Afshin Esmaeilzadeh

Afshin Esmaeilzadeh
Personal information
Full name	Afshin Esmaeilzadeh
Date of birth	(1992-04-21) 21 April 1992
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Giti Pasand
Number	30
Youth career
2008–2009	Damash
2010–2012	Damash
2012–2013	Persepolis
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2008–2012	Damash	1	(0)
2009–2010	→ Damash Lorestan (loan)	9	(0)
2012–2015	Persepolis	6	(0)
2013–2014	→ Beira-Mar (loan)	4	(0)
2015–2016	Mes Kerman	9	(0)
2016–	Giti Pasand	0	(0)
National team^‡
2007–2009	Iran U17	12	(2)
2012–2014	Iran U22	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 May 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2012

Afshin Esmaeilzadeh (Persian: افشین اسماعیل‌زاده‎‎; born April 21, 1992 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian Football Midfielder who currently plays for Giti Pasand in the Azadegan League.

Club career

Damash

Esmaeilzadeh joined popular club, S.C. Damash on 4 November 2008 with a five-years contract.^[1]

Persepolis

After a season in Damash, he moved to Persepolis in the summer of 2012. He signed a three-years contract until end of 2014–15 season.^[2] He made his debut for persepolis on first fixture of 2012–13 season against Sanat Naft.^[3]

Loan to Beira-Mar

Esmaeilzadeh loaned out to Beira-Mar for the 2013-14 season. In November, he was put on trial at Benfica B.^[4]^[5] After only 4 league appearances with Beira-Mar, Esmaeilzadeh returned to Persepolis.

Return to Persepolis

After a half a season in Portugal he returned to Persepolis by club coach Ali Daei to spent last year of his contract.

Statistics

As of 26 May 2015.

Club	Season	League			Cup¹		League Cup²		Continental³		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Damash Lorestan (loan)	2009–10	Division 1	9	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	9	0
Damash Lorestan (loan)	Total		9	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	9	0
Damash	2010–11	Division 1	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0
	2011–12	Pro League	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	1	0
Persepolis	2012–13	Pro League	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	1	0
Persepolis	Total		1	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	1	0
Beira-Mar (loan)	2013–14	Segunda Liga	4	0	1	0	1	0	–	–	6	0
Beira-Mar (loan)	Total		4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
Persepolis	2014–15	Pro League	5	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	5	0
Persepolis	Total		6	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	6	0
Career totals			21	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	23	0

¹ Includes Taça de Portugal and Hazfi Cup.
² Includes Taça da Liga.
³ Includes ACL.

Assists

Season	Team	Assists
11–12	Damash	0
12–13	Persepolis	0
13–14	Beira-Mar	2

International career

Iran U–17

Esmaeilzadeh played a central role in the Iran U–17 winning the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship starting 5 of the six games. He captained the team in the penultimate game against Korea Republic. He featured in 3 games for Iran in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup coming on as a substitute against Uruguay U–17 scoring in the 119th minute.^[6]

Iran U–20

He was a member of Iran U–20 during 2010 AFC U-19 Championship^[7] but removed from final squad because of health problems while he infected to the Malaria with his club team mates Mehrgan Golbarg and Hossein Gohari.^[8]^[9]

Iran U–22

He was called up to the Iran U–23 team by Alireza Mansourian on March 2012,^[10] and has been selected for the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship.

Honours

Persepolis

Hazfi Cup: 2012–13 (Runner-up)

References

Exclusive interview with Afshin Esmaeilzadeh

External links

Mes Kerman F.C. – current squad

2 Dadashvand 3 Rekabi 4 Hosseini 5 Mokhtari 6 Zendehrouh 7 Alavi 8 Hosseinkhani 9 Shojaei 10 Amraei 11 Poursafshekan 12 Maleki 14 Zeynal Kheyri 16 Hosseinzadeh 17 Jahani 18 Bekrić 20 Abarghouei 21 Sedghi 24 Heidari 25 Mohammadi 30 Esmaeilzadeh 35 Esmaeilbeigi Manager: Misaghian

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