Farshid Karimi (, born May 10, 1976) is a retired

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. He is older brother of

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Club career

Persepolis

He started his career with Persepolis in 2000 when the club needed a goalkeeper, and he was introduced to 2007–08 Ali Parvin by Sadegh Doroudgar to be on trial with the club. He joined Persepolis and played 8 seasons for them. He was

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's first choice goalkeeper during 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, and he became one of the key players of the team in the 2005–06 Hazfi Cup. In the 2007–08 season, he became a benchwarmer after Hassan Roudbarian and

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and played just one match, which was his last appearance for Persepolis. On the match on February 10, 2008, against Aboumoslem he played mistakenly, conceding 3 goals in the first half and was

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by the fans, In the half time, he was asked by

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Reporter about his performance. "I have nothing to say", he replied. Persepolis scored in the second half making a 3–3 draw.

Damash

He moved to the

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i Club Damash in 2008–09 and was Second Goalie of Ali Nazarmohammadi. He had problems with the club after

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did not pay his wage in time, so he complained and left training. Abedini Fired him from the club. He was later fined about $2000 of his contract due to "his insolence to Chairman Abedini" and returned to trainings after compromise with the club.

Rah Ahan

He joined

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in 2009. He played one season alongside Masoud Homami. He remained in the next season with the club. Other goalies were Hassan Roudbarian and Saleh Khalil Azad. He rejected a transfer to

Steel Azin Steel Azin Football Club (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Estil Âzin'') was an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. The club was owned by Hossein Hedayati, owner of Steel Azin Iranian Holding Co. Steel Azin club also had a volleyball team, spo ...

in December 2010.Goal.com
/ref> He was released by the club on 1 July 2013.

Aluminium

In summer 2013, he signed a two years contract with

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, who relegated from

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 ...

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last season.

Club career statistics

International career

He was called up for

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once by

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in 2006, but never made a debut.

Honours

;Persepolis *

(2): 2001–02, 2007–08

References

Iran Pro League Stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karimi, Farshid Iranian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Persepolis F.C. players 1976 births Living people Pegah F.C. players Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players S.C. Damash Gilan players Persian Gulf Pro League players People from Lahijan Footballers from Gilan province