Yahya Golmohammadi

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Personal information
Yahya Golmohammadi
Full name	Yahya Golmohammadi
Date of birth	March 19, 1971 (age 36)
Place of birth	Ardabil, Iran
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Saba Battery
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1999 1999-2002 2002-2005 2005-present	Persepolis FC Foolad FC Persepolis FC Saba Battery	? (2) 32 (5)
National team²
1993-2006	Iran	74 (5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 18 September 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Yahya Golmohammadi (Persian: يحيى گل محمدى ‎ , born March 19, 1971 in Ardabil) is an Iranian football (soccer) player. His position is usually the central defender. He is currently with Saba Battery and has now retired from the Iranian national football team.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Notes and references
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Yahya Golmohammadi has played most of his professional career for Persepolis FC. In 1999 he moved to Ahvazi club Foolad, but returned to Persepolis after three seasons. In 2005 after Yahya left Persepolis for a lucrative contract with Saba Battery, many critics were skeptical about his success in this newly formed team, but Saba Battery, with the help of Golmohammadi and Iranian national teammate Ali Daei, not only was a real surprise for winning the Hazfi Cup, but also for doing extremely well in the Asian Champions League, beating more experienced and seasoned campaigners.^{[citation needed]}

On March 8, 2007 he pledged his future to Saba Battery FC by signing a 2-year deal.

[edit] International career

He is a reliable defender with a cool approach to the game and sliding tackles that are growing to be his hallmark. He has been immensely popular with the crowds after he scored the last minute winner in a World Cup 2002 qualifying game against Ireland, coming deep to head the ball home though Iran lost the game in aggregate and failed to qualify for the Korea/Japan World Cup.^[1] His emotions after the game were a dramatic scene that very few die-hard fans will forget.^[2]

On June 11, 2006, Golmohammadi scored the equaliser in a 3-1 loss to Mexico in the opening round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. His tackle against Luís Figo in the next game versus Portugal cost Iran a penalty. Golmohammadi was injured in the same game and was not available for Iran's final World Cup game versus Angola. He retired from international football immediately after World Cup 2006.

[edit] Notes and references

^ "Yahya Golmohmmadi". Retrieved June 13, 2006.
^ WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG?. Teammelli.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-07.

[edit] External links

	Iran squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Mirzapour \| 2 Mahdavikia \| 3 Bakhtiarizadeh \| 4 Golmohammadi \| 5 Rezaei \| 6 Nekounam \| 7 Zandi \| 8 Karimi \| 9 Hashemian \| 10 Daei \| 11 Khatibi \| 12 Roudbarian \| 13 Ka'abi \| 14 Teymourian \| 15 Borhani \| 16 Enayati \| 17 Kazemian \| 18 Navidkia \| 19 Sadeqi \| 20 Nosrati \| 21 Madanchi \| 22 Talebloo \| 23 Shojaei \| Coach: Ivanković