Morteza Tabrizi (, born 6 January 1991) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a

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for

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 ...

side Zob Ahan Esfahan.

Club career

Pas Hamedan

Tabrizi was part of Pas Academy since 2010. He promoted to the first team as summer 2013 with two years contract.

Zob Ahan

Morteza joined Zob Ahan in 2013 on a three-year contract. Tabrizi won the 2015

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 ...

in his second season with Zob Ahan, he defended the title with Zob Ahan the following year and once again won the Hazfi Cup. In the

2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League The 2017–18 Persian Gulf Pro League (formerly known as Iran Pro League) was the 35th season of Persian Gulf Pro League, Iran's Football League and 17th as Persian Gulf Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Persepolis F.C., Persepolis were ...

, he became the second-best scorer with 13 goals.

Esteghlal

On 31 July 2018, Tabrizi officially signed for Esteghlal on a two-year contract. He was assigned the number 11 shirt at Esteghlal, the same number he used to wear at Zob Ahan. Tabrizi made his debut for Esteghlal on 10 August 2018 in a 3–0 League victory over

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, scoring his first goal for the club within 28 minutes after a receiving a backheel pass from Farshid Esmaeili.

International career

Youth

He was regularly called up for the Iran U22 team by coach

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in 2012 and 2013. On 28 June 2012, he scored two goals in a 7–0 victory against the Maldives U23 team.

Senior

Tabrizi was called up to the senior Iran squad by

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for friendlies against

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and

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in June 2016.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Zob Ahan *

: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

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Individual

Team of the Year (1): 2017–18

References

External links

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1991 births People from Hamadan Sportspeople from Hamadan province Living people 21st-century Iranian sportsmen Men's association football forwards Iranian men's footballers Iran men's youth international footballers PAS Hamedan F.C. players Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. players Esteghlal F.C. players Gol Gohar Sirjan F.C. players Aluminium Arak F.C. players Persian Gulf Pro League players {{Iran-footy-forward-stub