Ali Samereh

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Personal information
Ali Samereh

Full name	Ali Samereh
Date of birth	November 23, 1977 (1977-11-23) (age 30)
Place of birth	Rafsanjan, Iran
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Al-Shaab
Number	20
Youth clubs
1992-	Kerman Province F.C.
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2005 2005-	Kerman Province F.C. F.C. Fajr Sepasi Esteghlal F.C. Perugia Calcio (loan) Esteghlal F.C. Al-Shaab	0--0(9) 0--0(13) 060(0) 0--0(18) 0460(35)
National team²
2002-	Iran	25 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 6 February 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

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

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Samereh began his career at Iranian Premier League outfit F.C. Fajr Sepasi and soon showed what he is capable of, this earned him a move to the Iranian giants Esteghlal F.C.. He continued his first-rate performance with Esteghlal F.C. and was instrumental in the glory of the club. They took the opportunity and sent him on loan to Perugia Calcio, a Serie A Italian club for a fee of £166,000.^[1] 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 the UAE to play for Al-Shaab. 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.^[2] He continued his impressive performances for his club, scoring another 17 goals in the 2006/07 league season and becoming the second top scorer.^[3]

Samereh, UAE League's top goal scorer extended his contract at Al-Shaab for another year in a $700,000 contract.^[4]

[edit] International career

He was called up for the national team in 2002, 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 F.C. in the 2003/04 season and was recalled to the Iran national football team.

He was a couple of years away from Team Melli despite his goalscoring record in the UAE League. In January 2007 he was once again called up to the national team for a friendly tournament in the UAE, where he has been playing for Al Shaab since 2005, though he did not join the squad.

In January 2008 he once again joined the Iranian squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, appearing for Iran in a warm-up friendly match against Qatar. With Vahid Hashemian not participating in the upcoming third stage of the qualification, Samereh is expected to play an important role in this campaign.