Siavash Akbarpour

Siavash Akbarpour

Personal information
Full name	Siavash Akbarpour
Date of birth	(1985-01-21) January 21, 1985
Place of birth	Shiraz, Iran
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder / Second Striker
Club information
Current club	Esteghlal
Number	10
Youth career
2000–2001	Fajr Sepasi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2004	Fajr Sepasi		(13)
2004–2007	Esteghlal	73	(23)
2007–2008	Al-Dhafra	11	(5)
2008–2010	Esteghlal	54	(14)
2010–2011	Steel Azin	25	(9)
2011–2012	Tractor Sazi	22	(1)
2012–	Esteghlal	49	(5)
National team‡
2001	Iran U-17	3	(0)
2002–2003	Iran U-23
2006–2009	Iran	6	(0)
Honours Competitor for  Iran Asian Games Gold 2002 Busan Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 17, 2014. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 17, 2009

Siavash Akbarpour (Persian: سیاوش اکبرپور‎, born January 21, 1985 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Esteghlal in the IPL and the Iran national football team. He usually plays in the striker position.

Club career

He started his professional career in Fajr Sepasi, and moved to Iranian giants Esteghlal in 2004, Where he made and excellent partnership with Reza Enayati in the front. He was one of the club's main players in its 2005–06 IPL championship. In July 2007 he moved to the UAE and joined Al-Dhafra. In 2008 transfer window he again joined Iranian giants Esteghlal again and won the league in his first season after many impressive matches. He signed a contract with Tractor Sazi on 18 June 2011. On 1 July 2012, he signed a two years contract with Esteghlal.

Club career statistics

Last Update 17 January 2014

• Assist Goals

International career

Under-23 national team

He is a technically sound player who was first called up to the Iran national under-23 football team in the 2002 Asian Games, although because of his lack of experience he was ineffective. He was also part of the Iranian squad in Athens 2004 Olympics unsuccessful qualification campaign.Where he was kicked out of the camp when Mohammad Mayeli Kohan was the head coach because of discipline problems and returned after he left the job and called up again by Hossein Faraki.

Senior national team

After his role in Esteghlal's league championship, his former coach, Amir Ghalenoei, called Akbarpour to the senior Iran national football team. He made his debut in the 2007 Asian Cup qualification match against Taiwan in February 2006. His next cap was against UAE in which he assisted his former teammate Reza Enayati's goal. He returned to Team Melli in 2009 under Ali Daei and played few minutes again South Korea in February 2009 where the match finished 1-1 in Tehran.

Honours

• Iran Pro League
  • Winner: 3
    • 2005–06 with Esteghlal
    • 2008–09 with Esteghlal
    • 2012–13 with Esteghlal
  • Runner up: 1
    • 2011–12 with Tractor Sazi

References

• Siavash Akbarpour at National-Football-Teams.com

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