Mohsen Khalili

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Mohsen Khalili
Personal information
Full name	Mohsen Khalili
Date of birth	14 February 1981 (1981-02-14) (age 27)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Persepolis
Number	9
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999–2007 2007–	Saipa Persepolis	34 (18)
National team2
2007–	Iran	08 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 18:31, 14 June 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Mohsen Khalili (Persian: محسن خلیلی , born February 14, 1981) is an Iranian football forward. He is currently playing for the Iranian Professional League giants, Persepolis FC.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Saipa 1.2 Persepolis 1.3 Club career statistics 2 International career

[edit] Club career

[edit] Saipa

He Played for Saipa F.C. for several seasons, helping the team win the Iran Professional League in the 2006/07 season, scoring 8 goals. He was the team's second topscorer after Ali Daei.

[edit] Persepolis

In June 2007 he signed a 2-year deal with Iranian giants Persepolis F.C. for a reported fee of $300,000. He scored a spectacular curler against Bargh Shiraz F.C.. This was followed by a stunning volley in the last match of the league against Sepahan F.C., a game which ended 2-1 thanks to Sepehr Heidari's extra time goal.

During the 2007/08 season Khalili became the top goalscorer by scoring 18 goals during the Persian Gulf Cup which persepolis won at the end. Hadi Asghari from Rah Ahan also scored 18 goals and finished in the top as well but because Asghari had scored a few goals from the penalty spot, people and critics called Khalili the real top goalscorer. Khalili was the only player in Persepolis who played in all of the regular season games and he became really close with the fans especially after each goal he scored, he would be the only one to be celebrating with the fans. Khalili scored goals against Naft Abadan, 2 goals against Aboomoslem, Peykan, Moghavemat, two crushial and lovely goals against Esteghlal, Saipa, Bargh, another goal against Peykan, Malavan, 2 goals against Shirin Faraz, one amazing goal against Bargh, two classic goals against Saba Baterry and probably the best goal of the season against Sepahan. By scoring all of these 18 goals he became the number one striker in the league and was again called up for the National team by his former coach at Saipa, Ali Daei.

[edit] Club career statistics

Last update: 17 May 2007

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals
2003-04	Saipa	Iran	1	7	1
2004-05	Saipa	Iran	1	11	1
2005-06	Saipa	Iran	1	26	7
2006-07	Saipa	Iran	1	23	8
2007-08	Persepolis	Iran	1	34	18

[edit] International career

In June 2007, Mohsen Khalili was called up to join the Iran national football team in the 2007 West Asian Football Federation Championship but as he was injured he didn't make an appearance.

In January 2008 he made his debut for Iran in a friendly match against Qatar. In March 2008 when Ali Daei became Iran's coach, Khalili was called up to the national team again for a friendly Match against Bahrain and a World Cup qualifying match against Kuwait.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Daniel Olerum Mehdi Rajabzadeh	Persian Gulf Cup top scorer 2007–08	Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e Persepolis F.C. – current squad 1 Vaezi • 2 Zarei • 3 Heidari • 4 Mohammad • 5 Bagheriha • 6 Bagheri • 8 Badamaki • 9 Khalili • 10 Nikbakht • 11 Fatemi • 12 Kaebi • 14 Khorsandi • 16 Beikzadeh • 17 Ashoobi • 18 Nouri • 19 Abdi • 20 Nosrati • 21 Niknafs • 22 Roudbarian • 24 Dragičević • 25 Elong Elong • 26 Ali Asgari • 27 Aghaei • 28 Kheirkhah • 29 Farziat • 30 Karimi • 33 Haghighi • –– Gaona • Manager: Ghotbi