List of Persepolis F.C. players
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Persepolis Football Club is a professional association football club based in Tehran, Iran.
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Persepolis was founded in 1963 by Ali Abdo and has been in the first division of Iranian football since 1968. The club has played at its home ground, Azadi Stadium, since 1973. They contest the Tehran Derby against rival team Esteghlal, a match that is closely followed by Iranian football fans and considered to be one of the popular clubs in Asia,.[2] According to the Asian Football Confederation, Persepolis is the most popular football club in Asia.[3][4][5] At the AFC Champions League, 11 of the top 20 matches by attendance were played by Persepolis. Persepolis has also broken the record of 100,000 attendees in four matches at the AFC Champions League. Persepolis has won a record fifteen Iranian league titles, as well as seven Hazfi Cups, five Super Cups and the 1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.[6] Many notable players have played for the club, including former Bundesliga players Ali Karimi, Ali Daei, Vahid Hashemian and Mehdi Mahdavikia. Ali Parvin, who spent 18 years with the club from 1970 to 1988, is widely regarded as the club's greatest player.
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The list includes notable footballers who have played for Persepolis. Generally, this means players that have played at least 100 league matches for the club.
Key
edit- The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
- Appearances as a substitute are also included.
- Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 27 February 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
GK | Goalkeeper | ||
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FB | Full-back | DF | Defender |
HB | Half-back | MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward |
- Nationality
- Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
- Position
- Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.
- Club career
- Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
- Total appearances and Total goals
- Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Iran championship Tournament, Iran Local League, Takht Jamshid Cup, Qods League, Azadegan League, Iran Pro League, Tehran Football League, Hazfi Cup, Tehran Hazfi Cup, AFC Champions League, Asian Cup Winners' Cup, and Iranian Super Cup.
World Cup Players
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Olympic Players
editList of players
editNotable players with at least 3 seasons (6 half-seasons) at the club are listed according to the date of their first-team official debut for the club.
Nat | Name | Position | Persepolis career |
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Aziz Asli | Goalkeeper | 1968–71 | |
Hadi Tavoosi | Goalkeeper | 1968–69, 1970–74 | |
Hamid Shirzadegan | Forward | 1968–74 | |
Ebrahim Ashtiani | Defender | 1968–69, 1970–76 | |
Büyük Vatankhah | Defender | 1968–69, 1970–74 | |
Nazem Ganjapour | Forward | 1968–69, 1970–72 | |
Jafar Kashani | Defender | 1968–69, 1970–75 | |
Hossein Kalani | Forward | 1968–69, 1970–75 | |
Fereydoun Moeini | Midfielder | 1968–69, 1970–76 | |
Reza Vatankhah | Defender | 1968–69, 1970–80 | |
Mahmoud Khordbin | Forward | 1969–80 | |
Homayoun Behzadi | Forward | 1968–69, 1970–75 | |
Mehrab Shahrokhi | Defender | 1970–75 | |
