Mehdi Ghaedi
 Ghaedi on his debut with Esteghlal in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mehdi Ghaedi | ||
| Date of birth | December 5, 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Bushehr, Iran[1] | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Esteghlal | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2011 | Iranjavan | ||
| Shahin Bushehr | |||
| Iranjavan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | Iranjavan | 29 | (10) |
| 2017– | Esteghlal | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Iran U20 | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 August 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 August 2017 | |||
Mehdi Ghaedi (Persian: مهدی قائدی, born December 5, 1998 in Bushehr, Iran[1]) is an Iranian football midfielder who currently plays for Esteghlal in the Persian Gulf Pro League.
Club career
Iranjavan
Ghaedi started his career with Iranjavan from youth levels. He was promoted to the senior squad before the start of the 2016–17 and scored 10 times. He was named as the Azadegan League young player of the season for the 2016–17 season in July 2017.[3]
Esteghlal
On 8 June 2017, he signed a three-year contract with Esteghlal [4] for a fee of 1 billion Rials.[5] Upon signing for Esteghlal, Ghaedi was given the number 16.[6]
2017–18 season
At the start of the season the F.F.I.R.I. banned him from playing along with two fellow Esteghlal teammates Majid Hosseini and Omid Noorafkan as Alireza Mansourian prevented them to join Iran under-23 camp.[7] The deprivation from the F.F.I.R.I. was finally cancelled on 29 July 2017 after missing the first week of the season and the players eligible to play for the second week of the 2017–18 campaign.[8] He finally made his debut for Esteghlal on 4 August 2017 in a 0–0 draw against Esteghlal Khuzestan entering the match as a substitute for Omid Noorafkan.[9] At the end of the match, even though he played for a few minutes, he was praised for his skills and effort.[10]
Club career statistics
- As of 3 March 2017
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Others | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Iran | League | Hazfi Cup | Asia | Others | Total | |||||||
| 2017–18 | Esteghlal | Persian Gulf Pro League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
International career
Ghaedi was selected to join Iran under-20 to take part in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, under manager Amir Hossein Peiravani. After sitting on the bench for Iran's opening match against Costa Rica, Ghaedi made his tournament debut against Zambia and played for 18 minutes in Iran's 4–2 defeat.[11] He also played for a few minutes against Portugal as Iran lost the match and was knocked out of the competition.[12]
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References
- 1 2 "آشنایی با باشو غریبه‌ی کوچک آبی‌های تهران" (in Persian).
- ↑ "2 استقلالی، بلندترین و کوتاه‌ترین‌های لیگ(عکس)" (in Persian).
- ↑ "مهدی قائدی، پدیده لیگ یک در فصل ۹۵-۹۶" (in Persian).
- ↑ "قائدی رسما استقلالی شد" (in Persian).
- ↑ "گفتگوی سرمربی استقلال با مهدی قائدی؛ این انتقال با برنامه ریزی قبلی انجام ش" (in Persian).
- ↑ "عجیب ترین پیراهن استقلال بر تن پژمان منتظری" (in Persian).
- ↑ "محرومیت 3 بازیکن استقلال از هفته اول لیگ" (in Persian).
- ↑ "محرومیت سه بازیکن استقلال لغو شد" (in Persian).
- ↑ "استقلال 0 - استقلال خوزستان 0؛ آبی‌ها شاکی از داور و دیوار" (in Persian).
- ↑ "نیمار در آزادی، نه در پاریس!" (in Persian).
- ↑ "ایران 2 - زامبیا 4 ؛ توفان آفریقایی در 10 دقیقه" (in Persian).
- ↑ "ایران 1- پرتغال 2؛ با دو ویدئو چک حذف شدیم" (in Persian).