Abolfazl Hajizadeh ('', ''born August 23, 1981) is an Iranian

football player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a defender for

Damash Gilan Sport Club Damash Guilan (, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Damash Guilân''), commonly known as Damash Guilan sc, also spelled Damash Guilan, is an Iranian football club based in Rasht, Guilan, that competes in the Azadegan League. The club was founde ...

Iran's Premier League football The Persian Gulf Pro League (, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is a professional association football league in Iran and the highest level of the Iranian football league s ...

Club career

He started his career at

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Tabriz Tabriz (; ) is a city in the Central District (Tabriz County), Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province, East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran. It serves as capital of the province, the county, and the distric ...

, and scored a goal in 2001–02. Having made some impressive performances, he was eventually noticed and was signed in 2005 by

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powerhouses

Persepolis FC Persepolis Football Club () is an Iranian professional association football, football club based in Tehran that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Persepolis F.C. is the football club of the multisport club, multisport Persepolis Athl ...

. On July 10, 2007 he signed a 2-year deal with Saba Battery F.C.

Club career statistics

International career

Abolfazl Hajizadeh was a member of the national under-23 team in the unsuccessful

2004 Athens Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

qualifying campaign.

References

Iranian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Persepolis F.C. players Saba Qom F.C. players Shahrdari Tabriz F.C. players S.C. Damash Gilan players PAS Hamedan F.C. players 1985 births Living people Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games footballers for Iran Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers from Tabriz Tractor S.C. players Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 21st-century Iranian sportsmen Asian Games gold medalists in football {{Iran-footy-defender-stub