Ali Parvin 1 | Midfielder | 1970–88 | |
Safar Iranpak | Forward | 1970–80 | |
Esmaeil Haj Rahimipour | Midfielder | 1970–78 | |
Iraj Soleimani | Forward | 1971–75 | |
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | Midfielder | 1971–78 | |
Bahram Mavaddat | Goalkeeper | 1973–76 | |
Javad Allahverdi | Defender | 1974–81 | |
Alireza Azizi | Midfielder | 1975–79 | |
Bijan Zolfagharnasab | Defender | 1975–79 | |
Mohammad Dadkan | Defender | 1975–83 | |
Mohammad Reza Zadmehr | Forward | 1975–90 | |
Mohammad Mayeli Kohan | Midfielder | 1976–90 | |
Vazgen Safarian | Goalkeeper | 1977–81 | |
Mohammad Panjali | Defender | 1977–87, 1989–94 | |
Hamid Derakhshan | Midfielder | 1977–87, 1992–94 | |
Abbas Kargar | Midfielder | 1979–88 | |
Zia Arabshahi | Midfielder | 1979–90 | |
Vahid Ghelich | Goalkeeper | 1980–92 | |
Nasser Nouraei | Forward | 1981–84 | |
Nasser Mohammadkhani | Forward | 1981–86, 1989–94 | |
Behrouz Soltani | Goalkeeper | 1981–89 | |
Gholamreza Fathabadi | Forward | 1981–86 | |
Fariborz Moradi | Defender | 1981–92 | |
Morteza Fonounizadeh | Defender | 1985–92 | |
Farshad Pious | Forward | 1985–88, 1989–97 | |
Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard | Midfielder | 1987–92 | |
Nader Mohammadkhani | Defender | 1987–88, 1990–91, 1998–2000 | |
Karim Bavi | Forward | 1987–91, 1992–93 | |
Mohsen Ashouri | Midfielder | 1987–92, 1993–97 | |
Morteza Kermani Moghaddam | Midfielder | 1987–89, 1991, 1995–96 | |
Hossein Abdi | Midfielder | 1987–2000 | |
Jamshid Shahmohammadi | Forward | 1987–88, 1993–95 | |
Mojtaba Moharrami | Defender | 1988–97 | |
Hassan Shirmohammadi | Midfielder | 1989–92, 1994–95 | |
Mohammad Khakpour | Defender | 1990–95 | |
Hamid Estili | Midfielder | 1992–94, 1998–2004 | |
Behzad Dadashzadeh | Midfielder | 1992–96 | |
Reza Shahroudi | Defender | 1992–97, 1998–99, 2000–03 | |
Afshin Peyrovani | Defender | 1993–96, 1997–2004 | |
Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh | Goalkeeper | 1994–2001 | |
Majid Namjoo-Motlagh | Midfielder | 1994–97 | |
Ali Daei | Forward | 1994–96, 2003–04 | |
Behrouz Rahbarifar | Defender | 1994–2003, 2004–06 | |
Alireza Emamifar | Midfielder | 1994–2000, 2003–05 | |
Nima Nakisa | Goalkeeper | 1994–96, 1997–99 | |
Naeim Saadavi | Defender | 1995–99 | |
Yahya Golmohammadi | Defender | 1995–99, 2002–05 | |
Esmaeil Halali | Midfielder | 1995–2002 | |
Mehrdad Minavand | Midfielder | 1995–98, 2002–04 | |
Mehdi Mahdavikia | Midfielder | 1995–99, 2012–13 | |
Karim Bagheri | Midfielder | 1996–97, 2002–10 | |
Edmond Bezik | Forward | 1996–2001 | |
Mehdi Hasheminasab | Defender | 1997–2000 | |
Hamed Kavianpour | Midfielder | 1997–2002, 2003–06 | |
Davoud Fanaei | Goalkeeper | 1998–2003, 2004–06 | |
Ali Ansarian | Defender | 1998–2003, 2004–06 | |
Ali Karimi | Midfielder | 1998–2001, 2008–09, 2011–13 | |
Payan Rafat | Forward | 1999–2001, 2002–03 | |
Mohammad Barzegar | Defender | 1999–2004 | |
Ebrahim Asadi | Midfielder | 1999–2003, 2004–07 | |
Hassan Khanmohammadi | Defender | 2000–2005 | |
Reza Jabbari | Midfielder | 2000–2005 | |
Sohrab Entezari | Forward | 2001–06 | |
Pejman Jamshidi | Midfielder | 2001–05 | |
Javad Kazemian | Forward | 2003–06, 2011–13 | |
Sheys Rezaei | Defender | 2003–08, 2009–12 | |
Mehrdad Oladi | Forward | 2003–06, 2007, 2011–12 | |
Pejman Nouri | Midfielder | 2005–09 | |
Mehrzad Madanchi | Forward | 2005–07, 2012–13 | |
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht | Forward | 2006–09 | |
