Afshin Esmaeilzadeh

Afshin Esmaeilzadeh
Personal information
Full name Afshin Esmaeilzadeh
Date of birth (1992-04-21) 21 April 1992
Place of birth Rasht, Iran
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
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 16 (0)
2016 Sumgayit 10 (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 16 February 2017.
‡ 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 last played for Sumgayit FK in the Azerbaijan Premier 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 spend last year of his contract.

Statistics

As of 26 May 2015
Club Season League Cup1 League Cup2 Continental3 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Damash
Lorestan (loan)		 2009–10 Division 1 9000––––90
Total 9000––0090
Damash 2010–11 Division 1 0000––––00
2011–12 Pro League 1000––––10
Total 1000––0010
Persepolis 2012–13 Pro League 1000––––10
Total 1000––0010
Beira-Mar
(loan)		 2013–14 Segunda Liga 401010––60
Total 4010100060
Persepolis 2014–15 Pro League 5000––0050
Total 6000––0060
Career totals 210101000230

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

SeasonTeamAssists
11–12Damash0
12–13Persepolis0
13–14Beira-Mar2

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

See also

References

Exclusive interview with Afshin Esmaeilzadeh

  1. ↑ Aftabir.com
  2. ↑ Afshin Esmaeilzadeh joins Persepolis Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Iplstats Archived June 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ request Benfica B Ref1
  5. ↑ request Benfica B Ref2
  6. ↑ fifa.com
  7. ↑ The-afc.com
  8. ↑ Mehrnews.com
  9. ↑ Farsnews.com
  10. ↑ Asriran.com
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