran
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Tractor Sazi
Number 28
Youth career
2001–2009 Zob Ahan
2009–2013 Sepahan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2010–2013 Sepahan Novin 29 (14)
2012– Sepahan 62 (23)
2016– → Tractor Sazi (loan) 3 (1)
National team
2012–2013 Iran U20 7 (1)
2014 Iran U23 2 (0)
2014– Iran 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 February 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

Mehdi Sharifi (Persian: مهدی شریفی‎‎) (born 16 August 1992), is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Tractor Sazi in the Iran Pro League[1][2] as a forward.

Club career

Zob Ahan

Before going to Sepahan, he was playing for Zob Ahan and he went to rivals Sepahan at age 15.

Sepahan

First years

From 2009 to 2012 he was a member of Sepahan under-21 football team and became the top goal scorer of Iran under-21 football league in 2011–12 season.[3]

He was promoted to the Sepahan first team squad in the summer of 2012.[4][5] He played in a couple of internal and international friendly matches for Sepahan and scored a couple of goals, like his goal against FK Sarajevo.[6][7]

2013–14

He made his debut for Sepahan in match against Rah Ahan on 5 September 2013 and scored his first goal for Sepahan in Iran Pro League in a 2–1 win over Tractor Sazi. His debut in the AFC Champions League coincided with him scoring the only goal for Sepahan in their 3–1 loss against Al-Sadd. Sharifi scored twice in Sepahan's 4–0 win over Al-Sadd in the AFC Champions League.[8][9]

2014–15

Sharifi extended his contract with Sepahan until 2019 after agreeing on a new contract. He played pre-season friendlies against Arsenal Tula, Gloria Buzău and Fenerbahçe which he scored three goals. He played his first official game for Sepahan in their 2–0 win over Paykan in the first week of the league. At the next match, Sharifi assisted twice to help Sepahan for their second consecutive 2–0 win, this time against Gostaresh. He scored his first goal of the season in 3–1 win over Esteghlal on 14 August 2014. On 15 May 2015 Sharifi's two goals in Sepahan's 2–0 win against Saipa won the club the league title for the 2014–15 season.

2015–16

In the first match of the 2015–16 season against Esteghlal Khuzestan Sharifi scored en route to a Sepahan victory. After his good performances with Sepahan, Sharifi drew interest from Austrian champions SK Rapid Wien.[10]

Tractor Sazi

Sharifi joined Tractor Sazi on loan for a two–year period to complete his conscription.

Club career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2012–13SepahanIran Pro League 00000000
2013–1419810642612
2014–15271210––2812
2015–161632400187
Tractor Sazi 31––1142
Career total 622344647231

International career

Sharifi before friendly match with Montenegro, 26 May 2014

From 2012 to 2013, he was a member of the Iran national under-20 football team,[11] in which he scored one goal in seven matches. On April 12, 2014, he was called up to the Iran national football team by Carlos Queiroz for their South Africa camp.[12] He was later selected in Iran's 30-man provisional squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[13] He made his debut in a friendly match against Belarus on 18 May 2014.[14] However, a month later Sharifi was not included in Iran's squad for the World Cup. He named in Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.[15]

Honours

Club

Sepahan

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Profile of Mehdi Sharifi - IPL 2012-2013
  2. ↑ Mehdi Sharifi profile in Iran Football Federation
  3. ↑ آمار گلزنان برتر ليگ برتر اميد و جوانان
  4. ↑ مراسم جشن پیراهن بازیکنان سپاهان برگزار شد
  5. ↑ Mehdi Sharifi in Sepahan F.C.
  6. ↑ Sepahan won 2-0 against FK Sarajevo
  7. ↑ پيروزي سپاهان در نخستين بازي تدارکاتي
  8. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-us/people/iran/91926/mehdi-sharifi
  9. ↑ http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930127001438
  10. ↑ http://www.persianfootball.com/news/2015/08/14/sepahans-sharifi-on-his-way-to-vienna/
  11. ↑ "Sharifi Fan Thread". PersianFootball.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Iran players for South Africa camp". bbc.co.uk. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Team Melli final 30 given to FIFA". Persian Football. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  14. ↑ http://ca.soccerway.com/matches/2014/05/18/world/friendlies/iran/belarus/1653130/?ICID=HP_MS_04_01
  15. ↑ "بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد". ffiri.ir. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
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