Mehdi Rajabzadeh (; born 21 June 1978) is an Iranian football manager and former player who manages Pars Jonoubi Jam in

Azadegan League The Azadegan League (, ''Lig-e Âzâdegân''), also known as League 1 (, ''Lig-e Yek''), is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran from its foundation in 1991 until 2001, when t ...

. A

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, he is the second- top scorer in the history of the

Persian Gulf 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 ...

Club career

Rajabzadeh started his career at

Fajr Sepasi Fajr Shahid Sepasi Shiraz Football Club (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Fajr-e Sepasi-ye Shiraz''), commonly known as Fajr Sepasi Shiraz, or Fajr Sepasi, is an Iranian football club based in Shiraz, Fars, that competes in the Azadegan League. The club wa ...

where he impressed enough to be transferred to Zob Ahan in 2003. During the 2006–07 season Rajabzadeh became the top goalscorer by scoring 17 goals. He is one of the top all time IPL goalscorers. Rajabzadeh is the second- top scorer in the history of this competition after Gholamreza Enayati, scoring 116 goals with the shirts of Fajr Sepasi Shiraz, Zobahan Isfahan and Mes Kerman in the Premier League.

International career

Rajabzadeh made his debut for

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 ...

against

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in February 2004. In October 2006, he joined ''Team Melli'' in an LG cup tournament held in Jordan. He scored his first goal for Iran on October 4, 2006 in a match against

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

. As of February 2008, he had 17 caps and 4 goals for Iran.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Iran's goal tally first.''

Honours

Fajr Sepasi *

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 ...

: 2000–01; runner-up 2001–02, 2002–03 Zob Ahan *

AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club association football, football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's List of top-division football clubs i ...

runner-up:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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 ...

runner-up: 2004–05 * Hazfi Cup: 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 ...

Iran *

WAFF Championship The West Asian Football Federation Championship (), or simply WAFF Championship, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), the ...

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* LG Cup: 2006 Individual *

top goalscorer: 2006–07 (17 goals) * Top scorer in Iran Pro League (116 goals)

References

External links

Mehdi Rajabzadeh
at PersianLeague.com * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajabzadeh, Mehdi 1978 births People from Kazerun Footballers from Shiraz Living people Men's association football forwards Iranian men's footballers Iran men's international footballers Association football players with retired numbers Fajr Sepasi Shiraz F.C. players Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. players Emirates Club players Al Dhafra FC players Sanat Mes Kerman F.C. players Persian Gulf Pro League players Azadegan League players UAE Pro League players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Iranian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Iranian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Iranian football managers