Karim Bagheri
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Karim Bagheri | |
| Date of birth | February 24, 1974 (age 33) | |
| Place of birth |  Tabriz, Iran |
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| Height | 1.86m | |
| Nickname | Iran's Zidane | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
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| Current club | Persepolis F.C. |
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| Number | 6 | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002- |
Tractor Club Keshavarz FC Persepolis F.C. Arminia Bielefeld Al-Nasr Charlton Athletic Al Sadd Persepolis F.C. |
51 (6) 1 (0) 88 (7) |
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| 1993-2001 | Iran |
80 (47) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Karim Bagheri (Persian: کريم باقری , born February 24, 1974 in Tabriz, Iran) is a professional football player, currently playing for Persepolis F.C. in the Iranian Premier League.
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[edit] Club career
Karim Bagheri is one of the best known Iranian football players around. He is often dubbed as "Iran's Zidane". He began his football playing for his hometown club of Tractor Club. He was very impressive and was transferred to Keshavarz FC and soon after to Persepolis F.C.. He became a fan favorite there and after his impressive displays he was soon transferred to Bundesliga's Arminia Bielefeld along with his fellow Iranian international Ali Daei. His first season there was not a huge success and the club was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga. In his second season, he established himself as a starter playing in the libero position, helping the team make it back to the Bundesliga. He remained in Arminia for one more season, but returned to Perspolis again after problems with the coaching staff at Bielefeld, though Perspolis loaned him to Al-Nasr in the UAE. At that time English clubs were interested in Bagheri and Charlton Athletic of the Premiership quickly signed him for an initial fee of £400,000. He had very little success there, only playing 15 minutes during the entire season. He then moved to Al Sadd in Qatar. In 2002 he decided to return to Persepolis once again. In September of 2006, many thought he had been released from the team after arguments with management and staff over the club's financial commitments and unpaid wages. Bagheri instead was disciplined but remained on the team.
[edit] International career
He was first invited to Iranian national team during the 1994 World Cup qualifers, making his debut versus Pakistan on June 6, 1993. He displayed great football and soon became a starter for Iran in the midfield.
He became famous though for sparking Iran's comeback against Australia in the second leg of their 1998 World Cup qualifier in 1997. He scored the first of two goals that brought new light on what seemed to be an already dark 2-0 defeat and sprung Iran back to tie the game 2-2 and eventually become the last team to qualify for the World Cup. Bagheri also had one of the strongest right-legged shots and scored many fantastic goals against opponents, such as his game-tying goal against South Korea in the quarter finals of the 2000 Asian Cup in Lebanon. He retired from the Iranian national team after it's failure to qualify for World Cup 2002. He was called up to the national team again soon after World Cup 2006, but said he would not participate as he is retired from international football and has no plans on returning to it. [1].
He was named the world's second top goal scorer in official international matches by International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), having scored 20 goals for Iran in 1997. [2]. He has 80 caps for his national team and has scored 47 goals for Team Melli.
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Iran squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Abedzadeh | 2 Mahdavikia | 3 Saadavi | 4 Khakpour | 5 Peyrovani | 6 Bagheri | 7 Mansourian | 8 Dinmohammadi | 9 Estili | 10 Daei | 11 Azizi | 12 Nakisa | 13 Latifi | 14 Mohammadkhani | 15 Ostad‑Asadi | 16 Shahroudi | 17 Zarincheh | 18 Hamedani | 19 Seraj | 20 Pashazadeh | 21 Minavand | 22 Boromand | Coach: Talebi |
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| Persepolis F.C. - Current Squad |
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2 Zarei | 3 Hajizadeh | 4 Jabban | 5 Caha | 6 Bagheri | 7 Parvin | 8 Badamaki | 9 Ka'abi | 10 Nikbakht | 11 Madanchi | 12 Fatemi | 13 Rezaei | 14 Khorsandi | 15 Mamani | 17 Ashoobi | 18 Nouri | 19 Hassan | 20 Seyed Abbasi | 21 Assadi | 22 Haghighi | 23 Chaabo | 24 Rezaeian | 25 Elong Elong | 26 Ghavidel | 30 Karimi | 31 Vaezi | Manager Denizli |
