Mehdi Torabi

Mehdi Torabi (Persian: مهدی ترابی‎; born 10 September 1994 in center of Karaj is an Iranian football winger who plays for Persepolis and the Iran national team.

Mehdi Torabi
Torabi with Iran at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Torabi
Date of birth (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994
Place of birth Karaj, Iran
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Left Winger
Club information
Current team
 Persepolis
Number 9
Youth career
2012–2015 Saipa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2019 Saipa 118 (17)
2019– Persepolis 39 (12)
National team‡
2015–2016 Iran U23 6 (1)
2015– Iran 30 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2019

Club career

Saipa
Torabi playing for Saipa against Persepolis in 2018.

He started his career with Saipa from youth levels. He was promoted to the first team by Mojtaba Taghavi in summer 2012. He made his Persian Gulf Cup debut for Saipa in the 2013–14 season against Mes Kerman as a substitute. His subsequent performances were deemed worthy of a Team Melli call up.

Persepolis

On 1 July 2018, Torabi signed a three-year deal with Persepolis. He was sent on back on loan to Saipa for the first half of the season until Persepolis had served their transfer ban. On 16 December 2018, Torabi officially joined Persepolis' squad and was assigned the number 9.[2]

Torabi scored his first goal for Persepolis in a 3–2 victory over Saipa on 13 April 2019.[3]

International career

Youth level

He was invited to Iran U23 preliminary camp by Nelo Vingada.[4] He was included in the squad for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship by coach Mohammad Khakpour and he scored his first goal of the tournament in the last group match against China from a 30-yard free kick.

Senior level

He made his debut against Uzbekistan on a friendly on 11 June 2015 where he scored the lone goal of the match. On 3 September 2015 Torabi came off the bench to score in a 6–0 victory against. In May 2018 he was named in Iran's preliminary football team|squad]] for the in Russia.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 15 August 2020
Club Division Season League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saipa Pro League 2013–14 5000––50
2014–15 23120––251
2015–16 24130––301
2016–17 25 4 2 0 – – 22 4
2017–18 27 10 1 0 – – 28 10
2018–19 14 1 2 3 – – 16 4
Total 11817103––12620
Persepolis Pro League 2018–19 14 1 3 0 6 1 23 2
2019–20 25 11 3 1 2 0 30 12
Total 391261815314
Career Totals 157291648117934

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 10 September 2019.[6]
Iran
YearAppsGoals
201573
201641
201720
201892
201982
Total306

International goals
As of match played 16 October 2018. Iran score listed first, score column indicates score after each Torabi goal.[7]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 June 2015Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan1 Uzbekistan1–01–0Friendly
2. 3 September 2015Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran3 Guam6–06–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 13 October 20155 Japan1–01–1Friendly
4. 7 June 201610 Kyrgyzstan3–06–0
5. 11 September 2018Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan18 Uzbekistan1–01–0
6. 16 October 2018Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran19 Bolivia2–12–1

Honours

Club
Persepolis

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References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 18 June 2018. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. https://90tv.ir/news/%DA%86%DA%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AE-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%B4%D8%AF
  3. "اولین گل ستاره پرسپولیس به تیم سابقش". www.yjc.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. . tabnak.ir http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/380334/89-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9. Retrieved 12 August 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".
  6. Mehdi Torabi at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. Mehdi Torabi at Soccerway
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