Hadi Tabatabaei

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Hadi Tabatabaei
Personal information
Full name Sayed Hadi Tabatabaei
Date of birth June 19, 1973 (1973-06-19) (age 34)
Place of birth    Rasht, Iran
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*

1998-1999
1999-2000
2000
2000-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
Esteghlal Rasht
Persepolis
Bahman
Fajr Sepasi (loan)
Esteghlal
Saba Battery
Shahid Ghandi






11 (0)   
National team
1997-2000 Flag of Iran Iran 14 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Sayed Hadi Tabatabaei (Persian: هادى طباطبايی , born on April 13, 1973 in Rasht) is a retired Iranian football goalkeeper.

Following Tabatabaei's retirement in 2006 he became a fully qualified coach and holds an Asian Football Confederation 'A' level coaching licence.

[edit] International career

Tabatabaei debuted for Iran versus the Maldives on June 11, 1997

Tabatabaei was a member for Iran national football team between 1997 and 2000, but after the injury right before the Asian Cup 2000 he was never called up for national team again. His most memorable games for the national team was a friendly match versus Denmark on October 10, 1999 in Copenhagen. Following that performance Iranian newspapers dubbed him the Lion of Copenhagen.