Kaveh Rezaei

Kaveh Rezaei
Personal information
Full nameKaveh Rezaei
Date of birth5 April 1992
Place of birthEslamabad Gharb, Iran
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Zob Ahan
Number99
Youth career
2005–2011Foolad
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2012Foolad35(2)
2012–2014Saipa69(12)
2014–Zob Ahan8(5)
National team
2007–2009Iran U–1713(10)
2009–2010Iran U–203(5)
2012–Iran U–2318(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 September 2014

Kaveh Rezaei (Persian: کاوه رضایی; born April 5, 1992) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Zob Ahan in the Iran Pro League as a striker.

Club career

Foolad

Rezaei started his career at Foolad. In the 2010-11 season, he scored one and provided two assists for his team mates in 16 games. At the next season, Rezaei played in 12 games starting in 4 and playing the whole 90 minutes in one of those games.

Saipa

He moved to Saipa to gain more playing time in the 2012-13 season, though not a fix started he managed to make 33 appearance, scored 5 goals against Saba, Peykan, Fajr Sepasi, Saba and Gohar. He also made 2 assist during the season.

Zob Ahan

On 28 December 2014 he joined Zob Ahan with a 18 month contract which keep him until end of 2015–16 season with Isfahani side.[1] On 16 April 2015 Rezaei scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 victory against Naft Tehran.

Club Statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2009–10FooladPro League 701080
2010–11 14110151
2011–12 12000120
2012–13Saipa 33500335
2013–14 25610266
2014–15 11121132
Zob Ahan 850085
Career total 11018510011519
SeasonTeamAssists
10–11Foolad 1
11–12Foolad 2
12–13Saipa 2
13–14Saipa 3
14–15Saipa 1
Zob Ahan 3

International

Under-17

Rezaei finished as the top scorer of the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship scoring in every single game he played in and finishing with 6 goals in 5 games. Iran won the championship winning the final game 2-0 against South Korea.

Rezaei featured for Iran in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup scoring a goal against Gambia.[2]

Under-19

Rezaei also made the squad for the unsuccessful 2010 AFC U-19 Championship, surprisingly his involvement was highly limited under the guidance of his former U17 manager, Ali Doustimehr. However he started in Iran's last game of the group stages, scoring both goals in the game and helping to record Iran's only win of the tournament.

Under-23

In 2012 he broke in to coach Ali Reza Mansourian's squad and has been regular feature ever since. He was called up for the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship, where he was the leading goalscorer after the group stage with 5 goals in 3 matches, including a hat trick in his last game.[3] He named in Iran U23 final list for Incheon 2014.[4]

Honours

Iran U-16
Individual

References

  1. http://www.zobahanclub.com/main/index.php/per/2014-07-31-21-40-11/item/537-2014-12-28-10-35-31
  2. FIFA
  3. http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men/afc-u22-championship/27553-kalaf-claims-mvp-award.html
  4. "بازیکنان اعزامی تیم ملی امید به اینچئون مشخص شد". ffiri.ir. Retrieved 2014-08-12.