Sepehr Heydari

Sepehr Heydari
Personal information
Full name	Sepehr Heydari
Date of birth	19 June 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Esfahan, Iran
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre Back
Youth career
1990–2000	Zob Ahan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2007	Zob Ahan
2007–2011	Persepolis
2011–2012	Mes Kerman
2012–2014	Zob Ahan
Total
International career‡
2007–2009	Iran
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2012; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 December 2009

Sepehr Heydari (Persian: سپهر حیدری, born 19 June 1980 in Esfahan, Iran) is a retired Iranian football defender. He has a bachelor of Mechanical engineering from Najaf Abad Azad University.

Club career

He started to show his talent in Zob Ahan and finally moved to Persepolis. The 2007/08 season was his first season at Persepolis and head coach Afshin Ghotbi believed in him so much that Heidari played in all matches except one for which he received a suspension. He scored the most important goal of his career in the 96th minute against Sepahan on the final day of the season which won the league for Persepolis after six years. During the 2008/09 season he was once again put in the starting line up by Afshin Ghotbi but when Ghotbi resigned and Peyrovani took over, Heidari was replaced and played as substitute for some time before being put back in the starting eleven for the AFC Champions League by new coach Nelo Vingada. He extended his contract with Persepolis for two more years in July 2009. He continued as being one of the regular players for 2009–10 season and had a good scoring stats for the season. He became captain of Persepolis in January 2011. He won the Hazfi Cup in 2011 with Persepolis but after the managerial changes the new coach Hamid Estili announced that he does not need Sepehr and he may leave the club. He joined Mes Kerman on 6 July 2011.

Club career statistics

As of 24 August 2014

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Iran			League		Hazfi Cup		Asia		Total
2000–01	Zob Ahan	Azadegan League	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0
2001–02		Pro League	5	0	0	0	-	-	5	0
2002–03			20	1	2	0	-	-	22	1
2003–04			18	0	0	0	5	0	18	0
2004–05			29	5	1	0	-	-	30	5
2005–06			27	1	0	0	-	-	27	1
2006–07			29	3	0	0	-	-	29	3
2007–08	Persepolis		33	3	3	0	-	-	36	3
2008–09			30	1	3	0	6	0	39	1
2009–10			31	4	6	0	-	-	37	4
2010–11			28	3	4	1	4	0	36	4
2011–12	Mes Kerman		31	1	2	0	-	-	33	1
2012–13	Zob Ahan		28	2	2	1	-	-	30	3
2013–14	Zob Ahan		19	1	3	0	-	-	22	1
Career total			328	25	26	2	15	0	369	27

Assist Goals

Season	Team	Assists
05-06	Zob Ahan	0
06-07	Zob Ahan	1
07-08	Persepolis	2
08-09	Persepolis	1
09-10	Persepolis	0
10-11	Persepolis	1
11-12	Mes Kerman	2

International career

He shows some good performances but has not got a spot in the first eleven. He was invited to Team Melli by Afshin Ghotbi in January 2010 and played against Mali.

Personal life

His father Siavash was striker of Zob Ahan in Takht Jamshid Cup.

Honours

Iran's Premier Football League
- Winner: 1
  - 2007/08 with Persepolis
- Runner up: 1
  - 2004/05 with Zob Ahan
Hazfi Cup
- Winner: 3
  - 2002/03 with Zob Ahan
  - 2009/10 with Persepolis
  - 2010/11 with Persepolis

References

External links

Sepehr Heydari at National-Football-Teams.com