Alireza Mohammad (, born 14 July 1981 in

mazandaran Mazandaran Province (; ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Sari, Iran, Sari. Located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range and Hyrcanian forests, it is border ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

) is a former

ian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

defender who is currently coach of

Persepolis Persepolis (; ; ) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (). It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros mountains, Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and ...

youth U-16 team. On 11 June 2008, Mohammad signed a two-year deal with

Iran Pro League 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 ...

champions

as a player.

Club career

After signing with Persepolis, he became a starter right away under head coach

Afshin Ghotbi Afshin Ghotbi (, born 8 February 1964) is an Iranian football coach who works as head coach of Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League. Early life Afshin Ghotbi was born in Tehran. He is the son of a teacher in Iran with whom he left Iran ...

and during the same season when

Afshin Peyrovani Mohammad Ali "Afshin" Peyrovani (, born 6 February 1970) is a retired Iranian footballer and a football coach. He is the younger brother of Gholam Peyrovani and Amir Hossein Peyrovani. A former Iran national, he played in the 1998 World Cu ...

and

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took over as the managers of the club, he was still a starter both in the league and the

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. He is mostly remembered by his great dribbling ability, his runs down the right side and also his speed which all helped

tremendously during the 2008/09 season. Although having outstanding speed, Mohammad is not as efficient when crossing, making him waste a lot of opportunities while going forward.

Club career statistics

* Assist Goals

International career

had shown how much he believed in Mohammad and when Ghotbi became the coach of the

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

, he called up Mohammad for his first international cap which was made in a friendly against

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on June 1, 2009 when he came on as a substitute at half time for Ehsan Hajsafi.

Honours

Hazfi Cup Hazfi Cup (, ) formerly known as Pahlavi Cup () is an Iranian knockout football competition held annually by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran. The Iranian Football League, Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, h ...

**Winner: 2 ***2009/10 with Persepolis ***2010/11 with Persepolis

References

External links

Alireza Mohammad
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PersianLeague.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohammad, Alireza 1981 births Living people Footballers from Tehran Iranian men's footballers Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players Persepolis F.C. players Gahar Zagros F.C. players Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. players Paykan F.C. players Men's association football defenders Iran men's international footballers 21st-century Iranian sportsmen