Hadi Aghily

Hadi Aghily (Persian: هادی عقیلی‎, born 15 January 1980 in Tehran, Iran)[2] is a retired Iranian footballer. He played for Saipa, Sepahan, Al-Arabi, Qatar SC and Iran national football team.

Hadi Aghily
Personal information
Full name Seyyed Hadi Aghily Anvar
Date of birth (1980-01-15) 15 January 1980
Place of birth Tehran, Iran[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Central Defender
Youth career
Rah Ahan
1999–2001 Persepolis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Persepolis 0 (0)
2001–2004 Saipa 63 (2)
2004–2011 Sepahan 178 (15)
2011–2012 Al-Arabi 20 (0)
2012–2013 Qatar SC 16 (4)
2013–2016 Sepahan 76 (8)
National team‡
2006–2012 Iran 69 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 February 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2012

Career

Early years

Aghily was born in Tehran. He was part of the Persepolis youth academy, but he left the club for Saipa in 2001.

Sepahan

After three years at Saipa, he moved to Sepahan where he won the Hazfi Cup and also played in the AFC Champions League final in 2007. He also played in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. After his good games he was linked with a move to Japanese teams and also with a return to Persepolis, but he decided to extend his contract with Sepahan. He had so many injuries during the 2008–09 season that he did not play many matches for Sepahan and missed some of the matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification for Team Melli.

On 28 July 2009, Aghili traveled to Freiburg in order to negotiate a future move to the Bundesliga side. However, negotiations were cut short after a few days and the club released a statement saying that "Hadi was not the player that they were looking for."[3] He won the league with Sepahan twice in a row before joining Al-Arabi in 2011. He left Sepahan in summer 2011 after seven seasons.

Qatar Stars League

In July 2011, Aghili signed a new contract with Al-Arabi. He wears the number 55 and was the club's captain. He won the Sheikh Jassem Cup while with the club. There were rumors that he would join Persepolis after the Iran Pro League season had finished,[4] but he signed with Qatar SC on 22 June 2012, remaining in Qatar Stars League for another season. He played many matches for the team.

Return to Sepahan

On 19 June 2013, he returned to his former club, Sepahan, after spending two seasons in Qatar.[5] He officially rejoined the club on 1 July 2013, signing a two-year contract. He made his debut in a 2–0 win over Foolad and scored his first goal at the next match from penalty kicks in a 2–1 away win against Esteghlal. He was also the captain of Sepahan for their match with Esteghlal, as Moharram Navidkia did not play because of injury. On 9 June 2014, Aghily signed a new three-year contract with Sepahan, extending it until 30 June 2017.

Club career statistics
  • Last Update: 10 December 2016 '
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2000–01PersepolisAzadegan League00100010
2001–02SaipaIran Pro League21100—211
2002–0322100—221
2003–0420000—200
2004–05Sepahan2600031260
2005–0627000—270
2006–0727354120447
2007–082822152355
2008–092311051291
2009–102252060305
2010–112543183368
Qatar League Emir of Qatar Cup Asia Total
2011–12Al-ArabiQatar Stars League2000050250
2012–13Qatar SC16400—164
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2013–14SepahanIran Pro League2751060335
2014–151500000150
2015–16 28 3 3 0 0 0 31 3
Total Iran 3112918643737242
Qatar 3640050414
Career total 3192518649738638
  • Assist Goals
SeasonTeamAssists
05–06Sepahan1
07–08Sepahan1
0–09Sepahan1
10–11Sepahan1
11–12Al-Arabi7
12–13Qatar SC1
13–14Sepahan1
14–15Sepahan0

International career
Hadi Aghily celebrating after scoring a goal in a match against Qatar during 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

In October 2006, he was called up to join Team Melli for an LG cup tournament held in Jordan. He made his debut for Iran on 4 October 2006 in a match against Iraq. In July 2007 Aghily was selected again to join the Iranian squad at the 2007 Asian Cup.

He has been a member of the Iranian squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches and the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He served as the captain of Team Melli during the West Asian Football Federation Championship 2008 and won the Cup. Aghily also played in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification for Team Melli. He was one of the main players of Team Melli in West Asian Football Federation Championship 2010 and 2011 Asian Cup.

Retirement

Prior to the 2015 Asian Cup Qualifying match against Lebanon, he left the team camp because he knew he would not be in the starting lineup. He was banned for one year and Carlos Queiroz announced that Aghily would not be part of the team anymore. Before the last three matches in June 2013 for World Cup qualifications, he publicly apologised to the fans and the coach, but he still was not invited to play. In July 2013 he revealed that the Iranian FA and Carlos Queiroz wanted him to sign an apology letter, but Mehdi Rahmati advised him not to, as he believed Iran would lose the first match and would then beg him to return.[6]

International goals
Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
126 May 2008Azadi Stadium, Tehran Zambia3–23–2Friendly
211 August 2008Takhti Stadium, Tehran Qatar3–06–12008 WAFF
315 August 2008Takhti Stadium, Tehran Jordan1–02–12008 WAFF
46 January 2010National Stadium, Singapore, Kallang Singapore1–03–12011 ACQ
511 August 2010Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Armenia1–13–1Friendly
611 August 2010Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Armenia3–13–1Friendly
724 September 2010Amman International Stadium, Amman Bahrain1–03–02010 WAFF
824 September 2010Amman International Stadium, Amman Bahrain2–03–02010 WAFF
96 September 2011Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Qatar1–01–12014 WCQ
1011 October 2011Azadi Stadium, Tehran Bahrain3–06–02014 WCQ

Honours
Hadi Aghily as Al-Arabi captain with Cabore

Club
Sepahan
Al-Arabi
  • Sheikh Jassem Cup (1): 2011

Country
Iran
  • WAFF Championship (1): 2008
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References
  1. Roster Aghili
  2. http://www.persianleague.com/index.php/teams?id=519&view=player
  3. Aghili eyes Freiburg move
  4. Hadi Aghili tipped to join Persepolis – report Iran Sports Press on 23 February 2012
  5. "هادی عقیلی به جمع طلائی پوشان سپاهان پیوست". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  6. Aghily banned from the Iran national football team
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