Hossein Badamaki | Midfielder | 2006–12 | |
Alireza Haghighi | Goalkeeper | 2006–12, 2013 | |
Sepehr Heydari | Defender | 2007–11 | |
Mohsen Khalili | Forward | 2007–10 | |
Maziar Zare | Midfielder | 2008–09, 2010–12 | |
Hadi Norouzi 2 | Forward | 2008–13, 2014–15 | |
Mohammad Nouri | Midfielder | 2010–15 | |
Gholamreza Rezaei | Forward | 2010–13 | |
Hossein Kanaanizadegan | Defender | 2012–14, 2019–21, 2023–present | |
Mohsen Bengar | Defender | 2012–16 | |
Jalal Hosseini | Defender | 2012–14, 2016–22 | |
Hossein Mahini | Defender | 2012–14, 2016–19 | |
Farshad Ahmadzadeh | Midfielder | 2012–13, 2015–18, 2019, 2024–present | |
Omid Alishah | Midfielder | 2013–16, 2018–present | |
Mohsen Mosalman | Midfielder | 2013–14, 2015–18 | |
Mehdi Taremi | Forward | 2014–18 | |
Ahmad Nourollahi | Midfielder | 2014–16, 2017–21 | |
Ali Alipour | Forward | 2015–20 | |
Kamal Kamyabinia | Midfielder | 2015–23 | |
Mohammad Ansari | Defender | 2015–21 | |
Vahid Amiri | Midfielder | 2016–18, 2019–present | |
Alireza Beiranvand | Goalkeeper | 2016–20, 2022–24 | |
Soroush Rafiei | Midfielder | 2017, 2019, 2022–present | |
Shoja' Khalilzadeh | Defender | 2017–20 | |
Siamak Nemati | Midfielder | 2017–23 | |
Bashar Resan | Midfielder | 2017–20 | |
Mehdi Torabi | Midfielder | 2019–20, 2021–24 | |
Mehdi Abdi | Forward | 2019–23 | |
Issa Alekasir | Forward | 2020–23, 2024–present | |
Milad Sarlak | Midfielder | 2020–23 |
1 He is the biggest legend of the club. the club decided to retire the squad number 7 for many years in memory of him.
2 He died of heart attack in sleep at the age of 30. He was captain of Persepolis at the time. the club decided to retire the squad number 24 forever in memory of him.
List of foreign players
edit- Bold players are/were National players.
- As of 2 August 2024
- 1 He is dignasosed with Hepatitis B and had to leave Persepolis.
- 2 He only played 7 games in 2012 AFC Champions League.
- 3 Roberto Sousa & The Club reached agreement to terminate the contract because long term injury.[8]
- 4 Kwon injured his ankle ligament, went to Korea for Treatment But released from club.
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By Positionedit
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Notes
editA. ^ Hossein Kalani is top goal scorer of 1970–71 with 7 goals and 1971–72 with 12 goals.
B. ^ Safar Iranpak is top goal scorer of 1971–72 with 12 goals.
C. ^ Farshad Pious is top goal scorer of 1991–92 with 11 goals and 1994–95 with 20 goals.
D. ^ Ali Daei is top goal scorer of 2003–04 with 16 goals.
E. ^ Mohsen Khalili is top goal scorer of 2007–08 with 18 goals.
F. ^ Mehdi Taremi is top goal scorer of 2015–16 with 16 goals and 2016–17 with 18 goals.
G. ^ Ali Alipour is top goal scorer of 2017–18 with 19 goals.
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- ^ "آشنایی با باشگاه پرسپولیس". Hamshahri. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008.
- ^ "ترجمه مقاله به فارسی) مجله ورلد ساکر)". World Soccer Magazine, ISNA. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011.
- ^ ":: وب سایت رسمی باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس". Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ "سایت رسمی باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی پرسپولیس (پیروزی) » با گرفتن تعهدنامه / قرارداد اوسال فسخ شد". Archived from the original on 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
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