Amir Hossein Sadeghi

Amir Hossein Sadeghi
	Sadeghi with Iran in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Amir Hossein Sadeghi
Date of birth	6 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1995–1999	Shahin
1999–2001	Moghvemat Tehran
2001–2003	Esteghlal
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2008	Esteghlal
2008–2009	Mes Kerman
2009–2011	Esteghlal
2011–2012	Tractor
2012–2015	Esteghlal
2015–2016	Saba Qom
2016–2018	Paykan
International career‡
2003–2006	Iran U23
2005–2015	Iran
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:52, 20 September 2016 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:10, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Amir Hossein Sadeghi (Persian: امیرحسین صادقی, born September 6, 1981) is an Iranian former football player who played in the Iran's Premier Football League throughout his career. He played as a defender, usually as a centre-back.

Club career

Esteghlal

He is one of the youth products of Esteghlal, he was called up to the senior team in 2003. After five years with Esteghlal and 113 league appearances he left and signed a one-year contract with Mes in 2008.^[2]

Mes Kerman

After one season with Mes in which he made 30 appearances, Sadeghi signed a two-year contract with Esteghlal.

Tractor

Sadeghi again left Esteghlal in 2011 and signed with Tractor. He played an important role in helping Tractor finish as runners-up in the Iran Pro League. In his only season with Tractor, Sadeghi made 31 appearances scoring twice.

Return to Esteghlal

He moved back to Esteghlal from Tractor in July 2012, in his first season back with Esteghlal, Sadeghi won the Iran Pro League title for the second time in his career. On 13 July 2014, Sadeghi agreed on a new two-year contract with Esteghlal, keeping him until 2016.

Saba Qom

On 26 July 2015, he terminated his contract with Esteghlal and joined Saba Qom on a one-year contract.^[3]

Peykan

In July 2016 after a season with Saba Qom and relegation to Azadegan League, Sadeghi decided to join Peykan for a two-year contract.

Club career statistics

As of 27 December 2017

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Iran			League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
2003–04	Esteghlal	Iran Pro League	15	1	¹	0	–	–	15¹	1
2004–05			23	0	0	0	–	–	23	0
2005–06			24	3	0	0	–	–	24	3
2006–07			25	2	¹	¹	–	–	25¹	2¹
2007–08			26	1	¹	0	–	–	26¹	1
2008–09	Mes		30	1	¹	¹	–	–	30¹	1¹
2009–10	Esteghlal		28	3	1	0	7	1	36	4
2010–11	Esteghlal		26	2	4	1	6	0	36	3
2011–12	Tractor		31	2	0	0	–	–	31	2
2012–13	Esteghlal		33	0	4	0	7	0	44	0
2013–14			29	1	4	1	9	0	42	2
2014–15			22	1	3	0	0	0	25	1
2015–16	Saba Qom		28	3	0	0	–	–	28	3
2016–17	Peykan		28	2	2	0	–	–	28	2
2017–18	Peykan		11	0	1	1	–	–	11	0
Career total			379	22	17¹	3¹	29	1	425	26

¹ Statistics Incomplete.

Assist Goals

Season	Team	Assists
06–07	Esteghlal	2
08–09	Mes	1
09–10	Esteghlal	1
10–11	Esteghlal	0
11–12	Tractor	0
12–13	Esteghlal	3
13–14	Esteghlal	1
14–15	Esteghlal	0

International career

He was named one of 23 members of Iranian national football team in 2006 World Cup in Germany. He became a regular player for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification but could not play any match in the actual competition as there were few arguments and differences with the coach Amir Ghalenoei in Malaysia. He was called to Team Melli again for the 2010 World Cup qualification but never played any match and while Carlos Queiroz was in charge he was invited again for the last 3 matches of 2014 World Cup qualifications where Iran qualified for the tournament while Sadeghi played all the three games. He scored his first international goal on 19 November 2013 against Lebanon in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification. On 1 June 2014, he was called into Iran's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad by Carlos Queiroz.^[4] He played the full 90 minutes in all three matches for Team Melli, and was one of Iran's key players in defense. He was called into Iran's 2015 AFC Asian Cup squad on 30 December 2014 by Carlos Queiroz.^[5]

International Goals

Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 November 2013	Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon	Lebanon	1–0	4–1	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Esteghlal

Iran Pro League: 2003–04 (Runner-up), 2005–06, 2010–11 (Runner-up), 2012–13
Hazfi Cup: 2003–04 (Runner-up), 2007–08

Tractor

Iran Pro League: 2011–12 (Runner-up)

References

^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Iran" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
^ Tebyan
^ "صادقی شاگرد دایی شد". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
^ "Queiroz trims Iran squad to 24". FIFA. 1 June 2014. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
^ "Queiroz Names Team Melli Squad". afcasiancup.com. 30 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

External links

Amir Hossein Sadeghi at TeamMelli.com
Amir Hossein Sadeghi at National-Football-Teams.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mehdi Rahmati	Esteghlal Tehran FC captain 2014–2015	Succeeded by Reza Enayati

[1] "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Iran" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.

[2] Tebyan

[3] "صادقی شاگرد دایی شد". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[2014wcsquad-4] "Queiroz trims Iran squad to 24". FIFA. 1 June 2014. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

[2015acsquad-5] "Queiroz Names Team Melli Squad". afcasiancup.com. 30 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

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