Rasoul Khatibi

Rasoul Khatibi

Personal information
Full name	Rasoul Paki Khatibi
Date of birth	(1978-09-22) 22 September 1978
Place of birth	Tabriz, Iran
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward (retired)
Youth career
1993–1996	Machine Sazi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–1997	Tractor Sazi
1997–1999	Pas
1999–2000	Hamburger SV	4	(0)
2000	→ Esteghlal (loan)	0	(0)
2000–2003	Pas		(16)
2003	→ Esteghlal (loan)	0	(0)
2003–2006	Sepahan	67	(32)
2006–2007	Sharjah		(12)
2007–2008	Emirates	22	(14)
2008–2009	Dhafra		(2)
2009	Sepahan	8	(0)
2009–2011	Gostaresh Foolad	36	(16)
2010	→ Tractor Sazi (loan)	11	(2)
2011–2012	Machine Sazi	3	(2)
2012–2013	Gostaresh Foolad	14	(7)
National team‡
1999–2008	Iran	29	(5)
Teams managed
2011–2012	Machine Sazi[1]
2012–2014	Gostaresh Foolad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:36, 25 July 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:36, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Rasoul Khatibi (Persian: رسول خطیبی‎, born 22 September 1978) is an Iranian football retired player and coach who last managed Gostaresh Foolad.^[1] He is a former member of the Iranian national team.

Club career

He began his professional football career, playing for his hometown club, Teraktor Sazi F.C., following footsteps of his brother, Hossein Khatibi. He was able to impress, and after scoring many goals for his club, he was transferred to Pas Tehran. He continued to play well, giving himself a chance to join Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga along with fellow Iranian internationals Mehdi Mahdavikia and Vahid Hashemian.

While playing in Hamburg, he only had a couple of appearances, and was not able to make good use of his chances. He soon returned to Iran, back to his old club, Pas. He then briefly played for Esteghlal in the Asian Champions League before signing for Sepahan. Sepahan was able to win the IPL championship in 2003 and Khatibi started showing his good form again. In the 2005–06 season, he was able to score ten goals, completing his impressive record in Sepahan with 32 goals in three seasons. His tally would have been higher if not for his poor chances to goals ratio. In June 2006, he signed a two year contract with UAE club, Sharjah FC, after rejecting an offer from Spanish second division side CD Tenerife. In 2007, Khatibi signed a new contract with Emirates for $700,000 to join his Iranian team-mate Reza Enayati. The contract has a clause which states that if a European club offers Khatibi a contract, then the existing contract with Emirates Club will be canceled. He then joined Gostaresh Foolad as player-manager. He announced his retirement on 5 August 2013.

Club career stats

Last update: 25 July 2013

• Assist Goals

International career

Khatibi has played for Iranian national teams of various age levels. He was a constant member of the Iran Olympic team team during his time in Teraktor Sazi and Pas, but despite the talent on the team, they were never successful. He gained his first international cap on 15 February 1999 versus Kuwait. His appearances for the national team have been inconsistent, but due to his good form in the 2005–06 season he was called up to the main squad which headed to Germany for World Cup 2006.

As of July 2007, he has 24 caps and 5 goals for the national team.

Coaching career

After joined Machine Sazi in summer 2011, he becomes player-manager of Machine Sazi Tabriz on 1 July 2011 to lead the team in Azadegan league.^[1] After spending one season at Machine Sazi and led them to the third rank and lost the promotion play-off on goal difference, he becomes head coach of another Tabrizi based team, Gostaresh Foolad and led the club to promotion to the Iran Pro League. He renewed his contract for another three seasons on 13 May 2013 but he resigned on 26 December 2013 after a run of unsuccessful results.

As of 24 December 2013

Honours

As a player

Pas

• Iran Pro League:
  • Runner-up (1): 1997–98

Esteghlal

• Iran Pro League:
  • Runner-up (1): 1999–00
• Hazfi Cup (1): 1999–00

Sepahan

• Hazfi Cup (2): 2003–04, 2005–06

Gostaresh

• Hazfi Cup:
  • Runner-up (1): 2009—10

As a manager

Machine Sazi

• Azadegan League:
  • Third Place (1): 2011–12

Gostaresh Foolad

• Azadegan League:
  • Runner-up (1): 2012–13

References

External links

• Rasoul Khatibi at TeamMelli.com

v t e 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 (c) 11 Khatibi 12 Roudbarian 13 Kaebi 14 Teymourian 15 Borhani 16 Enayati 17 Kazemian 18 Navidkia 19 Sadeghi 20 Nosrati 21 Madanchi 22 Talebloo 23 Shojaei Coach: Ivanković

v t e Iran squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup 1 Roudbarian 2 Mahdavikia 3 Sadeghi 4 Teymourian 5 Rezaei 6 Nekounam 7 Zandi 8 Karimi 9 Hashemian 10 Khatibi 11 Madanchi 12 Hosseini 13 Kaebi 14 Mobali 15 Aghili 16 Enayati 17 Kazemian 18 Rajabzadeh 19 Sadeghi 20 Nosrati 22 Talebloo 24 Shojaei 30 Rahmati Coach: Ghalenoei