Mehdi Mehdipour (; born 25 October 1994) is an Iranian

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who played as a

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for

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club Nassaji.

Style of play

Mehdipour is a central midfielder, but can play as a defensive or an attacking midfielder. He is known for his high accuracy passing and technique. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers in the

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Club career

Early years

He started his career with

Sepahan Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club (, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi-Varzeši-ye Fulâd-e Mobârake-ye Sepâhân''), commonly known as Sepahan, is an Iranian sports club based in Isfahan. It is best known for their football section that play in the P ...

for youth levels. Later he joined Zob Ahan academy.

Rah Ahan

He joined

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i side with his former coach at Zob Ahan,

Mansour Ebrahimzadeh Mansour Ebrahimzadeh (; born 29 May 1956 in Isfahan) is an Iranian retired football player and former manager of Sepahan. Early life He was born on 29 May 1956 in Isfahan, Iran. He graduated from Isfahan University. Playing career Youth caree ...

in summer 2013. He made his debut against

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ian club Esteghlal on January 4, 2014 as a substitute. He was released from

Rah Ahan Rah Ahan Sports Club (, ''Bashgah-e Vârzeshi-ye Rahâhen''), commonly known as Rah Ahan Football Club, was an Iranian professional football club based in Tehran. They last played in the Azadegan League. Rah Ahan is one of the oldest Iranian foot ...

as December 2014.

Zob Ahan

Mehdipour returned to Zob Ahan on 26 December 2014. In the 2015–2016 season, Mahdipour was one of the key players of Zob Ahan. Mehdipour played in the return match with

Gostaresh Foolad F.C. Gostaresh Foulad Tabriz Football Club (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Gâsteresh Fulâd Tebriz'') was an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, Iran. The club was founded in 2008. They were promoted to Persian Gulf Pro League in the 2012–13 season. In ...

during the 2015–16 season, scoring two goals.

Esteghlal

On 10 October 2020 he signed a 3-year contract with Esteghlal F.C, and on 25 June 2021 he scored his first goal against Gol Gohar Sirjan. He also scored a second goal from a

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in the last minutes of the match against

in the last week of the

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season.

Club career statistics

International career

U23

He was invited to the Iran U-23 training camp by

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in preparation for Incheon 2014 and the

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(Summer Olympic qualification). He was named to the Iran U23 final roster for Incheon 2014. He made his senior debut for the

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on 24 March 2022 against

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Honours

Club

;Zob Ahan *

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: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

Iranian Super Cup The Iranian Super Cup (Persian language, Persian: سوپر جام ایران, ''Super Jam-e 'Iran'') is an Iranian association football trophy awarded to the winner of a match between the Persian Gulf Pro League's season champion and the winner of ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

;Esteghlal *

: 2021–22 *

runners-up:

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2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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Mehdi Mehdipour
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Mehdi Mehdipour
at IranLeague {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehdipour, Mehdi 1994 births Footballers from Isfahan Living people 21st-century Iranian sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Iranian men's footballers Iran men's youth international footballers Iran men's under-20 international footballers Iran men's international footballers Sepahan S.C. footballers Rah Ahan Tehran F.C. players Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. players Tractor S.C. players Esteghlal F.C. players F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran players Persian Gulf Pro League players Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Iran