Payam Sadeghian

Payam Sadeghian
Personal information
Full name Payam Sadeghian Sharafabad
Date of birth (1992-02-29) 29 February 1992
Place of birth Tabriz, Iran
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder, Second Striker
Club information
Current team
 Naft Tehran
Youth career
2005–2010 Zob Ahan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Zob Ahan 61 (9)
2013–2015 Persepolis 36 (4)
2015 Naft Tehran 10 (1)
2015–2016 Saba Qom 7 (0)
2016–2017 Machine Sazi 19 (4)
2017– Naft Tehran 0 (0)
National team‡
2005–2007 Iran U14 25 (14)
2007–2009 Iran U17 21 (8)
2009–2010 Iran U20 5 (1)
2010–2014 Iran U23 22 (12)
2012–2014 Iran 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 March 2014

Payam Sadeghian (Persian: پیام صادقیان‎‎; born 29 February 1992)[1] is an Iranian Footballer who currently plays for Naft Tehran in the Persian Gulf Pro League as an Attacking Midfielder. He is known for being technical on the ball.

Club career

Zob Ahan

Sadeghian showed himself as a starting line up player first time in 2011–12 IPL and made an assist for Mohammad Hosseini against Foolad. He also scored a goal and made another assist in a match against Malavan.[2] On 9 September 2011, he shone again and made another assist for Esmaeil Farhadi against Persepolis.[3] Two weeks later, he played the full 90 minutes against Shahin Bushehr and made an assist for Mohammad Ahmadpouri.[4] He made an assist for Mohammad Ghazi on 2 October 2011 to show his assist ability another time.[5]

Persepolis

He signed a two-year contract with Persepolis on 9 June 2013.[6] He made his debut in a match against Tractor Sazi as a substitute for Gholamreza Rezaei and made an assist two minutes later for Mehdi Seyed Salehi. In his first season with Persepolis he was instrumental in their success and was one of their most important players. In August 2014 Sadegian was banned three months for shoving a referee during a match against Foolad.

He was fired by Persepolis on 27 April 2015 after a dispute with coach Branko Ivanković.[7]

Naft Tehran

On 1 July 2015, Sadeghian joined Naft Tehran on a five-year contract. He scored his first goal for the club on 27 October 2015 in a 2–1 victory against Padideh.

Saba Qom

After falling out with the management at Naft, Sadeghian left the club and on 8 January 2016 he signed with Saba Qom and reunited with former coach Ali Daei.[8]

Machine Sazi

On 28 May 2016, Sadeghian signed with newly promoted Tabrizi side Machine Sazi. This club also is his father's (Hassan Sadeghian) team. Sadeghian assisted in his first match for the club against Foolad.

International career

Under-17

He captained the team to the championship for the first time in the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship. At the tournament he played in all the games apart from the final due to suspension. He scored Iran's first goal at the tournament against Bahrain. Winning the tournament qualified Iran for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Sadeghian again scored Iran's first goal at the tournament against Gambia in the 44th minute making the most from a poorly taken free kick from the goalkeeper. He played a key role in Iran's qualification from its group, unbeaten with 7 points.

Under-20

He was again a vital part of Iran's U19's participation at the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship. He played in Iran's first two games, Iran losing both and failing to qualify from its group.

Under-22

He was called up by Ali Reza Mansourian to participate in the team's training camp in Italy. During a friendly match against the Italy B team he scored 2 goals in Iran's 6-2, including Iran's first with an outstanding free kick.

Senior

Sadeghian made his debut for the senior Iran team against Mozambique, as a substitute in 2012. He was called up again to the squad by Carlos Queiroz in March 2014, and played in Iran's match against Kuwait which Iran won 3-2.[9]

Statistics

Club

As of 29 September 2016.
Club Division Season League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Zob Ahan Pro League 2009–10 310100000410
2010–11 100000100200
2011–12 27240000002724
2012–13 3065300–––3365
Persepolis 2013–14 2638200–––2838
2014–15 10112102001421
Naft Tehran 2015–16 10122002001412
Saba Qom 702000–––702
Mashin Sazi 2016–17 1545110–––1134
Career total 114142110105001291521

International goals

Sadeghian benching during a Hazfi Cup match with Persepolis

U17

U23

Honours

Club

Zob Ahan
Persepolis

International

Iran U-17

References

  1. ↑ Iranproleague.net
  2. ↑ Goal.com
  3. ↑ Goal.com
  4. ↑ Goal.com
  5. ↑ Goal.com
  6. ↑ varzesh3.com: Payam Sadeghian joined the reds
  7. ↑ پیام صادقیان از پرسپولیس اخراج شد
  8. ↑ http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1295123/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA
  9. ↑ http://www.persianfootball.com/news/2014/02/23/payam-sadeghian-is-invited-to-team/
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