Ali Samereh

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Personal information
Ali Samereh
Full name	Ali Samereh
Date of birth	November 23, 1977
Place of birth	Rafsanjan, Iran
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Al Shaab
Number	20
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
?-? ?-2001 2001-2002 2002-2005 2005-present	Fajr Sepasi Esteghlal FC Perugia Calcio (loan) Esteghlal FC Al Shaab	?(?) ?(?) 6(0) ?(18) 29 (25)
National team**
2002-present	Iran	22 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 22 July 2006.

Ali Samereh, (born 23 November 1977 in Rafsanjan, Iran) is an Iranian football player. He currently plays for Al Shaab. He usually plays in the Striker position.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Notes
4 External link

[edit] Club career

Samereh began his career at Iran premier football league outfit Fajr Sepasi and soon showed what he is capable of, this earned him a move to the Iranian 05/06 Champions Esteghlal FC. Samereh continued his first-rate performance with Esteghlal FC and was instrumental in the glory of Esteghlal FC, the club soon took the opportunity and sent him on loan to Perugia Calcio, a Serie A Italian club for a fee of £166,000. Samereh's success with Perugia Calcio was limited due to the handful of appearances with the club and he soon returned to Esteghlal FC.

In 2005, he moved to UAE to play for Al Shaab FC. During the first season, Ali Samereh scored 17 goals for the club in the UAE League, becoming the league's third top goalscorer in the 2005/06 season.^[1]

[edit] International career

He was called for national team in 2002 duty and made several appearances, however he could not repeat his goal scoring feat at the national level. After a period away from football due to injury, Samereh soon bounced back and continued his scoring for Esteghlal in 2003/04 season and once again was recalled to the Iran national football team.